Not What You Expect

Chapter Fifteen

(Raine's pov)
After she kisses my head I'm looking down at my feet 'rouges are gonna want me dead... Because they think I'm Val's mate...' Snapping out of my daze I look up and watch her leave to go to our room.

"Val!" I call after her and run towards the room before tobi wraps his arms around my waist "let her be Raine. Your not her mate you can't help her every time she gets upset." I look towards tobi and I feel my eyes changing color and a growl emits from my throat "let me go! I need her." His eyes widen at my outburst and he releases my waist.

I've never snapped at him like that, but I've had no reason to. Quickly I rush out of the living room and into my room. Val's lying on the bed with a ring in between her index finger and thumb. I crawl on the bed next to her and sit back on my thighs "hey val... I don't know what's wrong, but I don't need to know... You have had a past that I know not of... But... But I can still be here for you.. That is until your mate can." She looks up at me from her fixed stare at the ring and sighs.

I open my small arms and pout, she lifts up pulling me into her chest. I nuzzle there and curl into her lap. "So tiny." I giggle and bite my lip "I might be tiny, but I have a big heart for you." I grin up at her as she presses a kiss onto my temple "I know tiny. Thank you."

Leaning against her she leans her back against the bed board and we fall asleep like that.

*Dream*

I'm standing in a hall way and I realize its my old home. The hallways long and dark, and there's a dim light coming from the end of it. I take quite a few steps till I reach the end, the light is coming from a single light bulb hanging from the ceiling. I turn to face the door that's my parents room, opening it I peer in and I notice a figure. Its dark and lingering over my parents bed, the figure moves toward a crib and I notice its my purple crib that I picked out when I was five cause I still slept in my parents room.

The figure reaches in the crib and pulls out a version of me "so small, such a waist" he whispered I look at my parents bed and notice its only my mother in bed. Dad? Where's dad..

Before I could think about it further the door behind me swung open, and my dad appeared.

"Let go of my baby!" A growl emits from his throat threatening like the one I used on Tobi. The man looks up and a mast grin stretches across his face "what are you going to do?" By this time my mother is awake and so is my little replica.

"Lawrence! Do something our baby!" My little replica let's out a whimper "mommy... Daddy....?" My dad answers "its okay Raine you'll be fine daddy's right here." A devastated whimper escapes her small lips "daddy he's hurting me!" I can't see anything at first but then a splat of liquid hits the ground. Then another and my eyes widen, he's killing me?!.

Little Raine let's out a weakened cry, and my dad growls "put her down now!" The man chuckles "as you wish." Releasing me I came tumbling to the ground and when my little me came in contact with the ground you could hear a sickening crack and no more movement came from her lil body. My mothers scream and cry did no good only made father roar with anger that a man could easily damage the one thing other than his mate he loved so much. To him I was dead, to him I had died at his wrong. Last thing I see is him charging at the man before it dissolved before me.

*end of dream*

When I wake I'm shaking, looking around my room val is standing looking out the window. I sit up from my curled position and call out for her "Valentina?" Her head snaps my way hearing my stressed voice "yes Raine?" walking over to me worry written on her face, I wrap my arms around her and nuzzle my nose into her neck "can you hold me?" I let out a whimper.

Nodding she lift me up and shushes me as I cry. No words are spoken, and I'm thankful. I don't know what to say, my throat feels dry now and my heads pounding. 'I just witnessed a man murder me? But I'm still alive? How does that work...'

I cling to val and take in her scent, calming me down considerably enough for me to stop shaking. I whimper every few minutes and keep my eyes open 'I'm afraid to see that man again, and to watch my mother and father be murdered, or was that the first time we were attacked?'  After about thirty minutes I wriggle out of her arms and tiredly trudge to my bathroom to clean myself. When I finish I put on a black long sleeve shirt and a pair of silver sweats. Val comes in the room with a bowl of fruity pebbles and hands it to me. I start to dig in and moan with every few bites, I love fruity pebbles.

When I finish she takes it into the kitchen and I follow close behind her. She turns to me and ask "I wanted to watch a movie, care to join?" I nod and we walk to the living room. When she sits on the long couch I point to the recliner. She laughs a little and I go over to the movie shelf, reaching up for black beauty I get it between my fingers and inch it slowly out of its cubby. Val is suddenly behind me and reaching for the movie with ease "you trying to get this one Raine?" I nod blushing at how close she is to me and at how when she spoke my name it heated up the back of my neck. When she moves away and shakes her had at me I pout and cross my arms "tiny, just so tiny." I glare at the back of her head, even though she was saying that to herself I could hear her perfectly.

Once the movies in I jump up and down and pull her to the recliner.. As she sits down I crawl up onto the chair and curl in between her and the armrest. I glare at my feet as I see my legs come half way or a little bit past vals knees 'I am tiny...' I focus back on the TV when black beauty comes on and you see the horse laying in front of that tall tree laying there where his journey ends, but then the horse starts telling his own story from the very beginning and I smile when it flashes back to when his mother gave birth to him. I squeal happily before gently leaning my head onto Val as we watch my favorite movie.