At his father’s words, Jay looked at him confusion so Stan began to talk. At he talked, the more understanding dawned in Jay’s eyes and amazement. Jay sat back in the chair as he listened to his father talk, and his eyes flickered through an array of emotions: amazement, excitement, worry, fear, determination, and most of all love that had his green eyes shining brightly like two green orbs.
Stan read it all in his eyes as he talked, and he was starting to think that everything might work out after all.
At the mall, Sasha had Emily try on dress after dress until she found the one that she thought looked good on her. Emily looked at herself in the mirror of the dressing room and admitted that it did. The peach color dress ended a little above her knees with two sets of spaghetti straps. The dress flowed down her body like a second skin but it was not tight, just snug in what Sasha called “hugging all the right curves” and Emily felt beautiful in it. She changed back into her clothes and stepped out the changing room seeing Sasha a skin-tight red dress that fell almost to her ankles with a split up the side. It had thin spaghetti straps on either side holding it on her shoulders, and Emily said, “Mark will love you in that and will want to kill every other man in the room.” Sasha laughed as she looked at herself in the mirror before heading back into the changing room but not before calling over her shoulder, “True, but he won’t have to worry about one because that one will be focused on you.” Emily blushed and was glad that Sasha was in the dressing room so that she did not see it.
Next they went shopping for shoes, and as Emily disliked wearing heels, Sasha made a compromise with her to get a pair of flat shoes almost the same tone color as her dress if she allowed her to do her hair and make-up. Emily did not have a choice so she agreed as they picked out a pair of shoes for Sasha. Sasha wanted to go with a basic red or black high heel until Emily saw cute little sandals that were black with a little red rose in the center and it strapped around the ankle. Sasha did not think twice but picked them up.
“See you are not bad at this,” she said laughing as they paid and Emily rolled her eyes.
They were heading out of the mall when they bumped into someone coming in.
“Hi Sasha…Emily,” Victoria said catching their attention and she was with three other women all werewolves according to Sasha’s senses. She did not have to say anything to Emily because she was starting to learn to read expressions very well.
“So Emily, do you think you have a shot with my mate? I mean, you are a human and he is werewolf. He cannot be protecting you all the time once he becomes Alpha,” Victoria said as her eyes gleamed and Emily looked at her intently, and then she had a flash.
Victoria and her cronies were walking into the house and Emily could hear the music all around her.
“Did you hear, Victoria, that Alpha Caine has picked four female members of his pack to see if they are the mate of his oldest son to become Alpha Female,” her friend Sally gushed and Victoria laughed as she saw Arnold, her mate and future Alpha, standing by his father.
“What has that got to do with me? I am already in line for Alpha Female once my mate takes over the pack,” Victoria said winking at her mate.
“You really do not know,” Sally said stopping in her tracks that Victoria turned around and glared at her.
“Victoria, Jay is the next in line for Alpha,” Sally said.
“What?” Victoria said and Sally explained, “Yeah, Jay Caine, the oldest son of Alpha Stan Caine. Didn’t you say that he thought you two were mates?” Victoria nodded her head as she smiled widely at the information. She knew what she would do and looking over at Arnold, she ran a finger over the mark he had given her. It would be easy to break their mating, but first she had to make sure that Jay knew she was still interested in him. Then…he would be all hers.
Emily flashed back to the present as Sasha said to her, “Emily.” Emily shook her head as she came out of it and she heard the others laughing as she came out of her daze.
“You are terrified, child,” Victoria said smugness, “And you think you would be a good mate for Jay.” She shook her head as she walked away with the others following her.
“Come on,” Sasha said dragging Emily out of the mall and Emily could tell that she was pissed.
“Sasha,” Emily said once they were in the car with their dresses laid on the backseat, “I am not scared not of her. I just had a vision about her and her cronies.”
Sasha sent her a quick glance before returning her eyes to the road, “I know that you were coming out of a vision, but that woman pisses me off.”
Emily laughed and Sasha had to smile for it was the first time since this whole mess started that one of Emily’s visions actually acted normal.
“What did you see?” she asked and Emily explained it to her as they went back to the house.
They were laughing as they came in and took their purchases upstairs to their room.
Sasha looked around and then she blushed but before she could say anything Emily said, “You are going to be spending your nights with Mark, aren’t you?”
Sasha gaped at her and Emily just laughed at her. “Let us go see where your mate is,” she said taking Sasha by the arm and Sasha noticed that Emily did not say anything about finding her mate.
“Emily…” Sasha began as they headed down to the gym area remembering that the men wanted to work out. Emily stopped for a second then turned heading back to their room. Sasha was confused as she followed her and when she saw her grabbing her bathing suit, she smiled and grabbed hers.
“Emily…” she began again as they headed down the stairs again both clad in their bathing suits with a pair of shorts and a tank top.
