Runaway (Jackie's Story)

Chapter 16

I pressed Lea close to my chest and I growled. Lea cooed and I smiled down at her, but quickly snapped my attention to Dakota. He was talking with Dalia and snarling at Jaylin. I mind linked one of my daughters, [Chalice. Come get Dalia and Avonlea. Keep them in their room.] Her crystal clear voice rang in my mind, [Im coming Momma.] Suddenly a really tall 9 year old, with blonde curly hair down to her waist appeared before me. I smiled, kissed the top of her head, gave her Lea and sent her to Dalia. Chalice skipped to Dalia and whispered something in her ear. Dalia nodded smiling down at Chalice, glaring at Jaylin and she walked back inside following Chalice. When I heard the door shut, I stepped out from my hiding spot.

Dakota hissed from his spot, narrowing his eyes. Jaylin rolled his eyes, "I don't have time for this bitch." I snarled, "Look here Jaylin. You slapped my little sister. Youre lucky I don't just snap your neck right now. I'm giving you a chance. Either you take your pack and leave, or I kill you and everyone in your pack. Choose." Jaylin rolled his eyes, "You won't do shit Jackie. You're a shit leader and a wimp." I narrowed my eyes, "I won't do shit huh?!" I quickly shifted into my wolf form darted into the forest. My eyes found Yasmine watching from a bush. She yelped and started running. I easily caught up to her and closed my jaws around her throat killing her instantly. I shifted back into my human form, blood dripped down from my chin as I dragged Yasmine's body into the clearing by her hair.

I tossed her at Jaylin's feet, "Choose. Now!!" He looked down at her, cussed silently, "Just kill us." The answer threw me off, "Why?.." He looked defeated, "Because. You already killed Brittney. Now Yasmine. Now what's left is just me, Wesley and the other Yasmin. Since you took Lariat, Antonio, Dani, and Vince. Just finish us. Because I can't have Dalia anyways." My eyes turned red, "As you wish."

I heard glass shatter and something hit the floor running. I snapped my head to the left and saw Dalia's wolf barreling towards me. I side stepped and her speed sent her crashing into a tree. I smirked and turned on Jaylin, "You're mine." Dalia screamed, "STOP!!!" I had shifted and my fangs were centimeters from his neck. Dalia stumbled to me, falling to her knees beside me, "Don't Jackie. Please don't.!" I pulled back from Jaylin and I shifted into my human form. "Why shouldn't I huh?! Why?! You have Marco. Avonlea. You have a FAMILY. He doesn't even have a pack anymore. Don't tell me that you love him, because you SWORE to me that you loved Marco. You didn't want to be with Jaylin because you had AVONLEA! Make up your damn mind Dalia. You can't have both of them!" Her hazel eyes flashed hurt and she ran inside. Quil (which I had forgotten was there) looked at me, "Nice going." I snarled at him, "I'm sick of always dealing with him! He treats her like shit and she's to blind to see!" Quil growled, "I'll deal with him. You go fix that problem." I kissed him hard, "Just put both of them in the dungeon." He took Yasmin by the arm and Jaylin by the neck and walked them to the dungeon.

Dakota cleared his throat, "So what about me?" I looked at him and sighed, "You know what Dakota. I don't care what you do..You protected Dalia and thank you for that. Just please don't hurt Elaine..Im sick of picking up her broken heart over and over again." He sped towards me and crushed me to his chest, "Iloveyou sis..and thank you." I returned his hug and smiled feeling a pressure leave my chest, "Iloveyou brother." He let me go, ruffled my hair, and sped off to wherever Elaine was at.

I sat on the ground, and put my head between my knees. Then I felt the pull. The pull that I haven't felt in a long time. The blood moon was here. Tonight. I got up and ran up to Dalia and crashed into her in the hallway, "It's tonight!" Her eyes were wild, "I know.. we have to tell them." She grabbed my hand, "But this hasn't happened since we left the kingdom." I squeezed her hand, "I know, but I searched up on it. It's only when were within the kingdom that we turn." Marco and Quil walked in laughing, but soon stopped when they saw us wide eyed and clinging to each other. Quil immediately grabbed me, scanning my body for injuries, "Are you okay?" I nodded my head, "I'm fine, but we have to tell y'all something." They both looked at us anxious, "y'all might wanna sit down."

They both took a seat on the couch while Dalia and I stood in front of them. I took a deep breath, "Okay. So when we turned 2, we experienced our first Blood Moon. It's common in royal families, but uncommon in ours. A blood moon is when the wolf has free reign to do what it wants, when it wants, where it wants. We go into a trance, we can't control or speak. But when we were 2 we couldn't shift, so we just ran around and didn't sleep like hyper kids. Anyways, it's happened every blood moon until we left. And now that we're back. The blood moon is tonight. So stay indoors. It's unlikely we'll hurt you because you're pack, but better to be safe than sorry." They both nodded. Quil met my eyes and our gaze held, "We'll do what we can to protect the pack."