Sage
I am waiting for Kat and Ezra to pick me up from out front of the packhouse. Kat called me last night about some Luna meeting to get enough people to sign a petition to change the laws.
We are going to this meeting to convince these Lunas to go against their mates, and I am nervous. Jonah’s future is riding on getting the signatures we need. Even I know Kat can’t step down, and even if she does, it will put a target on her and her children’s backs because it doesn’t matter if she stands down, she will always be stronger than them.
“Here they are,” Andrei says, tapping my leg. I hop off his lap and stand up to see their car pull in. I am expecting Ezra, so I am shocked to see Mateo and no sign of the kids.
“The babies?” I ask.
“With Ezra,” Mateo says as I climb into the back of the car.
“You sure you don’t want me to come with you?” Andrei asks.
“I will be fine,” I tell him, and he turns to look at Mateo.
“I will be with her and Kat. She is safe with us, Andrei,” Mateo says before Andrei can say anything. Andrei nods his head once, and then leans in to quickly kiss me.
As I shut the door, I turn around to watch him walk into the packhouse.
“What is my brother doing today?” Kat asks.
“Initiating Nora’s siblings into the pack. She went into heat last night and is now an official pack member. Also, I wanted to ask you something…” I tell her, and she looks between the front seats at me.
“Yeah, what’s up?” She asks.
“Did you know Eziah could heal already?” I chew my bottom lip, for some reason, feeling a little nervous in her presence, as if this is the first time we meet.
“Yeah, he healed me when I was pregnant with him but hasn’t done it since. Why?” She asks.
“He may have healed some of my scars,” I tell her.
“What? Let me see,” she says, and I glance at the rearview mirror.
“I can’t show you. They are under my skirt,” I tell her.
“Mateo won’t peek, will you?” She says, slapping his chest.
“You can show her, I have mates Sage, and I am not a creep. If I wanted to look under someone’s skirt, I would ask Kat to take hers off, you are safe here if you want to show her,” Mateo says.
“See, he won’t look,” Kat states, and I nod as I pull my skirt up my thighs to show her the tiny handprints.
“If he could heal you, I wonder if I can heal old injuries too.” Kat muses.
“And can we not do that in the car? I am driving Kat, and you healing someone even if they are old injuries could affect Ezra or me.” Mateo says.
“I will try when we get back,” Kat says.
“How does it affect you?” I ask curiously as Kat sits back.
“When she heals, she takes the person’s injury and pain. Kat can’t heal, but because we are her mates and tied to her, we can so when she heals someone, it hurts her. When Kat gets hurt, it hurts us, pulls on the bond, and we take it from her so she can heal, but it has no lasting effects on Ezra and me.” Mateo explains as if it’s the most everyday thing that could happen to anyone.
My eyes widen. “And that happens every time?” I ask.
“No, not every time. I have found I can block it, but I heal the human way when I do that.” Kat explains more of her unusual ability.
Mateo turns his head and glares at her. “You better not fucking block us from healing you, Kat,” Mateo growls at her, quickly turning his head back to watch the road.
All of a sudden, another question pops into my mind, and I blurt it out before I can decide if it’s appropriate to poke like that. “What about bringing back the dead? How did you save all those people and not kill your mates?”
“She rejected us. Gemini Wolves can reject their mates after marking them. So she sacrificed herself, and Seline brought her back.” Mateo inserts the missing piece of the puzzle I seek. Thankfully, he doesn’t look mad or annoyed by the questions I ask.
“So if she brought someone back from the dead now, would it kill one of you?” I ask him.
“We aren’t sure, but it is also not a risk we are willing to take.” Mateo shrugs.
“I think so, but there’s a loophole, too. If I healed Mateo or Ezra and brought them back from the dead, I feel like it wouldn’t kill the other or me because of how our souls are linked now. But we would experience their death. The other loophole is for me to give life. I have to take it. I haven’t tested that theory yet, and I also don’t plan to. Because for that to work, I have to be the one actually to kill someone to bring another back,” Kat explains.
“So, Seline told you this?” I ask her.
“About bringing Ezra and Mateo back, no. It’s just a feeling I get. It’s hard to explain. Sometimes, my intuition tells me things that are sometimes wrong. As for killing someone to bring someone back, yes. Seline told me that it is part of the Gemini wolf and part of my original curse.”
“That is so confusing, but pretty cool too,” I tell her.
It takes three and a half hours to get to Marrickville. It is a small, country-looking town. We drive past multiple farms on the way here and a few farmgate stalls.
The town is so small that it has its town hall that is also used for every other town or community function. Which is where we are meeting with the other Lunas. A grocer, pharmacy, and post office. That is the entire main street. Small is an understatement. As we pull up at the Town hall, I notice that multiple cars are sitting out front on the grass beside the building.
“Is this a werewolf town?” I ask because this many people would undoubtedly draw attention to a town as small as this.
“Yes, it is part of Terra’s Pack, the lady I was telling you about. It’s part of her territory,” Kat tells me, and I let out a breath as Mateo parks the car. A few people loiter in the parking lot, and they are all Alphas, which makes my anxiety rise.
“Shit, I wasn’t expecting this many to wait around for their Lunas,” Kat mutters.
“Is that going to be an issue?” I ask, growing concerned.
“Only if they make it one. I knew some waited but didn’t think this many did,” Kat tells me.
“I will handle it,” Mateo tells her, and she nods as she takes a moment to take a deep breath.
“Let’s get this over with,” she says and opens the door on her side.