Behind The Unseen Stars

Chapter Nineteen Losing Home

By the time Luca and I had gotten to bed last night, we had decided to leave the cubs with their aunts. Luca had also set up a mind link with them this morning to keep an eye on them and then to check in with us every half hour. I couldn't help it, with everything that had been happening, it was just something that I needed to do.

Luca and I were out getting the things we needed to do the spell, it was a very hard spell to conjure a door to the spirit world. The last time I tried doing this spell I was able to do it, I knew between the both of us we would have the power to do it.

I could tell Luca was still on edge about the whole thing but I knew what was right. I could feel it in my heart and my soul and I wasn't going to back down for anything. Luca knew this and I think that is why he was going to do this with me.

Luca and my cubs mattered too much to me to just give up and not try to find something that would give us the edge in the coming war. I knew that there was a good chance that my Mother and Gran could help us, so I am going to try to get their help, no matter what.

I was currently in our cavern sitting cross-legged on our bed of furs, I was waiting for Luca to get back with the rest of our things. I was already done with my part but he was still working on his and I think he was doing it on purpose, I just knew that he was tacking his time to make me mad.

I had the Spell Book open and I was searching through it trying to find the right Spell. I knew what spell it was I just had to find it. It was one of the spells I had memorized but Luca wanted to go over it first to make sure it was safe. His words not mine. He was afraid that someone could have tampered with it.

"Did you find it yet?" I was so caught up with the spell I didn't hear Luca return and I leapt so far in the air I threw the book across the room and into the air. I watched hopelessly as it sailed towards the fire that Luca had insisted on starting this morning but, it just so happened that luck was on our side, Luca caught it just in time.

You might be wondering why we didn't use magic to stop it, you see the book is protected so no magic can be used on it even if it's in danger. It can be a good thing but it also can be a bad thing too.

"Why did you have to scare me like that!" I growled at Luca, it was all his fault.

"Well if you weren't so jumpy then we wouldn't be in this mess." Luca turned towards me throwing the Spell Book and everything else on the bed in front of me. Why was he acting like he was mad?

"Seriously Luca? You know beaver dam well, that it was your fault!" I quickly grabbed the book and held it to my chest. "You know how easy I can be scared!" I raised my eyebrows and looked at him waiting patiently for his answer.

"Well Miss smarty-pants, it is not my fault that you scare so easily." Luca plopped onto the bed next to me grabbing the book away for me.

I huffed in annoyance and I set about getting everything ready for the spell. One of these days I'm going to knock him down a peg, mate or not, his ego was too large and it was only getting bigger.

"Mate, you realize I can hear your thoughts, right?" Luca raised his eyes from looking at the book to look at me and he was smirking.

"You can what?" This was news to me, no one had ever told me. "How is that even possible?" Can he hear everything?!?

"It's because were mates, if you wanted to, you could read my thoughts as well. The plus about it is that you can't hide anything from me. Some people make the assumption that we can put up a barrier to keep each other out, but that's not true. There are no secrets between mates." Luca went back to reading the spell. "And yes, I can hear everything, little one."