Emily sighed as she said softly, “I am human, Sasha, and although Victoria is wrong about other things, she is right in saying that I would be more of a distraction for Jay than any help in the pack.” Sasha stopped her before they entered the gym room, “She is right about you being human, but you are both wrong about you being a distraction. Emily, your gift is powerful and could be very helpful to him in keeping you safe, and besides, I do not think that Jay is going to let you just walk away because of something like that.”
“Damn right,” a voice said, and they both turned around to see Jay standing their only in a pair of shorts and his eyes were narrowed on Emily who was swallowing as her eyes ran over his body.
Chapter 10
Mark and Jay had just finished working out when Mark smiled all of sudden and Jay looked at him in confusion until he smelled her, his mate Emily. They were coming to the gym and he was walking to the door to open it when what they were saying froze him as Mark stepped forward frowning.
“…although Victoria is wrong about other things, she is right in saying that I would be more of distraction for Jay than help in the pack.”
“She is right about you being human, but you are both wrong about you being a distraction. Emily, your gift is powerful and could be very helpful to him in keeping you safe, and besides, I do no think that Jay is going to let you just walk away because of something like that.” Jay had opened the door as she was finishing her sentence, and he said, “Damn right” watching them turn to him. He saw the satisfied look on Sasha’s face as she walked past him to Mark but he focused on Emily who was swallowing as she ran her eyes over his body.
He smirked, “Like what you see?”
Emily’s eyes flickered up to his and she glared even though she blushed, and he pulled her into the gym closing the door behind her.
“So,” Mark said, “did you finish picking out your dresses for the party?” Sasha began gushing with delight about her dress as Emily rolled her eyes and just nodded. Sasha continued chatting for a few minutes until Emily said, “Sasha, enough. I thought we were going to go swimming after you made sure that Mark knew that you would be sleeping with him in his room from now on.”
Sasha’s mouth dro
pped open at Emily’s words, and Mark just looked at her with a smirk.
“Oops, sorry,” Emily muttered although Jay could tell that it was an insincere sorry.
“I am so going to kill you, Emily,” Sasha growled as she looked at her, and Emily just laughed. She started running though when Sasha lounged. Emily may not be a wolf but she was fast and she showed it as she run from Sasha. She flipped over the bars landing on feet as Sasha stopped in front of them.
“I am going for a swim. You may need one, too, Sasha to calm your hot headedness,” and Sasha growled as Emily quickly pulled off her tank top before running towards the pool. Jay and Mark followed as Emily slipped out of her shorts before diving smoothly into the pool.
Sasha stood at the edge for a moment before she pulled off her clothes to reveal her bathing suit before diving in after her.
She popped up a few minutes later and Emily popped up after her.
“Feel better,” she asked and Sasha turned around pushing her underneath the water while laughing. Emily came back up spluttering and Sasha just stuck her tongue out at her before swimming over to the side where Jay and Mark were standing. Mark knelt down as she approached and he kissed her soundly as Jay slipped out of his shoes before sliding into the water and swimming over to Emily. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her without a thought, and Emily could not help responding to him.
“Gross,” another voice said as Michaela came running into the room and she dive bombed into the pool. The four of them started laughing as she came up for air and she smiled.
They played together until dinnertime, and then they got out to dress and headed to their rooms to change out of their wet clothes.
Later that evening, Emily sat on her bed looking at Sasha’s bed. Sasha had already came in and got the things she was going to need to stay in Mark’s room tonight, and she was going to miss having her here with her. She frowned as she curled up on the bed because she really did not want to have any visions tonight.
The door opened without a knock and she sat up in surprise as Jay shut it behind him.
“Get what you need for the night,” he said without mincing words, and she looked at him in shock.
“Huh” was all she could say and Jay rolled his eyes as he pulled her up to her feet. He kissed her on the lips then pushed her lightly to the closet, “Grab a change of clothes, toothbrush, hairbrush, and anything else you use in the morning. Tomorrow we will see about getting all of your things transferred to my room as will Mark help Sasha get her things transferred to his room.” Emily finally understood what he was saying, and she bit her lip as she said, “What about my parents? Your parents?”
He said honestly, “They already know, and although you father was not happy about it, your mom told him it was for the best. I am not going to let you go through what you did last night and every night since you have been here by yourself.” He narrowed his eyes at her and she nodded her head as she gathered what she would need. “Besides,” he added watching her, “We need to talk starting with your gift that you never bothered to mention before.” Emily looked at him with wariness in her eyes but she nodded her head as she finished and looking around, she said quietly, “I am ready.”
As they walked out, she heard a whisper loud enough for her to hear, “No, you are not but you will be.” She gasped at his words and he placed a hand at her lower back steering her to his room, and Jay felt a sense of satisfaction as he opened the door to his room and she walked in looking around her as he followed closing the door behind him.
Emily looked around Jay’s room and had to admit that it was definitely better than the one she stayed in with Sasha. She put her bag down on the floor next to the bed and wandered over to the window placing her arms around her middle. Jay watched for a moment then went to pick up the bag from the floor and started to take things out of it.
