Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
Me: No, my brother is sending cars for us to use, so we aren’t walking everywhere.
Josh: Cool deal. Can’t wait to see you. By the way, I will mellow out with the following you. I can understand how you feel about it. I didn’t mean to creep you out.
Me: Oh…. I didn’t mean to seem like I was scolding you. Yes, it’s creepy, but not in the way I probably took it or made it seem. We are good.
Josh: Sweet! Thanks. I will send you the address later tomorrow if that is OK. We haven’t fully decided which house to have the party at.
Me: Sounds awesome, thanks again for the invite. I need to get back to my studies, so I will talk later…k?
Josh: Hell yea, talk soon. G-nite
I plugged my phone back into the charger, and proceeded with finishing my studies. I have a test tomorrow in calculus, and I am terrified I’m going to fail. That isn’t an option. Maddix and my dads have made it perfectly clear that if we get failing grades, it’s that we go back home. I hate that they are so strict sometimes, but I guess it’s not going to change until we find our mates. Then I even wonder if it will change.
I put away my books and went to my closet. I picked out an outfit for tomorrow and laid it across my desk. I decided to get a snack before bed, and made my way to the kitchen. As I was making my PB&J, I heard my sister Adelina on the phone with who I presumed to be one of my brothers. “No, he’s not from our pack. He is from Northern Sun. I just met him yesterday, Brother dearest. He is also a student, and also wants to finish his schooling. No, he understands how important finishing school is for me. You will meet him soon enough. It’s Miles, not Mike. I’m not sure Mads. They haven’t been around him, but Asteria smelled him on me and didn’t have a reaction. I suppose we have different mates, but I guess we will find out tomorrow. He is coming here to study and dinner with me. OK, I will let you know. Night Maddix,” she said.
Adelina found her mate, but she’s not sure if we will share him. I always assumed we would, since we are identical, but maybe the Goddess has something else in mind for us.
Too Busy
*RILEY POV*
It feels as if I see less and less of my mate these days. He is so busy, and as much as his parents tried to leave things as organized as possible, he is so OCD and had to rearrange it all to suit him. I guess that’s normal, but it has taken up a lot of time. I have been overseeing the re-prints of the files lost in the fire, and between that and Willow, I barely have time to eat, let alone anything else. Maddix was already gone when Willow and I woke up this morning, and after I got us ready I left him a note on the bathroom mirror. He would come back to shower after training and I wanted to make sure he saw it.
“Dinner. Tonight. Just us. Phones off. It’s been too long. Love you, R”
Sweet and to the point. Hopefully, he didn’t put up a fight, because with the mood I was in, I would have fought tooth and nail to get our time alone. I dropped Willow off with her nanny, and went to my office. My office wasn’t as big as my mates, but I liked it. He let me redecorate, because Melian and I definitely didn’t share the same taste. She was into very bright colors, and a lot of pink.
I liked soothing earth tones, and darker accents. I painted the walls a beautiful shade of forest green, with cream accents. My desk was changed from light oak, to a dark cherry wood. I had a sofa brought in that was medium gray, and it had dark green and beige throw pillows. It has a matching set of chairs, and a cherry wood coffee table to complete the look. There is a candle centerpiece with a floral wreath containing cream-colored lilies, dark red roses and dark greenery. It feels homey to me, and inviting for anyone that comes in.
Right now it’s hard to really enjoy it from all the banker’s boxes of files. I am close to the end of it, or so I thought. When I pulled out my laptop to finish the printing, I noticed a sub-file in an untitled folder. I clicked on the sub-file and a whole new list was pulled up. “What the hell is this?” I asked myself. Other than Mel, Rebecca and Jason, I didn’t recognize anyone else on the list. Wait…is this? It is. It’s the pack list from Mel’s old pack, Mystic Shadows. Why would we have their pack list? When the council disbanded them, all of that should have gone to the council headquarters.
I picked up my phone, and called Iris. “Hello, Iris?” I asked. “Yes, this is Iris. Whom am I speaking to?” she asked. “Oh, I’m sorry. This is Luna Riley Young, of Blood Moon. I’m sorry to bother you, but I found something today on my laptop that is used for my Luna duties, and I’m a little confused by it. It is from the chip that was saved from the archive fire. It appears to be the vital statistics files for Mystic Shadows. The only names I recognize on the list are Melian, Jason and Rebecca. Pack Alpha was Scott Thomas, and Pack Beta was David Carter,” I explained. I hear her sigh, and she says, “Oh dear, I’m not sure how those got on any file or chip at Blood Moon. I was under the impression those were destroyed. Could you please back those files up on another flash drive, and set them aside for me in a safe place? Then delete the files from the chip? Most of the people listed as the pack are now gone, but some are still living and are divided between Blood Moon and Starry Moon. The rest are rogues. I apologize for those being anywhere in Blood Moon. I’m thankful you found them and not Melian. The people listed weren’t very kind to her, I’m afraid.” I assure her I would take care of it, but the mystery behind those on the list raised my curiosity.
It was close to dinner, and I prayed to the goddess that Maddix respected my request. I called the kitchen and ordered our dinner to be sent to our room. I know how much my mate loves honey glazed salmon, roasted veggies and baked potatoes. So I ordered that for him, with an extra piece of salmon. I ordered the smothered chicken and pasta, broccoli and crispy brussel sprouts. I had them add a bottle of Merlot, and two pieces of double chocolate cake.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.