Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“Who’s side are you on Lillian?” Cam shouts at her back.
“Mine. I appreciate all forms and, like all the leadership here, she is a fine specimen.”
She cackles and heads down the hall towards the stairs.
I’m laughing as I follow her in, knowing Cmaeron, Dakota and Oliver are all following.
“Oh sh*t! Lil wait.”
Oliver shouts running after her. I’m confused so I start running too.
“Oliver what’s up?” I ask as we catch up.
He’s searching the door frame again and just like last night he yelps as he pulls out another bundle.
“Someone is trying to give you guys bad dreams, or make you hallucinate or just disorient you so you can’t fight.”
He shows Lil. I forgot she was on duty last night when we found the other but
“We know Jena and Sierra upstairs tonight. I think will be you should be too. Bitty, will you link Nathaniel and ask him to look at the footage from today in this hallway when he’s on shift next?” I only trust him, but it’s not urgent since we will keep you guys close.”
“All of our stuff is in there though.”
Lil protests.
“It’s not worth it after what we saw last night. I don’t know if it was only in effect if you were sleeping or if it’s another one of those ‘cross the barrier’ things. You can borrow clothes tonight. Let’s go.”
There is no question or room for argument from Lil or I. Oliver steers her towards the door to the third floor and I am pushed forward with each of the twins having a hand on my back. I took a deep breath and tried not to sound angry when I spoke next.
“Oliver, will you check Nathaniel and Wyatt’s door please.”
He looks at me like I am crazy. “You won’t let me do it and I need to know if the target is my whole team or just the girls.”
He rolls his eyes at me. “I think we all know what the actual answer to that really is.”
“Just do it. No more guessing or assuming. We need to check all possibilities. There are too many ‘maybes’ and possibly’ in this whole situation. It’s like there’s a multifront attack on us and we just can’t keep up enough to even think about getting ahead of this.”
“Fine.”
He walks over, searches the door frame and as predicted he yelps. “Someone remind me next time not to volunteer for this part of the job. Tell your whole team to look for this bundle. We should probably warn the rest of the warriors too. Who knows if this is just in the pack house or all over. Clearly whatever this is, our bracelets don’t completely protect us from it.”
I nod and mindlink all of my warriors, Nickolas and Osiston. The twins do the same for the pack warriors as we all head upstairs.
“Well, if your blonde b*tch is up to this to separate you guys from us or, let’s be honest, Midge. She sucks at her job, because it’s making all of us closer.”
Lil laughs.
We all divide. Oliver ushers Lil towards his room. The twins push me towards theirs. “Oh! I want to go to the training grounds when we get up. I need to move and get back to some kind of normal.”
“Got it boss.”
Lil is in the same boat as me.
The other three just stare at me. “Is that really a good idea right now? Maybe…”
Kota asks.
“I dare you to keep talking right now.
I was not asking permission or for opinions. I want to workout. Either join me or don’t. It was information so you know where I’ll be.”
I walk past them and into the room. I don’t wait for them to grab me anything. I find a t-shirt and shorts, which I have to roll down three times and crawl into the center of the bed, wet hair and all.
As if my body knew I needed to get up and away from the guys for a bit. I woke up before dawn and slipped out of bed. I turned to look at them before I left and like always when they are sleeping, they actually look young and at peace. Each tangled up under their own sheet, chest bare, leaving the big fluffy comforter for me. They are both so handsome, it’s kind of ridiculous. And they have been giving me my space while staying close. It’s a start I guess.
I should talk to them about that night and figure out what they were actually thinking, but it still hurts too bad knowing they took her side over listening to reason and having the evidence shoved up their nose. I’m not ready, I’m still angry, no matter how much they draw me in, I am just still angry and for the first time in my life I am making sure people know when they hurt me. I’m not just going to brush it under the rug and take it. They need to realize that they can’t shield me from a fight literally coming for me. They can’t force me to do anything and there is something very powerful in that knowledge. So I strode down the stairs and into the room I share with Lil to find her already dressed and waiting.
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