All Chapters of Hunting Their Enemies: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

I stared at her wide-eyed for a second while Godric hopped around in my head excitedly.‘Tell her! Tell her she’s ours,’ he begged.I swallowed hard. “W-what?”“Are. We. Mates?”I took another step back. I did not want to have this conversation in front of our entire family. “Scarlett, let’s go talk.”“No. Just answer my question.”“Scarlett, please, let’s-”She stepped up closer to me, making my heart pound in my chest. I could smell her cinnamon scent and feel the heat coming off her body. “Are we mates, Osprey?”I glanced around and had to bite back a groan when everybody’s eyes were on us. I gripped her elbow as I returned my attention back to her. My thumb stroked her skin for a brief second before I stepped back, letting her go.“I spent my whole life thinking… hoping you would be,” I answered honestly.*“And now?” she asked breathlessly.“And now… I don’t know. I care about you, Scarlett. I’m not old enough to be sure.”She searched my face again silently. “Is Vanessa your ma

“They will send me away again, and then where will I be? Without her anyway. It’s just better to be close without her than not.”He chuckled. “You got it bad.”I rolled my eyes. “Say’s the one that ran all the way here from the city to watch the alpha’s daughter graduate from 8th grade because she batted her eyes and said please.”“Whatever,” he mumbled.We fell silent as the ceremony started. I watched Scarlett the whole time, wondering if she could feel me. The thought had been driving me crazy since the incident when she was in the hallway. I leaned down to scratch my leg before Godric pushed forward to make one nail shift into his claw. I bit back a scream when it raked down my leg, and blood welled up. Scarlett cried out, and my head snapped around to look at her. She was leaning down, checking her leg. She pushed Justin away when he leaned close to her, whispering.‘I told you! Human or not, she feels us,’ he growled before leaving again.I cursed silently, clenching my jaw as I

“Osprey, how are you? Who is this?” she asked.“I’m okay. Thank you for coming. This is my best friend, Beanie.”She ran her eyes over him before hugging me. “Hmmmm. He’s a little cutie. Has he started dating one of your sisters yet?”I let her go to sit back in my chair as she took hers. Beanie grumpily also took his, making me shoot him a glare. He cleared his throat as he straightened up at my silent order.“No, he isn’t dating any of my sisters. What makes you think he would date one of them?” I inquired curiously.“Well, the best friend always dates a little sister at some point. My bet is he gets with Elena,” she mused.I tensed up as Beanie immediately started to sputter a bunch of nonsense, making her laugh.“I knew it. Your secret is safe with me, Bernard.” She winked at me. “Not that I think Elena would care if he asked her out. She’d jump on him like a beehive in a tree.”I raised an eyebrow at her. “A beehive in a tree?”“Bears. Honey. Goddess, I keep forgetting how young

After the party, I came straight home, tossing and turning in bed for hours. Images of Scarlett and Justin kept me awake, intensifying my anger. I fucking hated it. She was mine and only mine, dammit. Nobody could have her. I didn’t need Godric to tell me that I was in love with her. I already fucking knew it. I’d known since I could walk and talk. Hell, I probably knew before I could even breathe. I rolled onto my back, debating if I really wanted to do what Godric had been begging me to do. He wanted me to be sweet to her. He wanted me to win her back with rainbows, butterflies, and glitter bombs. He was under the impression that she was like Elena, who was still into all the fluffy, girly stuff like make-up, clothes, and celebrity gossip.I got up to pace with my hands clasped behind my back, having given up on sleeping. For someone who claimed to love Scarlett, he pretended to not know anything about her. Our Scarlett was more down-to-earth. She liked the simple things in life, li

ElenaI waved to Stu and Wes. They were some of my favorite sleuth members to mess with. They had gone away for the summer, along with a few other members, to go to another city for a football camp. My brother had just gotten back a little over a week ago, and this was my first time seeing them since they got home. I hugged them both as we immediately slid back into our normal teasing manner. Osprey joined us after a few minutes, and even though I could tell he was not really enjoying himself, he laughed, carrying on like he had no worries in the world.Suddenly, a tantalizing mix of dark soil with pine hit my nose, making me utter a little growl. My legs trembled and my mouth watered. I swallowed hard as Eden purred in my head. I slowly scanned the area, looking for the scent that was driving me crazy, when my eyes locked with Beanie’s. I grabbed Osprey’s arm.“Beanie’s back!” I said excitedly.He gave me a weird look. “Yes. He just got back today.”Beanie walked away from Nenna, who