Damien
Jordan and I made our way to see Agatha. She would know for sure what is up with these killer headaches. Why were Jordan and I feeling them at the same time? We had never shared any sort of pain like this before. Well, with the exception of the bond we have. One could always sense when the other was in trouble, but we never shared the same pain. Was this because we were hybrids? Once we made it to Agatha, she welcomed us into her home. Agatha was always a strange old woman for as long as I can remember. She kept to herself mostly, unless it was helping to heal injured wolves with her remedies. Her long gray hair was pulled into a bun and her eyes were the color of fire. Red with hints of orange. Only her eyes told her true age though. Eyes that almost seemed sad were always sad with the knowledge she had been made to give through the gods as their seer. To anyone else, she would look like your normal elderly African American woman.
“Come on boys”, she said from her kitchen. It was easy to pick up with her wolf hearing as we approached her property. She lived away from everyone else, near the entrance of the road leading to the mansion. As we got closer and closer, the headaches seemed to get stronger. We approached her in the kitchen, and she handed us both vials with a red bubbly substance.
“Take these for the headaches”, she said to us. We drank them without issue. Being who she is, we never had too. She would know most problems before anyone even came to her about anything. The liquid tasted like ass, but the pain from our headaches was dulled to a smaller pain. It was much more tolerable.
” Thanks Agatha”, Jordan told her. I nodded in thanks as well.
“Do you know what is causing them?”, I asked her. She smiled.
“You will find out tonight at your family dinner”, she said before turning back to her cabinet. I looked at Carter, who shrugged. We were having a family dinner. Like clockwork, mom linked me.
We are having a family dinner tonight at 8pm. Don’t be late. Also, your brothers are bringing their human stain of a mate. She is a complete bitch, as expected.” Mom linked us.
Well, she will have the best family greeting we can give her. I linked back to her. Mom has always hated humanity and raised Seth and I to do the same. To hear Seth had a human mate must have been the biggest slap to his face. Why on earth would Selene grant him and Carter a human companion? We have all heard the stories of the crazy Lycan spawn that could come from a wolf and human line. It is not stable. Jordan found the concept ridiculous, but I believe there is truth in every myth, in some form. I didn’t necessarily hate humans. They brought us income. Little money makers and blood bags are how I saw them. According to mom, this human was already a bitch, so I had planned to be just as nasty. I could care less if she was our brother’s mate. No one comes into this family acting higher than most. Especially no pathetic human.
” Thank you, Agatha,”Jordan said to her before we turned to leave. We had gotten to the door when Agatha called out, “wait”. We turned around and her eyes were suddenly a deep white as she looked at us.
” Do not abuse the gift that has been given to you, or you shall soon know what real pain is”, she said in a deep, raspy voice before her eyes turned back to their normal fire color. We both knew it was Selene speaking through her as Jordan and I looked at her. What gift was given to us? Did she mean our hybrid powers? Was that the reason behind the killer headaches?
“Heed the warning boys”. Agatha said to us before we left. We arrived at the packhouse, and the smell of cinnamon filled my nose. I was tempted to follow the smell, but mom had greeted me before I could.
Can you smell it, Damien? Jordan linked me. I gave him a small nod. The animal inside us was suddenly on edge. Well, this was new.
” Where is everyone?”, I asked mom, hugging her. Jordan gave her a hug as well.
” Your fathers are with Carter and Seth going over some pack stuff, and Jessica is with that human, in the garden, I believe. I cringed a little when she said, “that human”, though I could not understand why. She was just some stupid human Selene gave my brothers. A weak soon to be Luna, that is, if Seth wouldn’t reject her first. Which I suspected he would.
“What did she do?” I asked mom.
“Well for one, the bitch has had an attitude for days. She has Seth and Carter wrapped around her fucking fingers. It’s like she clawed her way into them and had them convinced they belong to her”, mom said, crossing her arms.
“Selene did mate them to her”, Jordan tried saying in her defense. I raised my eyebrows. Why was he defending humans?
” Don’t worry. I made a trip to Agatha”, she said, with a smile on her face. We both knew that look. What was she planning?
“What are you going to do?”, I questioned her. As much as I hated to admit it, Selene did pair the human to our brothers, and, knowing our mother, she was going to do something to interfere with it. We loved our brother’s enough to not let this happen.
“I guess you will have to see”, she said, smiling and turning around to go back into the packhouse. Jordan and I both went upstairs to our room to relax, since dinner was not for another thirty minutes. As dinner time approached, Jordan went down first to see if there was anything he could do to help. I went out after him, about to head downstairs, when I looked across the hall. My senses were directing me to the room next to Seth and Carters. The Luna rooms. The smell of cinnamon was strong as I followed the smell to the room, but I stopped when I saw my mom with a vile blue liquid in her hands, walking to the kitchen, with that same wicked smile on her face.
Ignoring my mission, I followed her, and watched as she poured the liquid into the cups of Seth and Carter before fixing their drinks. The blue liquid disappeared. Seth and Carter came back from the living room from setting up the dishes just in time for mother to not be caught. Should I tell Jordan? I decided against it. Whatever mom was planning was for the good of the pack, no matter how in love Seth and Carter claimed to be in. She knew best.
As our parents and brothers crowded into the room, we all began to take our seats. I noticed the human had yet to arrive. Why was I so anxious right now? I looked at Jordan, who almost seemed just as anxious as I was. We were both on edge and from the look he gave me, he was worried. We were sick or something. Carter had brought out the food and just as we were about to dig in, I heard what may have been the sweetest voice.
” Sorry, I’m late. I was in the shower longer than I intended”, she said. At once, my eyes turned and fell on her. The human, and it was at that point, everything was made so much clearer than I thought. The world seemed to open and swallow me in her scent alone. She was literally one of the most beautiful women I had ever seen, with her hair that literally was the definition of fire. Her blue eyes and curves blew me away as she sported a blue top with black jeans that showed off her figure. I heard four growls and was surprised to realize one of them was my own.
“Mate”, Jordan and I said at the same time. Our family gasped in surprise. Her eyes widened at Jordan before reaching mine and we could smell her fear, but she was also intrigued. Before I realized what I was doing, I was upon her with Jordan, with our noses at the nape of her neck. Her beautiful neck was so exposed to us, and I wanted to mark it. Mark her. How could I not? She literally has one of the most elegant necks I have ever come across, and I have drained the life from many. Suddenly, I was pulled back, with Seth pinning me against the wall, with his eyes black. Besides me, Carter had done the same to Jordan. They slapped us at the same time, bringing both of us to reality.
“Can someone tell me what is going on here?”, she said, with her cheeks flushed and her back against the opposite wall. I came back to my senses. It was her. This must have been some sick joke or something.
“Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME!” I growled. This would not do. Not one fucking bit.