Taylor - stripes and shadows (lesbian) [on hold]

Chapter 12 - In this together

Amber had told us to meet her at the beach even though it had gotten dark outside, I didn’t know what Joe had said to her but trusted her so didn’t ask, we all piled into Mr Tinder’s car, he’d given Joe the keys, we set off to the beach which was about an hours drive away, plenty of time to talk

“Sooo...” Deane said from where he was sat in the back, he’d lost his right to sit in the front seat as I shouted shotgun first

“I don’t think I’m a good leader guys” I blurted out before anyone could say anything

“Tay-Tay it doesn’t matter if your a good leader now, you can learn to be a good leader, after all you are a royal so it’s in your blood and you have us to help you with any decisions that need making, were your right hand guys after all” Deane said as he leaned forward to put his hand on my shoulder

“Taylor he’s got a good point, you where born to lead hundreds if not thousands, leading a pack will be no problem especially with two alpha’s by your side” Joe said while concentrating on the road

“Okay fair enough but it’s going to take some getting used to”

“Erm, there’s the little matter of having to move out of your ‘rents place and moving in with us” Deane said nonchalantly from the back seat

“What?” I asked in confusion

“well because where a pack and the founding members we have to live together, it’s just common sense, it’s not so bad for us if we where to stay at ours coz we have our parents and there pack to protect us, I know you have Lance but he’s not enough to fend of an entire pack and he’s eventually going to have to return to his clowder” Deane informed me

“I guess I can understand that” I slumped back into my seat “so is there anything else I need to know about leading a pack or generally just being a werecat?” I asked as I gazed out of the window watching the scenery pass by outside the car

“lets see, we have to perform a ritual that binds us together but we’ll talk about that later, you’ll be able to sense when a pack member is in danger but you wont know who’s in danger or where they are, hence the living with the pack which also means you wont get much privacy, we’ll have to know where everyone is all the time to be on the safe side, other packs are going to want our territory which brings me on to my next subject, we need to find somewhere where there isn’t a pack so we can claim it as our territory, it’s a must for a pack, alphas generally don’t get on, it’s instinctual, you can only be a true alpha after the ritual but we’ll sort all that out after it’s over, hmm what else..” Joe was silent for a while

“there’s the whole finding a mate thing” Deane said from the back seat “you can pick anyone to be your mate but the only problem is once you’ve become there mate you are together for the rest of your life, it’s not like getting married, also it’s unwise to pick a human as your mate due to the fact we live a lot longer than they do, werecats aren’t to different to werewolves, there’s been a few cases where werecats and werewolves have become mates though it is rare”

“oh you’ll be in heat a few times a year as well” Joe started laughing at this, when she looked over and I was just staring at her and could feel myself blushing she started laughing harder and snorted a few times before calming down “I’m sorry for laughing but your face was just to funny but seriously it can’t be helped, I think that’s about it really, if I think of anything else that’s important I’ll let you know” Joe smiled at me, we spent the rest of the journey in silence.

We finally arrived at the beach, we all piled out of the car and made our way down to the sand, Deane had text Amber when we where ten minutes from the beach so that she would know when to get there, we walked along by the tied until we got to a rocky overhang that lead sheltered a cave entrance, it would be easily missed if you didn’t know what you where looking for, we walked along a small passage until the tunnel started widening out into an open space on the other side, you could see the night sky when you looked up but nothing beyond a few yards in front, we eventually stopped when we came to a triangle of stone slabs that where laid on the floor, Amber was sat on one of them and stood up when she saw us approaching, we stopped in front of her