Secrets

Chapter 9

It's been about two months since Fawn's parents and I found Timothy and Mark searching for diapers, baby bottles, and formula for Jason's kids in a supermarket. I had made sure to pack some baby food for Autumn since we couldn't allow her to just eat meat and fruits the whole time. She needed veggies too.

By now, we stood on the docks facing Arilis. Jackson and Larenta were staring at it with awestruck eyes. Timothy was mostly hiding behind Mark and me since he didn't want to be the one to tell them Fawn was pregnant. Delphine, Christopher, and George ran for the front gates in their tiger forms roaring as they went.

"I'm still curious as to how the Griffins didn't know you had gone missing." Timothy mumbled; his voice full of worry for Fawn.

"Or where Moira and Julian are." Mark said his voice tense with anger.

"Let's not think about that for now. Why don't we focus on something different, such as how Fawn is doing?" I said with a deep sigh.

Timothy almost ran on ahead to see Fawn, but Delphine had intercepted him. She stood in front of him with a playful glint in her eyes as she batted at his foot. Timothy looked down at her with wide eyes before Christopher rammed his head into Delphine, knocking her onto her side. Delphine rolled onto her paws and sprang up before tearing after Christopher who was running towards George. Timothy looked back at us before going on ahead to go find Fawn.

"It looks like your people and you repaired Arilis. It was a mess after the war with the vampires, witches, and Griffins." Larenta said as she looked at Jackson.

"Yeah. We fixed the walls when we first landed here. We needed to feel safe and secure here, although it did take a while to do." I said with a shrug.

Before we could head to Arilis, wolves began to make their way towards us. The wolf in the lead was smaller than the others and younger, his scars over his left eye allowed me to recognize the wolf as Zackery. My eyes widened as a little Auburn wolf came tearing across the grass towards Zackery from Arilis with a Bali tiger was chasing after it, his blue eyes round with worry for the little wolf.

A smile tugged at my lips as I walked towards Zackery, Luke, and Autumn. Luke and Autumn hadn't spotted me yet, so when Zackery changed to his human form and ran over to me, they stared at me with shock. Luke changed to his human form and pulled me into a bear hug. My eyes widened at how his hair had grown out a bit, covering his right eye. I rested my head on his shoulder as he hugged me.

Autumn wove between our legs whining at us and I couldn't help but laugh as I pulled away from the hug. I lifted Autumn up as she changed to her human form and placed her little hands on my face. Luke's laugh filled the air as Zackery chuckled and ruffled Autumn's hair. By now, Autumn's hair reached almost to the edge of her shoulder blades. Her blue eyes were sparkling with joy.

Luke reached for my hand and grabbed my wrist by accident. The second he grabbed my wrist, pain lashed through my wrist, and I clung to Autumn with one arm as I yanked the other out of Luke's hand. Luke looked at me with wide eyes before grabbing my forearm and hand to inspect the vampire bite marks on my wrist. I didn't dare look at his face. I knew he would not only be shocked, but also pissed that I was attacked by vampires.

"April, when did this happen?" Luke demanding.

"It happened two months ago. Larenta and Jackson brought me to their home to allow me to wait on you guys to find me." I said pulling my hand away from him.

"How did it happen? I thought you were going to the Griffins two months ago." He said as he sighed.

"I did. Moira and Julian were there, and they attacked me. They were in cahoots with the vampires, and I don't trust them. Did they return to Arilis at all?" I asked.