Emerald Green Eyes

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Cass's POV

I woke up, it has been two days since my birthday and today was the full moon, today was the day I was going to shift. I could feel a wave of anxiousness settle over me, I was worried, apparently it was dangerous and I could die. I thought about that, dying, if I died then I'd see mum again, I slowly felt myself calm, that would be good wouldn't it? I would feel her hugs, we could have a really good catch up, we could be back to how we were. Then I thought of what I would be leaving behind , dad, Hannah, John, Roisin and of course Jack, I decided then that death wasn't an option, I felt Jack shifting beside me, slowly waking up, yep he keeps sneaking in, he pulled me closer, "Why are you so sad?" he asked.

I put my head into his neck sniffing, I was beginning to get a scent, I guess that was because I was close to shifting, I paused thinking about how I would say it, maybe bluntly was the way forward, "Jack, I'm scared I don't want to die!"

He gently put his fingers under my chin a lifted it until I was looking into those deep chocolate eyes, "Cass, I have just found you, do you honestly think I am going to let you die? I know it's more dangerous for you as your mum wasn't a wolf, but I swear I am never letting you go, I will be with you every step of the way, I will feel your pain through the mark and I will help you through that, you are not going to leave me, not now or ever, I love you Cass with every fibre of my being, my wolf will help your wolf, we are as one." His eyes glistened with love and determination, "You can do this; we can do it together." I just nodded, choked up, he gently kissed my lips, then it deepened as if it might be the last kiss he would ever give me, he held me as if it were the last time he would ever hold me. I felt my love for him all consuming, I wanted more, I wanted to fully mate, but Jack pulled back, he wiped the tears from my eyes that I hadn't realised had fallen, "You're mine Cass, you're not going to die!"

I got up, I'm not sure I felt better, but I definitely felt calmer, I gave Jack a peck on the cheek, which turned into another heart stopping kiss and headed for the bathroom for a shower. I could feel the water running through my hair as my fingers massaged the shampoo in to my hair; my tears and it mingled together without Jack the calmness left me, I could feel panic welling inside, I don't want to die, I just want to live my life, I have so many things I want to do, so many things and places I have yet to paint, I want a family, I want to get to know dad and my brothers and sisters better, I want life! I could feel myself falling into a crumpled ball on the floor of the shower as what was silent tears became huge sobs being wrenched from my very soul.

Jack's POV

She left for the bathroom, she was calmer, but I knew she was still worried, I went out through the window, shifting mid-air, and ran home; I didn't want to be away from Cass for too long, just a quick shower and a change of clothes. I was home in seconds and in my shower a minute later when I felt it, panic rising in my chest, Cass, what the hell had happened? I ran out of the shower not even bothering to dry myself and ran shifting back into my wolf, my heart rate increasing as Cass's panic grew. I raced to the house, shot past Hannah in the kitchen up the stairs and to her bedroom door, I knocked, "Cass let me in," nothing, I could hear the shower still running and then I heard a sob, so heart wrenching, filled with pain, I opened her door and went to the bathroom, it was locked, "Cass, baby please let me in," I begged, she couldn't hear me she was still sobbing, fear I could feel her fear, my wolf was pacing he needed to comfort Cass, I needed to hold her.

Her dad and John came into the room, "What's the matter?" they listened and heard her cries, "What the hell happened?"

I looked at them, they looked at me as if they wanted to kill me, "She is scared, really scared about shifting," I couldn't take it anymore, I started to throw myself at the door, I had to get to Cass. The door splintered on the second hit and I ran in her dad and John behind me, I saw her crumpled form on the floor of the shower, cold water pouring over her, I picked her up, trying to shield her nakedness from her family, she was mine and her body was only for me, growling I carried her into the bedroom pulling the covers from her bed over her as I sat down cradling her on my lap rubbing her skin trying to get her warm.

Her dad looked choked, "Cass, honey what's the matter?"

He looked up, her eyes red raw from the crying, "I'm scared dad, so scared, I don't want to die, I choose life, but what if it doesn't choose me tonight, I love mum, I miss her so much, but I'm not ready to join her yet, I want to stay here with my family and Jack." Her voice was broken, sobs came out between each word.

Her dad took her hand and smiled, "Cass, look at me!" he said his Alpha tone just out a little so he got her full attention, "Cass, no one is going to let you die, I have just found a daughter I didn't know I had, I love you, John, Roisin and Hannah love you, and as for Jack here," he nodded in my direction, "I think he pretty much adores you, we are all going to be there for you tonight and the pack doctor," he gently took her chin in is hand and lifted it up, "YOU WILL NOT DIE, I PROMISE!" she reached forward and held on to him, hugging him close, I could feel a growl rumbling in my chest, my wolf was jealous of her father hell he's my Alpha as well, he lifted his head up and looked at me, "Get your wolf in control Jack, she is my daughter and I will hug her when I want!"

He looked Cass in the eye, "You OK now?" she nodded, "get dressed, and come down stairs and I will go over everything with you after breakfast, but don't worry, it will be ok I promise." With a final hug he stood then he and John left the room.

I pulled her closer, sniffing her scent, kissing her neck, licking the mark until I felt her completely calm. She looked up at me completely tranquil, a few minutes later a mischievous look in her eyes, "Jack are you completely naked?" I felt myself blush, I had forgotten I had shifted into my wolf and come straight here I didn't have spare clothes. She grinned and began to move on my lap, so she was facing me, I could feel myself grow hard, and from the look on her face so could she, first a pink hue, then a smirk, she shifted some more, wrapping the quilt tightly around her, "Should I get up, or would that be a tad embarrassing?" she laughed as she went to get up, I pulled her back down, it was good to let her laugh but at the moment it would be very awkward. I pulled her to me, and kissed her, she wriggled a bit more laughing out loud, "Oh Jack your face, is a picture, I wish I had my camera to hand, mind you, another part of your body is also quite the picture at the moment," and with that she left out a raucous laugh. I pulled her to me even tighter and the laughter died as I plunged my tongue into her mouth kissing her so deeply my hand moved to the quilt pushing it down exposing her breast, my hand gently massaging it rubbing her pert nipple, my tongue moved down her neck to the mark, she arched into me, I could smell her need, she was on fire and I wanted to be the one to quench it, but I wanted her to shift first and secondly her father would kill me, reluctantly I pulled back the cover over her breast, she stroked my cheek gently with her fingers, looking into my eyes she whispered into my ear as she sucked my lobe, "This, Jack is just the beginning, soon very soon, we will finish this." I felt myself grow hard all over again, she slid off me, and without a backward glance disappeared into her closet to get dressed leaving me embarrassingly exposed. I grabbed a sheet and headed to John's room to lend a sweat pants and t-shirt, I wasn't going far from Cass today, I was here to protect her and I intended to do just that.

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