All Legends In One

Chapter-Thirty-Seven

Chapter - Thirty - Seven - Decisions And Unraveled Secrets

Bethany's POV...

We were back in the office, with Raydan back on my lap and Salem hidden somewhere my parents refuse to tell me about. Chris felt better, it was clear as he stared down at the glass coffee table deep in his own world as I lay with my head tucked under Jack's chin, my whole body practically laying on his as he rubbed circles on my sides to release some of my nerves.

"Chris..." I murmur quietly, my eyes watching his every cell twitch at the sound of my voice as his black crystals looked up at me with a determined look on his face, "You don't have to decide now, you have at least one more week before we go back home.." I trail off with soft and reassuring eyes looking down at him with warmth as Cassandra whined out at the sight of her pack member, her responsibility, hurting so much.

He stared silently at me with fire burning in his eyes that looked like it could last forever and his look was filled with so much desperation hidden behind those black obsidians like they were carrying all the problems of the world and had seen all the horrid places in the world.

He shook his head with a hot breath escaping past his lips, his hands folding and placed under his chin as he stared back at the coffee table with so much intensity that I thought the damn thing was gonna burst into flames.

I let out a tired sigh and leaned over to give his shoulder a reassuring squeeze that made him give me a small tired smile, looking at me like I was the savior of the world and I had just saved his from crumbling- if you really think about it I really did, in some way at least.

The silence was suffocating, even little Raydan's body in my arms was tense and slightly shaking from nerves, the little boy was intelligent, he knew when to act series and when to not ask questions and sit silently when he needed to, and knew when it was okay to joke and make people smile, he acted so much older than his age and I had a feeling that...

Maybe he came to me on purpose, I mean.. It really isn't far off, he probably knew that I could help them, he may have not known how I would, but maybe he really did come to me seeking more than just a hug, he looked so innocent and pure that I just wanted to take him under my wing and never let anything in the world hurt him, I felt protective of him like he was my own brother.

Chris.. Well he was like my own brother too, but I felt more responsible for his misery, I knew it was stupid, but it was a feeling I really couldn't control. A feeling that was being generated from my Luna instincts, the instinct to act like a mother, sister, and aunt to everyone that was under my protection and it was burned into me from a young age to help people who are in need, even if they aren't my responsibility and I have my parents to thank for that.

As much as I was sad and betrayed that they kept such a life-changing secret from me, I knew they only meant well and I loved them, they were all I had beside Jack and Sally. I never had any blood siblings, not younger or older, and so my whole world basically rotated around both of them and Sally and soon, it'll be rotating around the whole kingdom that I will most likely take over soon or in the near future, a thought that both scared and excited me.

Ruling a kingdom really wasn't on my agenda back when I was a 'normal' teenage girl that was about to graduate, I had the normal dreams that all girls my age had, find love, graduate, start college, find a decent job and have lots of children.. I always thought about how my first love would be, what my first boyfriend would look like, and if he would be the one for me from the very first start.