Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“Mom, what happened?”
Kota asks as calmly as he possibly can. I can feel the fear radiating off of him too. He comes to sit in front of Cam on the floor. I reach out to play with his hair, knowing he needs contact just like Oliver and Cam.
She relayed what she was telling me, this obviously wasn’t new news to any of the guys and Sierra. They had all been up when everything started to go crazy.
She looked in my direction every few seconds like she was waiting for another episode. When she got to the part about the silver, which was news to the guys, I scrambled back into Oliver’s lap, like he was the only one who could battle that demon with me. My arms locked around him and my face buried in his neck again, his scent seems to be the only thing that is helping me battle the torment of what happened to another wolf and the fact that it might have something to do with me. He just gently rubs my back, not saying anything, conveying everything in his light touches.
“What’s the plan, mom? You and Luna Anne can’t just stay holed up forever. And it doesn’t seem like we’ve made much progress with finding the asshole who did this.”
Kota asks, I don’t look up from Oliver’s shoulder, I’m really tired all of a sudden.
“I think Lucas and Reggie have what they need for now. Patrols will be increased and a higher security protocol will be in place. Now, please remember, none of the details I have given you have been told to pack members. We have more questions than answers and don’t want to incite panic. If you have thoughts about the situation or want to discuss it further, this is the only safe space in the packhouse.
“But, not even our…”
Kota starts.
No, not even your floor can be considered safe yet, and based on Oliver’s instincts last night and today the target of the threat is still unclear, and we have to assume all ranked members and future leaders are in danger. Trust his Gamma instincts, they are designed to keep the Luna safe. Just as the Beta’s instincts are to keep the Alpha Safe. Brett was a little crazy last night too, he didn’t leave my side until I came up here with a full guard. Stick together and none of you are to go anywhere alone. Not even the bathroom at school. Now we are stuck here until Lucas and Reggie return, which will be later this evening. I’m going to bring Xander up and we can all get something to eat, then I imagine all of you could use a nap.
Some of the Omegas bring up food and everything is thoroughly checked before anyone is allowed to eat. I have wanted to be a warrior for as long as I can remember, but this Is the first time it has really hit me what that would look like.
Fighting is one thing, it’s actually the easy part, but the unknown threats, the things that can mess with your mind if you think about them too long. That is something I didn’t consider.
This invisible threat, no one knows who’s the villain, and there is always a villain. Some are just more extreme than others, but you have to watch out for them all, especially when you are responsible for the protection of some of the most important people in your pack.
We all sit on or around the Luna’s bed and watch TV, or at least pretend to. She is constantly up walking around checking in with pack members and giving directions from her own little prison. The warriors watching us are walking around the suite, constantly checking the windows and doors. They are trying to be discreet, but it is really just making me antsy. I don’t know how many times I changed positions, but I felt the need to be close to each of my friends. I had to have physical contact with them all, but I can’t do that with all of them at the same time. So I let my instincts drive me and shifted towards the person I was being drawn to. The intuition was kind of weird and exhausting. Eventually, I got tired enough and crawled in between Kota and Cam first, in our usual sandwich position, and I fell asleep immediately.
Their cocoon of warmth and safety allowed the last of my anxiety from the Luna’s story to fade and I was able to rest properly. I’m not sure how long I was there, but all of asudden my body heat kicked in and I had to move before I sweat to death. It was like someone kicked on a space heater in my chest and I was suffocating.
I carefully crawled out from their limbs, each wrapped around me like octopus tentacles, and slid to the floor at the end of the bed with Sierra and Sam who were in the middle of some action movie.
The sky was growing darker outside, but it couldn’t be more than late afternoon. She was sitting in between his legs, so I just laid on my side using their right thighs as a pillow. Sam casually draped his arm on my side and Sierra started playing with my hair, lulling me back to sleep.
Like before, my body heat raged waking me up from a deep dreamless sleep, but as I tried to move, I realized my body was being trapped by something. Trying not to panic, with everything else going on, I look around and notice I have turned into Sierra with my face buried in her hip. I can still smell Sam, but there is something else, vanilla and spices.
Mateo. His strong arm is wrapped around me and has my back pulled tight to his chest. He’s using Sierra’s leg as a pillow as well. I take another deep breath of their combined scents and feel calmness wash over me, but the heat is going to kill me. I have to move.
I dislodge his heavy arm from around me and look around to find Oliver’s legs sticking out from the side of the Luna’s bed.
I crawl over in the darkness, the sliver of moonlight the only thing allowing me to make out their shapes in the still room, to see him lying on his back with his left arm draped over his eyes. This must be his go-to spot for sleeping. I move to his right side, with my head propped on the edge of his pillow, face pressed into his bicep as I wrap both arms around his massive arm, like a child hugging their favorite toy. And again, I drift off.
“Not until she does.”
The gruff mumble from Oliver alerts me to people talking around me. I pam groggy and keep my eyes closed as I try to figure out what I’m hearing as the last dreggs of sleep lift away from me.
“Well, then wake her up, I’m not leaving without her, and by now she’s probably starving.”
Cam’s whisper is stern and matter of fact, but at the mention of eating my stomach makes itself known with a loud garbled prowl. See, starving.
“Still, not moving until she does.”
Oliver’s low warming timber makes me smile. “She’s probably never slept this long before and needs it.
“You jealous she spent more time with him than you two?”
Sam is teasing Cam, but what are they talking about? My brain is still sleep foggy and I’m having trouble following their line of conversation.
“No!”
He said defensively, and a little high pitched, very unlike his usual calm nature, and not in a way that had anyone believing him. “But my wolf won’t let me leave without her and we all need to go downstairs and meet with the Alpha King before they all leave.
I take a deep breath and open my eyes curious enough to want to know what they are talking about. “The Alpha King is leaving, now? Is Xander going with him?”
I push up from the floor and feel the tingling pins and needles from my arms waking up. Oliver’s arm is heavier than I thought and must have cut off the circulation to my own while I was holding on. I shake them out and wince, trying to speed up the process.
“Of course you get up when we mention Xander! Kota sounds irritated too. What happened while I was sleeping?
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