The Pack Rebel

13. Worry

Julian's P.O.V.

Mckelty and I walk toward the stairs, to lay Noah down for a nap, as we go up the stairs, we hear what sounds like someone rushing from the dining room, we look and see Cleo rush down the hall and to the bathroom. She shuts herself in, and we hear her get sick. Mckelty and I look at each other, then become worried. We hear the toilet flush then watch as Cleo comes out of the bathroom, she walks down the hall a few feet, then turns back around and heads back to the bathroom.

"She shouldn't be getting sick that quickly, unless." Mckelty says, then I hear her gasp. She pushes Noah at me, I wrap my arms around him, and watch as she hurries down the stairs to stand outside the bathroom. I walk down the stairs and stand next to her, the bathroom door opens, and Cleo walks out, she looks up at us and her eyes go wide.

"What are you guys doing here?" Cleo looks between us, then her eyes land on Mckelty. Mckelty raises an eyebrow, then crosses her arms. I watch as a silent exchange happens between the two of them. Cleo shakes her head, and I watch as her eyes begin to water. I bump my elbow into Mckelty's arm and she looks at me.

"Kel, what ever you are doing, stop. Your obviously upsetting her, and you heard Luna Tahlia, she's not to be stressed out. If she gets too stressed out, she could get sick, as she already has." I tell her, Mckelty shakes her head, and keeps her eyes glued to Cleo.

"It's not the stress making her sick, Julian. She's pregnant." I feel my eyes go wide as Mckelty states, I shake my head.

"Kel, why would you say something like that? If that were true, she would have told us." I look at Cleo and see her head bowed and hear her wheezing. She runs down the hall away from us. We hear her door open, then close.

"What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you do that to her?" I look at Mckelty, then push Noah back to her, and head down the hall toward Cleo's room. When I get to her room, I hear her crying. I knock once, then enter her room.

"All she does is assume. She doesn't know what I did an hour ago, what I did made me sick." Cleo cries, as she lays on her bed, I look at her curiously, then sit on the end of her bed.

"What do you mean?" I lightly ask, Cleo slowly sits up, then looks at me.

"I guess one of my reincarnated Moon Goddess powers is mind transportation, when I'm fully relaxed. I was in here laying down, I closed my eyes, and when I opened them, I was in a cave and Declan was there. Zane and Miranda had taunted him. They couldn't see me, but Declan could. I waited until they left the cave, to talk to Declan. He's badly hurt, they've beat, punched, choked, and kicked him to a pulp. I let him see I was there, after he said what sounded like a goodbye message to me. I went up to him and healed his wounds, those that I could see anyway. Then I told him he needed to get up and run, while he had the opportunity. After that I woke up back here, and have been getting sick for the last hour." Cleo explains, I look at her with wide eyes.

"It seems like Declan called you to him as well, as you relaxing enough to go to him. But, I have to ask, is Mckelty's assumption right?" I carefully ask, Cleo looks down, then looks at me through her eyelashes and nods. My eyes go wide, and I shake my head.

"How long?" I mentally ask, to keep Mckelty in the dark in case she is listening. Cleo looks up at me, with a curious look.

"About two weeks. I found out the night Declan went missing." Cleo carefully says, I look at her with wide eyes.

"Who else knows?" Cleo moves hair behind her ear, then lets out a shaky breath.

"Luna Tahlia and Parker, are the only other ones that know." Cleo explains, I nod, then pull Cleo close and side hug her.

"I know your worried for him, but we will find him." I say out loud, Cleo shakes her head, then looks at me.

"When, though? It's been Three days, and still nothing. I thought he would have been found, especially since I told him to run while he had the opportunity." Cleo cries, I pull her head onto my shoulder, and let her tears soak my shirt.

"In about an hour, Alpha Edgar is going to send out another group to search another part of the woods, hopefully we'll find him." I try to assure her, she lightly calms down, then nods her head.

"I'd suggest staying in here, to make sure you don't stress yourself out. I'll come let you know if we find him. I'll also lie and tell Kel she was wrong about the pregnancy assumption, until your ready to tell her yourself." I say, then mentally say the last bit. I get up and look at Cleo, she nods, then I walk to her door and walk out of her room, I close the door behind me, as I hear Cleo let out a heavy sigh.

Mckelty stands against the wall across from Cleo's door. She has an eyebrow raised at me as I walk out of the room. I shake my head, then walk toward the stairs.

"So, was I right?" Mckelty mentally asks as I feel her close behind me, I turn to her and shake my head.

"She's developed a new ability. And it took a major toll on her. That's why she got sick, so many times in a row." I say, and feel a little guilty for not telling the whole story. Mckelty's expression goes from annoyed to surprised, as we make it up the stairs to the third floor.

"She gained a new ability?" Mckelty asks shocked as she rocks Noah back and forth in her arms. I nod, and she gives me a questioning look.

"Yes, apparently it's a mind teleporting ability. She was able to teleport to wherever Declan is being held. She said he's in rough shape, they've basically tortured him the last three days. She was able to heal his wounds, well the ones she could see anyway. Then she told him to run, and get away. Apparently, they had left the cave and Cleo told him to go, while no one was around." Mckelty's eyes go wide and she gaps, I look and see a gleam in her eyes.

"What?" I ask, Mckelty just looks at me, then walks to our room. I shake my head, a bit confused. I walk into the room, and watch as Mckelty places Noah in his bassinet, then she turns and walks past me.

"Kel, what are you about to do?" Mckelty turns to me and crosses her arms, and stares me down.

"Luna Tahlia and Alpha Edgar need to be made aware of this information about Cleo gaining a new ability." My eyes go wide and I shake my head.

"Absolutely not, when they find out they will question her, and try to get her to continuously use it. That will do far more damage than good, and we don't need Cleo becoming more stressed out and ill than she already is. The one time she's done it so far, she's gotten sick back to back, and has had to lie down and not be apart of any discussions, that involve bringing Declan home. We don't need both of them down." I argue, Mckelty looks at me with curious eyes.

"And I thought you were all for doing whatever it took, to get Declan back." Mckelty snorts, I look at her with concerned eyes.

"Not if it means harming Cleo, there are other ways to go about it. I don't know what has gotten into you, but I don't like it." I express, Mckelty shakes her head, then turns and sits on the bed.

"Fine, if you don't want to help find Declan faster." Mckelty says, then crosses her arms like a child in timeout. I shake my head, then walk back out of our room, leaving Mckelty in there to sulk.

"Excuse me, Julian?" I hear a scared voice ask, I look and see Axel poking his head out of his and his friends room.

"What is it, Axel?" I stand in front of the door and look at him, he shrinks back slightly, but stays in the doorway.

"I was just wondering if there were any new developments on the whereabouts of His Royal Highness Prince Declan?" Axel cautiously asks, I lightly smile as I see Axel is concerned for Declan's well-being.

"Nothing new, as of right now. Another search team will be going out within the hour to look again." I explain, Axel nods his head, then pulls his head from the hall and closes the door. I walk down to the second floor, and go to the fitness room to do some much needed stress relief.