Tattooed Mates

Chapter 2

                  

I heard voices in the darkness, the voices of my mother and my father arguing over the wolf on my shoulder, I slowly open my eyes and see the light blue color of my bedroom ceiling, I close my eyes again and groan to let my parents know that I'm awake and I open my eyes agian and sit up, but when I do I feel an arm on my shoulder I look down at the arm and look up at the owner to see my mother,

"Don't baby, you hit your head pretty good lay back down"

"No mom, I want to know why the gods have done this to me, I want to know why the man who murdered my brother is my mate, out of all the wolves in the world why Gabriel Redhawk?"

I looked at my parents in disbelief, my father looked at me with anger in his eyes, "I don't know, but you're not going with him when he comes, and he will now that he senses his mate, he will not have you after what he did to your brother." After he said that he walked out the door growling at Adrian to beef up the patrols around the territory, and to be ready for anything, I looked at my mother to see how she was handling this, the news that her baby girl was mated to her first born's murderer, she looked ready for a fight, her eyes held a fire that in my 16 years of living I've only see one other time.

Now my mom she might be short at 5'2 but she's no shrinking violet, she is Irish born and raised, she has gorgeous curly fire red hair, emerald green eyes, and pale skin, she has a kind personality but she also has a backbone the size of Texas, her temper is about as red hot as her hair, but when it comes to protecting her kids her anger rises to a whole new level.

"we have to protect you from him honey, he is going to come here now that he senses that you got your mark" she says motioning me to lean forward so she can fluff my pillows, as I lean back there is a sharp pain in my side, I gasp and grab at my side when I feel wetness run down my side, I lift my hand away from my side to see that I have blood on my hands, my blood, I look at my mom in surprise and worry.

"Eric! Please escort the Vampires to their hotel, tell them that Skyler is not feeling well and that we can have dinner tomorrow, also that I'm very sorry for the way we have acted, we don't mean any disrespect" she tells my guard that's stationed outside my door, "yes my lady" he replies I hear his footsteps walk down the hall, my mom looks at me and rips the dress so she can see my wound.

"keep pressure on this, ill be back with bandages and some hot water, I suggest you lay back down your as pale as the sheets behind you" she says as she walks into my bathroom and disappears I hear the water run, she comes back a few minutes later with a bowl of hot water and bandages from my First aid kit, she set the bowl on my bedside table and rinsed out the rag and removed my hand from my side, I looked down at it and seen that it was four scratches about the distance of a wolfs nails.

"why did I get these?" I ask my mom as she's wrapping my wounds up, she stops and looks at me in the eyes

"When you get the tattoo of your mate on you, there is a bond both spiritual and physical, the mental bond comes later when you fully mate, but to the point at hand, he got hurt by someone and the marks showed up on both you and him, it also works vice versa." She said seriously, I giggled a little bit but groaned as I felt pain shoot up my side, "so when I get cramps from my period does that mean he feels them to? Along with my bloating?" I look at my mom with a grin on my face, her shield cracks as she looks at me, and see a silly grin on my face, she starts laughing "yes, Sky he can feel all the symptoms of your period even the bloating and cramping" I started to laugh, and we didn't even hear my father and my brother walk into my room.

I grabbed my side in pain, I looked towards my door, I seen my father and brother standing there just looking at me and my still laughing mother, I grinned at them and my little brother smiled back at me my father just stared at my wound, he looked at me in the eyes I could see the anger and frustration in the depths of his eyes, I waved them in as my mom's laughs died into random giggles, my dad sat on the bad and took my hand in his, he kissed my hand then leaned forward to kiss my forehead, he leaned back as he said "your grandmother is coming here tomorrow, you two can go for a ride but be sure you take Eric and Allister with you, If Gabriel shows up don't even hesitate you come running back here, after you yell for Eric and Allister, you hear me Skyler Marie?" I nod at him as I say "yes daddy" I smack the side of my bed letting my little brother know that he can sit down on my bed, he jumps up on the bed and cuddles up next to our mom, and she holds him as she starts to sing.

I get comfortable on my bed, my father still holding my hand as we all listen to my mom's clear singing voice, she starts to get the Irish lilt that her parents had when they were still alive, she never talks about her parents but we all know the story of Alice and Hamish O'kelly, they had a pack back in Ireland, they were out patrolling the territory when a Hunter crossed their path, he attacked first, they defended themselves but my Grandfather was hurt to the point that he couldn't walk, so my grandmother dragged him back by her teeth, she herself was hurt when they got back to the pack house they were taken immediately to the pack doctors, my grandfather died the moment they got to the front door, my grandmother was so overtaken with grief that she went into a rage, she went out to find the hunter and kill him, so she went back out into the woods with the pack warriors, from what they said she tracked him down and they fought, but he stabbed her in the neck when she went in for the kill.

My mother Makayla and my two uncles Angus and Malcom was left orphaned, they were raised by my great grandparents, until my uncle Angus came of age for him to take over the pack from my great grandfathers lead, my Uncle Malcom on the other hand ran off when he was sixteen, we still don't know what happened to him if he's dead or alive, my mother got her mark when she was sixteen, she left Ireland to search for the wolf that was on her shoulder, she searched all over Europe, then America, she found him in the Black Hills of South Dakota, my father found her and thought she was a rouge wolf so he attacked without thinking, but as soon as he touched her it was like electricity went off in his body and mind, his spirit recognized his other half, he shifted and immediately and started checking her over for injuries, rapidly saying that he was sorry, and that his name was Gregory "Greg" Ravenwood and that he was her mate, and the rest is history.

I look at my mom as she finishes the song to see my little brother is asleep in her arms, I smile at her then at my father who is looking at my mother in adoration, my mom moves to get up and my father gets up before her and takes my little brother from her arms, he walks out of my room with my brother in his arms, I look back at my mother as she says "goodnight Sky, we will talk more in the morning before your grandma shows up." I nod my head as I lay back on my pillows, I look over at my nightstand and see my cell phone, I decide to text my Best Friend Ashley

(S=Sky A=Ashley)

S: hey you'll never believe what happened to me during dinner!

A: What?

S: I got my Tattoo! Ya know the one that shows up magically when we turn 16? Yea it showed up!

A: What?! Im so happy for you Sky!! Take a pic of what it looks like and show me!!

S: I will tomorrow before my grandma gets here, but for now im going to go to bed night Jerk!

A: night bitch!

I got the charger cord and plugged it into my phone, then set my phone on my nightstand and called for Eric to see if he could shut off my lights and close my door for me, but I was out as soon as my head hit the pillow.                      

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