The Hidden Gem

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Ashlynn POV

Danny's words about protecting our child made my heart swell. It was odd, because his words also caused my wolf to stir more inside me, but I pushed it off that it was just because she wanted to have his childern one day. After setting the picture on the drying rack and getting my stuff from my locker we left. We were sitting in the car holding hands as Danny drove us home. "Baby, I've been meaning to ask you something." Danny finally broke the comfortable silence. "Yeah, then ask away." "What happened last night when the necklace grew pink and today when it grew purple?" "I don't know really. Last night, I was able to read Laurens mind and today I can't really explain it, I just was over come with the pull to protect them." He study me for a long time before nodding and looking back at the road. "It was Lauren, again wasn't it? She was the one you wanted to protect." "No...I wanted to protect them both, but it was Laurens pained look in her eye's that triggered the feeling." He nodded again, but didn't say anything else as we drove.

The rest of the ride was silent, until we pulled into the drive way. "Danny, what are you thinking?" He turned his face to me revealing an over whelming amount of emotions in his hunter green eyes. Love, lost, regret, hope, worry and most of all fear swam in his eyes. I could tell he didn't want me to see him at this point, but it was good I did. It helped me realize we were on the same page. "I'm thinking that I can't loose you and if anyone knew about this I definitely will." I swallowed the lump that sat at the base of my throat and looked up at him. "I thought people knew about the gifts of the first wolf, but more importantly the necklace." He squeezed my hand tighter and tried to crack a small smile, but it didn't seem to work. It showed more of his uncertainty then it did his happiness. "They do, but it's believe more of a legend. It like how most don't believe your wolf is real, but it is. That doesn't stop the nonbelievers from retaliating when they hear about your power." I nodded unable to say anything and laid my head against the window.

We still sat in the drive way, holding hands staring at the house in front of us. Our own thoughts and worries consuming everything, even the small crystal like tears that found them selves rolling down my face. I was scared. Scared of the past haunting me. Scared of the what the future held for me, for us. Most of all I was scared of the present, scared of a life that I could never even imagine being in. I just wanted to be with him, feel loved and build the type of family I always wanted, but that didn't seem possible. It was as if no matter what world and life I strived for I still ended up hiding. Hiding of the shadows of an attic or hiding behind a poor girl that was so hurt she was afraid of her own shadow, there really wasn't a big difference in the world's.

Before I was hiding because I had to for my mom's serenity and now it's for my life, but that didn't make it easier. I was just running over and over again into the same sturdy wall. I should have just came to terms with the fact I was going to be hidden for the rest of my life, that was how it was supposed to be, but I couldn't. There was still a faint whisper of hope telling me not to give up and that every storm ends with a rainbow. "I just wish this isn't a deadly storm first." I whispered out loud, forcing Danny to snap his head towards me. "We'll make it through this baby, and we always will." Danny cooed before kissing my temple and getting out of the car. I followed in his lead, but as soon as I got out of the car I intertwined our fingers again. I needed my rock, my life, my Danny before I even dared to walk in that house force to act like everything was perfect.

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Danny POV

The mood has been depressing sense I saw that picture. I knew it had something to do with the necklace to make her paint such a thing, I saw it glow light green as she worked, but I didn't have the heart to tell her that. The minute she found that out, she would start to panic trying to figure out if it was a memory from her wolf or a vision of the future. I didn't want her worried about it, it was better off me being the one worrying over it. When Ashlynn laced our fingers together with the look that if she didn't she was going to die, it pained me, but filled me with pride knowing that she needed me.