Cara showed us around the grounds around the house. It was a lot of ground but I wanted to get out and see the rest of the pack. Driving up through the pack, the little I saw on the way, it looked beautiful.
“I’ll leave you guys to look around on your own, I have to find my brother,” we said our thanks and watched as Cara walked off. The second I saw that she was out of sight and walked inside the house I grabbed Annas arm and pulled her away.
“Whoa what’s wrong?”
“Something super freaky just happened,” I whispered.
“what- what’s wrong?”
“When I looked into Caras eyes, after telling her about Kade saying I wasn’t allowed to shift, i started seeing these…these memories,”
“Memories?”
“Yeah but not my memories. I saw Cara and Kade talking in Kade’s office before he came to our pack for the metting of Alphas.” She squinted her eyes and winced.
“That’s not possible, Layla, you weren’t there. How-”
“I don’t know, I have no idea how it happened and Clara can’t explain it either.”
“But she saw it too? Your wolf I mean,”
“Yes, saw it and heard it,”
“Heard it? What did you hear?”
“They were talking about the meeting and Sebastian and about someone named Danielle,”
“Who’s Danielle?
“I don’t know but apparently she’s dead,”
“That’s dark,” Anna stepped back and looked squeamishly at me.
“I- i don’t know what’s happening, I can’t explain it,”
“It’s weird, I’m not gonna lie and I’m a little freaked out but I believe you. Do it on me,” I rose and brow. Why was she asking me to do that?
“Do what?”
“The memory thing, do it on me,” she said and waved her hands in front of me making it look like she was doing a magic spell.
“I don’t know how to do it,”
“Try,” Anna stepped forward. Her eyes grew serious and she looked into mine.
I felt her, her emotions and whatever memory she was thinking of was upsetting.
‘Hey mom, can we talk? Mom?’
‘Honey i don’t have time, the twins have to get ready for school and then we have the classes at the university’
‘It’s important, I wanna move’ Anna said quickly.
‘Go ahead baby’ her mom didn’t even turn around or stop fiddling in her bag and amongst her books.
‘Are you serious? I said that I’m leaving’
‘Sweetheart, Anna, you’re a smart girl so whatever you choose I’m sure will be great’
She turned just quick enough to give Anna a kiss on her cheek and then she zipped her bag and yelled for the twins to get down.
She had tears brimming in her eyes when I came back too. I grabbed her hand, stroking the back with my thumb before I pulled her into my body and wrapped my arms around her.
“I’m so sorry,” I said and pulled back. ”Why didn’t you tell me?”
She wiped the tears and smiled through the pain.
“I don’t know, that’s just the way it’s been lately. They don’t really have time to care,”
“I’m still so very sorry,”
We walked around and took in the scenery. There was a little slope behind the house where the green grass rolled down and panned out. The grass looked torn in places and brown patches rippled through the green and I assumed this was where the warriors trained.
“It’s beautiful here, isn’t it?” Anna said and looked in awe. There wasn’t much but there was a lot of land and beautiful thick trees. Benches were beautifully placed around a pond, and though it was closed off and the wall grew almost as big as the trees, it really was beautiful. Like a private sanctuary.
“It is,” I said and smiled.
“We live here now,” she said and smiled widely.
“Yeah I’m not so sure how I feel about that just yet,”
We walked into the house and stood in the big hallway. It was odd, it felt like I was home in a way and yet, another part of me felt much more torn and pulled away from this place. I was divided and so were my feelings and the niceties and the beautiful house and environment seemed to only be a facade.
Anna was joyfully running around the bottom floor. There were tons of rooms and open spaces that she ran through and drew her hands over everything. In the final room she jumped off the floor and landed face down on the big white bear couch.
“This is awesome and do you hear how quiet it is,” she sprayed out on the couch and lifted her head.
”Yeah,” i said and looked around in question. ”A little to quiet,’ Kade had earlier said how the lead warriors stayed in the house as well yet there was nobody here.
The house was completely silent.
I heard footsteps coming towards us and looked out into the hallway.
“There you are, how are you guys doing?” Cara asked as she and Mason stepped inside.
”Where is everyone?” I asked and Anna looked at me incredulously and slowly sat up on the couch.
Mason cleared his throat and pulled out a chair that he sat down on. He leaned his elbows on his knees and looked at me.
“They’re with the other pack members and will rejoin us when the timing is right,”
“And when is that exactly?” I asked and crossed my arms over my chest. It started to feel more like we joined a cult rather than a pack. What were they protecting us from? Or where they protecting their pack from us?
“It won’t be long now,’ Cara said and smiled timidly.
They stretched and Mason stood up.
“Dinner is ready so I hope you’re all hungry,”
We walked together into the dining hall. It wasn’t big but could house the ranked members and a few warriors.
Six wooden benches stood in pairs of two in the hall and there was a counter against the wall where the food was placed out and their chef stood ready to serve the food.
The wooden panel doors were lined in oak with black metal handles and the whole room screamed of a hunter vibe but it was calm and it was nice.
We sat down and I noticed how everyone was here accept for Kade.
“Where’s your brother?” Cara rose a brow and put a strawberry in her mouth.
“You mean your mate?” It still sounded and felt weird.
“Don’t worry, he’s in his office handling some paperwork but he’ll be down soon,” just as she spoke we heard heavy footsteps coming toward the dining hall.
“Did everything go well?” She asked him as he sat down. Kade nodded his head and looked at me.
“It did. Have you two gotten a chance to look around and familiarize yourselves with the house?” He asked.
“We have, everywhere but the top floor,” I had a though and hoped it would work. Kade tensed for a second, he narrowed his eyes on me and chewed on the inside of his cheek.
“Good,” I saw past his walls, felt his emotions, the bubbly worry he had was causing my stomach to shift but I couldn’t see a memory. I was hoping that if I brought it up it would remind him of something that would tell me why I couldn’t go up there. Kade leaned in, I stopped myself from moving back and instead sat still and held my breath. His lips were by my ear and his hand laid on my waist. ”I know,” he whispered and leaned back.
