Twins Unexpected

Chapter 7 - Secrets

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Watching the moon rise above the treetops, the air still in a cloudless sky. The entire world stopped and tilted on its axis. And I had a decision to make. A decision I didn't want, a decision I wasn't even qualified to make.

A decision I didn't even know was possible.

Stunned I stood there as I slowly realized that it wasn't a nightmare, the conversation I had with the King actually happened. As alone as I felt my entire life, I'd never felt more alone and more out of my depth.

"Kirsteen?" I heard from Jeremy as he stood in the door sipping on some coffee.

I took one last look at the moon, let out a breath, and turned around. "I'm here, Jeremy," I told him replying softly.

My mate just watched me in silence, and I just stood there looking at him. Finally breaking the silence, Jeremy spoke again, "You're blocking your thoughts, love."

"Am I?" I asked unconcerned. I had more important things on my mind, we all did.

Holding out his hand, Jeremy gestured for me to come to him. Feeling restless and angry, I shook my head 'no' and walked towards the forest. I wanted to run on the familiar paths, surrounded by my home woods, blanketed with a comforting darkness. I knew there were patrols scattered through these forests I knew like the back of my hand, I was safe.

Well I was safe this morning, now... my world shifted even more than finding my mates. Plus I knew Jeremy would be right behind me, male wolves loved a good chase. Reaching the treeline, I shed my clothes quickly and shifted into my grey wolf. My markings weren't anything special, but my wolf was large for being a female.

Sprinting towards my favorite 'lookout', which was a small bluff overlooking a small lake in the north part of our large territory, I focused my senses to my surroundings. I allowed my wolf to come forward, but not gain control. I needed her strength and her heightened senses, I loved feeling part of the woods since I was a child of the wild.

It wasn't long before I heard the thudding of paws behind me and catching up. Digging in I sped up and dodged the trees while focusing my wolf senses on the forest. I smelled a mama and baby deer ahead but I wasn't currently hungry so I ignored them, plus I avoided killing the females if possible so they could increase their populations.

So they could raise their futures.

Barking behind me in excitement, Jeremy finally caught up with me and brushed my shoulder as he raced by. Twirling around and stopping, he blocked the path as I dug in my heels, almost crashing into my mate.

Yelping in surprise at his sudden stop, I narrowed my gaze at my Beta who seemed completely unrepentant. I moved to go around him, I really wanted to get to the top of the bluff since the moon was so beautiful from there. He just blocked my way.

'Tell me, Kirsteen', Jeremy linked me. I growled at him and rushed past him, bumping his shoulder.

'Not in the mood', I snarled at him in my head and continued to run on my path. Only I was crying, only I was falling apart.

Suddenly Jeremy was standing in front of me in his human form, naked and his arms were open and he caught me. And I stopped and let myself be caught.

"Crying, mate?" He brushed my tears from my fur, and I put my head back and howled. A long, lonely howl to the moon that I could see through the trees. "Shift, love, so I can hold your skin."

I shifted and Jeremy pulled me to him, just holding me in outdoor in the woods. I looked up and did my best to stop crying.

"It's alright Kirsteen, let it out. It's alright, I'm here. And Fintan and me would do anything to see you smile." He stroked my hair, my back, and I calmed down.