“I started having visions when I was two or three, weird dreams; a boy falling down and hitting his head, a little girl drowning in her pool, an older man being hit by a car. The bad part is I would always see a few minutes before that final ending. At first, I believed it when my mother told me they were just nightmares. I was three and it made sense that I was having nightmares, but then I started seeing things during the day too. Of course, not everything I see is bad or about death, but most of it is.” She paused for a moment and Jay continued unpacking her bag putting her toothbrush and brush off to the side to put in the bathroom as he waited for her to continue. “It happened at the fair too. I was not scared of the wolf, but I had seen him a few seconds before he arrived. The only thing I don’t remember is him saying soon.” Jay froze at her words because he had said it as he ran away but Emily would not have heard him for she was not werewolf. Jay looked at the woman in front of the window and he saw her frown.
He finished unpacking before walking up to her.
He spun her around to face him and she looked up at him with big brown eyes. “You and I both know that Victoria is right even if she wants you because you will be Alpha.” Her eyes widened as she said this and Jay could not help the laugh that came out. He would not tell her just yet that the position of Alpha was going to Mark.
He leaned down and kissed her before saying, “You may be human Emily Ann, but destiny has pronounced you as my mate. Why don’t you do the same thing you told your sister, and that is get to know me first before you decide anything else.” Emily looked up into his green eyes and she knew that she did not have to get know him for she already knew the answer, but she nodded her head for if they took it slow then maybe he would find someone better.
Jay watched her face and he knew what she was thinking. “Let us go to bed. You need to get some sleep,” he said guiding her to the bed where she laid down in a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. Jay stripped down to his boxers and climbed in next to her wrapping his arms around her and pulling her tight into his side. He felt her relax and then her even breathing as she fell asleep.
“You are my mate, Emily Ann, and I am not giving you up,” he whispered as he ran a hand through her hair tangling his hand it before he fell asleep too.
Chapter 11
It was getting closer to the party they were throwing for Sasha and Emily. Emily sat on the front porch swing thinking about all the preparations for the party tomorrow. Their parents have always thrown them one a few days before their birthday so that way if they had any plans with friends on their birthdays, then they could still go with them. Emily frowned as she pushed the swing for she was by herself now. For the first time in over a week, she was by herself without Jay for him and Mark were in the study with their father. Emily closed her eyes leaning back against the swing as she groaned mentally for she knew that she was in love with Jay. How did it happen so fast? She has only know him at the most two months yet she loved waking up in his arms and going to sleep with him. She loved the little arguments they had because they did not agree with everything. She loved the way he kissed her and the way he just held her close after she had a vision for she had a few more mostly focused on her mother’s death but she had one the other night about her and Michaela together again. She had trusted her instincts and told Jay about this vision, which is why they were in the study right now. She heard the door open but she knew it was not Jay because of the footsteps.
“Hello, Emily,” Cass said and Emily’s head shot up as she stopped the swing.
“Ma’am,” Emily said starting to stand but Cass waved her down and sat next to her. She started the swing going as they sat there.
“Emily, you love my son don’t you?” Cass asked without beating around the bush for she saw the way they interacted and how they looked at each other as she saw the same thing between Mark and Sasha. They had already mated and she knew that Mark had already marked her although she did not see the mark, but she felt it and Stan confirmed it.
Emily sighed as she admitted, “Yes, ma’am, I do although I
have been trying to fight it.” Cass laughed as she said, “Can I tell you a secret?” Emily looked at her in confusion as she nodded her head.
“I did the same thing when I met their father. You see, I was a human like you were without your seer abilities,” Cass confessed, and she watched Emily’s eyes go wide. “Yes, I was human, but there was something about Stan that I could not shake. When he told me he was a werewolf, I almost freaked especially when he showed me. I think he did it on purpose because he wanted me to reject him. At first, my first thought was to reject him until I looked into his gold eyes, and I knew that I loved him more than any thing. I remember the look of joy and pain that crossed his face when I accepted him.”
Emily frowned as she asked, “Why?” Cass looked at her in confusion until Emily clarified, “Why was he in pain?”
Cass looked at Emily intensely for a second until she said, “What I am going to tell you Emily is something that only the family knows.” Emily looked at her for a moment before she nodded her head, and Cass continued. “You see in Stan’s family their males tend to have human mates although some have been rejected over the years. If they choose the human for their mate, and the human accepts willingly, then they can change them to be almost werewolf with the exception of the actual shifting.”
Emily eyes grew thoughtful as she listened, “How does this go about?”
Cass hesitated for a second but continued, “When Jay marks you his bite will contain a certain special toxin that will enter your bloodstream. Once it enters your bloodstream, then your body tends to either fight or accept the new invader.”
“Like a virus,” Emily concluded, “my body will try to fight it off which in case if it succeeds then I will die, right?”
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