Tiger Lily

Chapter 4

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Chapter Four

    I walked into a field. It was in the morning and the pond looked beautiful with the mist rising up. I felt someone’s hand in mine and everything seemed huge. I looked up at my mother. We had the same brown wavy hair but her eyes were green while mine are blue. She smiled at me and released my hand so that I could run around. I ran around the patches of tiger lilies. Suddenly there was a scream. My head jerked in the direction of my parents but my dad wasn’t there. There was an oversized black wolf beside my mother. The wolf lunged at someone as I ran towards them. Hands wrapped around my waist and lifted me up as I screamed and cried out for my parents. The last thing I saw was a blood covered tiger lily.

    I could feel someone shaking my shoulders. I could still hear screaming. I realized that it was me who was screaming as my eyes shot open. I was in a cold sweat and my body trembled with the remnants of the nightmare. Never before had it been so detailed. Usually it was just the sounds of screaming and snarling while the image of the tiger lily drooping and dripping with blood. Giovanni’s arms were around me as I sobbed. I could hear him whispering things to me but I had no idea what he was saying. I clutched onto him as if my life depended on it. Suddenly I could smell lavender as a familiar female voice whispered into my head. 'I’m sorry I can’t protect you anymore baby. You need to know the truth.' I could hear tears in the voice but I had no idea to who it belonged to. “Naomi?” I heard Giovanni say as he pulled back to look at me. “Love, are you okay?” I gave him a weak smile.

     “I’ve been better.” I replied.

    “What were you dreaming of?” He cupped my face and his thumbs brushed the remnants of my tears away.

    “I wasn’t dreaming. I was remembering.” I said. “I know more about my parents deaths now.” I swiftly explained, leaving out that I had smelled lavender and the voice in my head.

    “You’re father was a werewolf?” He asked and then his eye widened with realization as I stared at him in confusion.

    “Werewolf?” I asked. It didn’t seem so outlandish to me. I had heard it before. I had a feeling I had known werewolves before but I couldn’t remember it.

    “Naomi, almost everyone who lives here is a werwolf.” Giovanni was watching me closely. There was a moment of silence. “I expected you to be freaking out.” He was looking at me curiously. I shrugged at him.

    “I have the power to read minds.” He gave me a confused look. “I can hear what people are thinking. To me the thought of werewolves isn’t all that outlandish.”

     “So you have known what I’ve been thinking the entire time?” I shook my head at him with a smile.

    “No, I try to give people as much privacy as possible and I don’t use it often. Unless Abby wants to work on her blocking skills.” I said. “I have looked into your mind before but at first I couldn’t tell anything. There was to much clutter. Your mind is connected to others and at first I couldn’t hear anything.”

    “What all have you heard?” He asked, pure curiosity shining in his eyes.

    “Something about future Luna and being mates.” I could hear the confusion in my voice.

    “And you never pushed me about it?”

    “No, you would’ve told me when you were ready.” He gave me a swift kiss.

    “I should explain what those meant then huh?” He smiled as I nodded, eager to learn more. “I am the future Alpha of this pack.” He paused and I motioned for him to continue. “The Alpha’s mate is the Luna since you’re my mate you are the future Luna.”