The Imprinted Maiden (18+)

Chapter Forty-One

The next week that passed was testing and worrisome for me. Although Xain promised that they'd write, I didn't receive any letter from them at all. Katrina and Emily could do little for my aching heart and restless mind, but they did try their best regardless.

Katrina had continued to train me little by little in hopes of distracting me some. In the end, it did work. And, of course I ended up completely sore.

Victoria and Faye Grayson also came over every other day against their husband's wishes to keep me company and talk to me.

Victoria was always graceful, even with her child on the way. She was always shown respect and even those busy would go out of their way to assist her if needed.

Faye was also treated with respect, always being showed new jewelry or beautiful dresses, or sometimes even a delicious pastry.

The other day while I was with Emily in the market, I saw Miles easily take down a dozen werewolves or so. It was almost horrifying to watch, as if he was a monster more than a wolf.

When Justin approached him looking for a spar, to my shock he was almost able to go toe to toe, but eventually was taken down as well. Of course, Miles was in no proper shape to spar anymore and padded away from the market.

Afterwards, Katrina helped Justin up and the two also walked away from the scene. There was so much blood stained along the ground that a few unlucky weres had to cover up the mess.

Later on that same day, Charlie, Michelle and Katrina seemed to have gotten into it again, leaving Emily and I to defuse the situation.

That didn't work out well when Michelle started snapping at me. Then she mentioned the brothers, and went on and on about my "lost" child and the women before. I ended up going home in tears.

I didn't leave the house for three days, wandering around aimlessly and unable to think properly. I was lost in need for my mates and for answers. When Katrina tried to get me outside on the fourth day, I just let her, too defeated to do anything else.

Katrina held my hand gently, almost dragging me across the snow. As we walked, I just stayed quiet. She didn't bother trying to get me to talk at first. She then said, "We got a message from the brothers." My heart thumped loudly as I looked up at her in surprise.

"A message? When, what does it say?" I asked.

She glanced at me, smiling softly. "Good news is what. It looks like they've approached two packs already. We're going to the rest of our family to talk about this." I blinked in confusion. "Family?"

Katrina chuckled. "When will you get it in your head, human? We never try to separate you from anything. Garry, Jean, Emily, Justin, and even Charlie are our family. Sometimes Michelle when she's in a good mood." She stopped walking and turned to me.

"You are family, Lyra. The boys want nothing more than to protect you, but they hide the wrong things from you." She sighed, gripping my hand harder. "That's why we took you to the pub. We don't want those boys hiding anything else from you."

I nodded a little, returning the firm grip she was giving me as we walked.

We eventually came to Justin's house, which I found to be surprising once I looked at it.

The place was larger than the rest of the houses. There was a lot of open area and everything, thanks to the snow, was white.

When we went inside, the first person I saw was Garry. He grinned at me and hugged my small frame gently. "Hey, how's the short sprout coming along?" he asked teasingly. I huffed a little. "Okay, I guess," I stated honestly.