Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“I’m a…I’m gonna be a…wait.”
He looks at me, that giant smile falling slowly. “You think she’s pregnant with our pup.”
He starts using his hands to wildly gesture. “You clearly knew before you came into this fight, told her and YOU STILL LET HER FIGHT THAT LUNATIC!?! WHAT THE F*CK WERE YOU THINKING SKYLAR?!?” I don’t think he noticed Jena and Lil step in front of Sierra during his outburst. “She could have been hurt! They both could have been hurt, we could lose our pup. I can’t f*cking believe you.”
He is so pissed at me, but he isn’t shaking or ready to fly at me. His wolf is keeping him from doing anything stupid. Telling me their wolves have probably already had this conversation.
“HEY! Slow down.”
Dakota steps in front of me. Both his hands raised showing he doesn’t want to fight.
I take a deep breath, letting her fight was always going to be a touchy subject. Once I know I am calm, I wiggle out of Cam’s arms, immediately missing his body heat, and step around Dakota. A warm hand slides up my back and rests gently on my shoulder. My mates won’t let me battle anything alone again.
“Watch your tone, Delta.”
I let a little of my Alpha aura out. “My Delta was given a choice having all the information we had at the time. We decided that she was most safe with us, not alone. She decided she wanted to fight for a home and future to raise your pup in. I made her tell you now, knowing we are going into another battle that is going to be heavy in magic. That is less predictable and I don’t think she should be in the fight, but it’s not my choice to make. You deserve to know, no regrets today. You two can debate whether she should fight in the safety of this ruined camp.”
I gesture around me.
I step to my friend and pull her into a hug. “I love you.”
I whisper into her ear.
“Love you too, traitor.”
She squeezes me back, then hugs Jena and Lil.
I turn and follow the path Nathaniel started toward our unknown disaster. We all shift quickly and I do another check in with everyone. Maybe the Goddess is helping somehow. Because Martha and Lenny are alright, they were with Ava and Brett moving the prisoners out of the pit and to the underground cells.
***”Osiston, Nikolas, Gentry, Elena. Do any of you have any idea where all of these wolves are coming from? Some of them seem like they aren’t even alive. It’s like they are zombie puppets. At least this last group was. Does she have that kind power?”***
***”I’ve only heard of reanimation a handful of times and they were all in the kinds of stories you tell little kids to make them behave themselves. But all stories have some root in the truth though. So it’s possible.”*** Gentry calls out and sounds out of breath.
***”Gentry, what are you doing? Are you guys under attack? I thought everyone was safe.”***
***”Little One we are alright, but as you have noticed, your pack is under attack. We will need your help sooner rather than later.”***
****Skylar, we need you and your mates. There isn’t anyone that we can see, but fires are starting everywhere.”*** My wolf trips over her own feet at my surprise hearing my dad’s voice in our head.
We run harder and pack that away to think about later. When we run through the pack it is completely destroyed. There’s no way this is only an hour of work. Most of the buildings are on fire. I can feel the magic reaching out to me. It’s angry, but not at us. It is mad at used for destruction for no reason. I try to pull it back and set it free? I know I am doing it right when I feel a gentle warmth in my chest before some of the flames go out. It helped that one instance, but this is going to be way too slow to put everything out.
***”Try your element. I was able to pull some of the flame out and release it. The magic doesn’t like what is going on, but it doesn’t have any control.”*** I say to my mates and they don’t even question what I am asking of them. All of our wolves spread out, but none go further than twenty feet apart.
We slowly walk through the center
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of the pack where the most important buildings are located. I continue to pull at the flames and thank them for doing as little damage as possible before releasing them.Oliver uses dirt to snuff out flames in lawns and gardens. Dakota is pulling water from bird baths and swimming pools to dump on the houses seeing the most damage. Every few feet Cam stops and takes a deep breath then lets it out slowly.
***”Cam, what are you doing?”*** My wolf walks up next to him and rubs the side of our head along his neck and under his chin.”
***”Remind me later that we really like it when you do that.”
He laughs in my head. “We discovered that if we focus, we can pull the oxygen specifically out of the air and smother the fire.”*** I don’t say net anything in response, but I do rub under his chin again, stepping forward letting The curve of his neck run along our back and our tail curls around his muzzle before I move on to check my other mates. Cam’s wolf purrs as we walk away.
We finally get to our street and this is where the heart of black smoke is coming from. The packhouse and surrounding homes are decimated. There is nothing left to salvage. What I find most interesting is I don’t feel anything. I never realized how little attachment I have to the places and things here. My only attachments are the people that are currently surrounding me.
***”Let’s handle this so it doesn’t spread any further into the island.”*** Oliver calls out to us.
We all get to work. Some in human form, some in wolf form. Dakota and I found that we work best in human form, but Cam and Oliver stay at my side in wolf form. I do notice that Cam has constant contact with me. When I ask Elena about it as we work she says that his wolf is using me to keep him grounded and level. My mates’ energy seems to deplete more than mine when they use it. By leaning on me I am sharing my magical endurance.
Hours later all of the fires are out and everyone is accounted for. There are several injuries to attend to and we are all getting a crash course in coven healing. Field training was necessary for warriors, but this is a whole other level. Since they don’t have the enhancements that our wolves give us, many herbs and other remedies more common to humans are used along with magic. All the injuries that our pack members sustained in the fight are strange. A bite that should have healed in minutes is still oozing even now. Gentry said it’s the magic that has encapsulated the rogue wolves. It’s almost like their saliva has a toxin in it.
“This is like what happened to you, Sky.”
Sierra has taken to helping with and is a natural at mixing the herbs and oils that Gentry and Elena have introduced us to. It makes sense considering what her parents do for a living. I almost forget that she has a whole other skill set in alchemy because of them.
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