Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
With a nod of the head, she took my mom’s arm and they went into the hospital room to see my brother-in-law.
I know she was having a hard time with this, and it wasn’t because Damian was in that bed. It was more so the fact that someone in her pack was trying to hurt him. He had done great things for the the pack and it’s people since taking over. They thought they had gotten rid of all of the ones who still held more loyalty to Lawrence than Damian. I was determined to help Buck and the others figure out who, and I knew the perfect person to help.
I pulled out my phone, and called my cousin Ginger. “Hey Ging, it’s Maddix. I have a huge favor to ask of you. You can say no, but I am praying you won’t,” I told her. Apparently I peaked her interest because the words from her mouth were, “OK? Go on.”
“Would you be willing to go to Spirit Mountain under a guise of helping River with a project? However, It will be more of a hunt for a killer, or someone who failed at attempting to kill someone.” I explained. As soon as I finished what I was saying, she blurted out, “When can I leave?” Ginger had the human lie detector gift also.
I think most of the women in my family did, but she could usually pick up whether someone was lying almost immediately. The only others like that were mom and gran. They both had their hands full right now.
I told her that I would get with River and figure out what kind of project he could pull off to get Ginger there without it seeming suspicious that a Fae/Witch hybrid being there. He said just say she was visiting him, they are family after all, but I thought given the circumstances, there should be a different reason.
We came up with the guise of her helping him organize their library, and bringing books to donate. He wanted to make sure there was a section for all supernatural beings, and her bringing books about Fae and Witch history was perfect. I had informed River who we thought were the two suspects, and he said he knew of Tamlon but not the other.
I called her back and told her what the plan was. I instructed her to go to our library and have Chris give her the box of books that he had already gathered to send to River. From there, she would go ahead and head to Spirit Mountain. This has to work.
I then called Buck and informed him of the plan. He was totally onboard, and before hanging up he asked me something that threw me for a loop.
“Maddix, as you know, Micah is about to have our baby at any time now. You have done a lot to help my girl, and I will forever be grateful for that. Her and I have spoken about it and we would love for you to be her godfather, that is if you will take the job. Will you?” he asked. Her? Did I just find out the gender before anyone else? Even Alette?
“Of course I will. Did you say her?” I asked. All I got was a hearty laugh, and a yes. He then changed the subject to ask about Damian. That was just how Buck is. Cared too much, but played it off like he didn’t. That is what I like most about him.
*Damian POV*
Last thing I could clearly remember was listening to my mate sing softly to the song, ‘I don’t think about you’ by Kelly Clarkson that was playing on the radio. I could listen to hear her sing forever. She had an amazing voice. I couldn’t wait for her to sing to our pups that were already growing in her belly.
I had smelled the change in her scent a couple of days ago, but I wanted her to discover it on her own. I just felt it would be more special that way. When she started to question me about kids, I almost blurted it out, but I didn’t. I just spoke in circles in hopes that she might get suspicious and investigate it for herself.
There are definitely more than one, but I couldn’t decifer how many. It makes sense with her being a triplet.
All morning Zion has been strangely silent. He would whimper now and again, but was mostly silent. When Alette questioned if I could feel someone following us, and asked about Zion, it was only then I started to understand that something wasn’t right. Zion said he felt another wolf following us, but wasn’t sure how far away they were or even who it was.
Zion suddenly started to go wild, like a feral wolf stuck in a small cage. He started to take over, and howl in pain. It was the worst pain I had ever felt, even more than my first shift. It felt like fire was coarsing through my veins. The sound of static radiating though my ears with intermitten squeals of piercing ringing.
I released the steering wheel and grabbed my head. I could feel myself screaming in pain, and my mate grabbed the steering wheel moving the car to safety. I flung the door open and fell to the ground. I was still writhing in pain. I could hear Willow crying, and my mate panicking, but I couldn’t do anything about it.
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