The Cat Shifter (Book 1 of Shifter Series)

Chapter 87

I placed my stuff on the chair near the tub before I placed the other stuff onto the toilet for Ray before I sighed with relief and started to walk toward the mirror to check on something that had started to bug me for some reason.

Something felt off about my body that I don't think even Poa or the Warlock King had picked up on just yet...

I pulled off my t-shirt and bra and tossed them to the corner of the bathroom before I looked at myself in the mirror, biting back a tired sigh when I noticed something there. "Great," I said when I noticed a black mark on my skin near my heart. "Well, that's just fan-fucking-tastic." I placed my hand over the area that was marked and closed my eyes, trying to see what it was and why I had it on my chest.

There was a knock on the bathroom door before I could figure it out, and I bit back a small groan of annoyance while I pulled my hand away from the mark on my skin and opened my eyes. "Kat?" the person, Ro, asked, and I could hear the concern in his voice. "Are you ok?"

I bit back a tired sigh and shook my head. "No," I said and moved a hand through my hair and across my chest. "I am not ok. Something is wrong, and I have no idea if our friend noticed it or not."

"What is it? What's wrong?" Ro asked, and I could hear the concern in his voice turn to worry while he knocked on the door again. "Can you open the door, please?"

I bit back an annoyed sigh and held back an eye roll, pursing my lips in annoyance. "There is a mark on my skin," I said tiredly. "I think it is from whatever Romanov had done to me. I don't even know if our friend or the Warlock king had noticed it."

There was silence on the other side of the door, and I had a feeling that Ray walked over there, too. They looked at each other before they looked at the door, staying silent and waiting for me to open the door.

I bit back a tired sigh and moved a hand through my hair and across my face, pressing my lips into a thin line. "I don't know if it will be a good idea if you see it, especially since I am unmated but marked.

Ro scoffed and laughed, rolling his eyes and pursing his lips in annoyance. "I have seen your naked ass so many times that I know what you look like inside and out, Kat," Ro grumbled and narrowed his eyes.

"But you haven't seen her naked as an adult, Ro," Ray said, her voice barely above a whisper. She cleared her throat and shifted on her feet. "Can I come in, please?" Guilt and pain laced her voice, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes and scowl, pressing my lips into a thin line.

"No," I said, earning a small gasp from the female that I called family, "because I do not want you to cry and feel guilty about this bullshit because you think it is your fault, Raylen."

"But it i-"

"It'd be more my fault than anything," I said, interrupting her with a shake of my head. "I was the one that had suggested this stuff and whatnot. I am waiting for my ass to be chewed out by... three people, maybe four."

"Who?" Ro asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

"Trevor, Aunt Arie, Brody, and you."

"Me?" Ro asked, shocked and surprised. "Why would you think that I-"

"Because this had to deal with me, Ro," Ray said, interrupting him with a shake of her head. "That is why she is waiting for you to chew her ass out."

"Even though it might be a tomorrow thing," I grumbled before I moved a hand through my hair and across my face before I rubbed the bridge of my nose. "But, ok you can go ahead and open the door so that you can see this, too."

"What about me?" Katie asked, and I had a feeling that she was at the door with twins.

"No," we said in unison with a shake of our heads. "Go ahead and lie down on the bed. This is probably just for us, and then someone else later on down the line."