Saving Gracie

Chapter 28

No One's POV

She looked over at Gracie, nodding in approval. Her parents made the ultimate sacrifice of keeping her and her identity safe. Even little Luis had given his life over to Melinda for her identity to be safe. A sigh escapes her lips yet she regain's her posture. "Gracie is a strong willed, brave, and selfless woman. She can do this for if she cannot.....the world of werewolves will fall and crumble under Melinda's hands," she murmur's. She had to see what was to come, pain or no pain, because it was up to her to write the fate of everyone she loved.

Gracie's POV

I woke up feeling something warm next to me and something poking my lower back. I instantly felt tingles so it meant I'm with Ryder but....OH HELL NO. My eyes shot open and I bolted from my bed towards the bathroom. I looked in the mirror to see that I'm fully clothed in my pj's. Who the hell changed me?! "Gracie open the door. What's wrong?" I hear Ryder's voice on the opposite end of the door. "YOUR WHATS WRONG YOU HORNY BOY!" I screamed across the door. I think Ryder looked down and saw his little friend excited and said,"Oh....Well....Shit." Ric mindlinks me and says, "The whole pack heard that you know?" I internally giggle and go to my window. Yes people, my bathroom has a window. I open it and see that it's not a far drop. I drop down and shift.

"Ah, freedom," Sam says

"Oh whatever. I need breakfast and I'm pretty sure Ric and Jam wants us to tell them what happened yesterday," I say

"Yeah. I was literally petrified of the images I tried to see again," Sam says with a shiver in her voice

"W-what did you see?" I asked nervously

"It was terrible. Wolves on the ground bleeding to death. Body parts and limbs scattered the blood red grass. Even in some places, there were kids and what looked like pregnant mothers," Sam says, her voice filled with rage and despair

She cuts off the mindlink and I go into deep thought while navigating my way towards the kitchen. I find a spare bathroom and shift back. What is about to happen? What of this is my pack? It probably is my pack right? Questions filled my head as I felt someone mindlink me. "Ryder is going ballistic. He wants you out of that bathroom. We're right outside but we're holding him back," Jam says with humor. Ah shit. "I'm fine! Chill out," I yell rather exhausted.

I open the door to be bear hugged by Ryder. "I'm sorry. My wolf can't help it. He's been going ballistic because we haven't marked you yet," he apologizes. He shoves his nose on my neck and inhales my scent. Oh yeah...He hasn't marked me. "Gracie, we need to talk about what happened with you yesterday," Ric says. I nod and give Ryder a little tug, motioning him to follow along.

We enter the office and I immediately plop down on my dad's chair. Ryder lifts me up and sets me on his lap. I stare blankly at the pack photo on my dad's desk and say, "Bloodshed. The grass was blood red, body parts and limbs were scattered around the grass, children were lying dead, and mothers that were pregnant lay dead too. It was mass chaos. I didn't get much more than that plus that was mostly from Sam because she went back and tried to look at the photos in detail. I have no idea whose pack this is going to happen to but Sam says it's in the near future." Ryder hugs me tighter and nuzzles my shoulder. I can feel the tense and sadness circling the room. "What are we suppose to do? This was like a vision of the near future. I feel like Melinda will be behind this too," I say blankly.

For the rest of the day we planned and planned the upcoming years. Me and Ryder were left on the couch watching some Netflix. "Gracie you know I will always be here?" Ryder says softly. I nod and look at him to find out he's already looking at me. I think you're ready to be marked love, I hear my mum say in my mind. WAIT....MUM?! That's kinda creepy but okay. If she thinks I'm ready then I am. "Ryder, I want you to mark me now," I say confidently. He raises an eyebrow of elation and confusion at me. "Are you sure? Not that I don't want to mark you but I just want to ma-" I cut Ryder off with a passionate kiss that I'm hoping tells him my answer.

The Following Morning~

I wake up to a tingling and throbbing sensation on my neck and turn to get up and look at what it is until I notice that I can't. I see an arm wrapped around my stomach and follow it to a body and to a face. Ryder's face to be exact. Events from yesterday flashed into my head but one sticks. Ryder marked me. Sam felt content and happy inside my mind as do I except for the fact that bloodshed would happen. I clear my mind of that rancid event and come back to see Ryder with a goofy smile on his face while staring at me. "I'm sorry I look terrible in the morning," I deadpan. Ryder laughs, making my heart swell with admiration and love. "You aren't. I was just thinking about last night," he admits. I bury my head into his chest as I feel it rising and falling.

Luis decides to come right in without knocking but, luckily, we're still dressed. (They did NOT do the deed if you know what I'm saying... ;D) Luis stops mid-walk and takes a long sniff. He smirks at me and says, "About time Ryder. I was wondering when you'd do it." I glare at him and throw a pillow at his body as he rushes out the door to avoid my much failed attack. "Oh by the way, Richard and James wants you downstairs to finish training in a few minutes," Luis says as he pokes his head around the door. I groan in protest and make a move to get out of bed. Ryder pulls me back down and holds me in place. "Do you really need to go?" he asks sleepily. I nod and caress his neck and jaw. He reluctantly lets me go as I run off and grab a change of clothes. I do my morning routine and I'm out of my room in 20 minutes.