“Who is she?” I hear one of them ask.
“Nobody, now be quiet,” he tells them, my heart twisting in my chest.
“Why does it hurt when he speaks?” I ask my wolf.
“Because he is our mate, that’s what they do, that’s why they take them. They hurt us. Mates are bad 46 we must not forget”
We drove in his car for what felt like forever. The sky went from light to dark as it swallowed everything outside.
After a couple more hours I saw lights ahead. Making me sit up. I could hear snoring in the back but didn’t turn. I didn’t want to anger my mate by looking at them, though they smelled young like pups do.
I watch big buildings all lit up, so many things to see and look at.
R yker
Pulling up at Avery’s Apothecary Shop, I look over the back seat. Both Tyson and Ace were fast asleep. I grab Ace’s shoulder, shaking him. His eyes open to look back at me.
“What?” He asks before wiping his drool off his chin.
“I have to go see Aamon and Avery, wait in the car I won’t be long. You step one foot from this car, you or Tyson you will be pulling my shoe from your ass for the next week”
He swats my hand away. “Whatever” he growls going back to sleep. I growl at him but he rolls nestling back into his position and using the window as a pillow. Sitting up, I find my mate staring at them.
“You are no good at obeying orders,” I tell her and she looks away.
“I was only looking”
“Well don’t, now follow me”
I tell her hopping out of the car. I stood stretching when I realize she still hadn’t gotten out of the car. I roll my eyes, seriously? This girl has issues. I walk around to her side, opening the door.
“See this, you pull it and the door will open. Magic,” I tell her as she stares at the handle on the door trim. She nods, getting out.
I grab her arm pulling her toward the shop. Opening the glass door, my nose is hit with the smell of burning sage. The doorbell rang loudly and I could see lights out the back. Walking toward them Aamon walks out the beaded curtain.
“Ryker!” He says patting me on the back. His eyes go to my mate. He looks her up and down and she too is observing him. She sniffs the air.
“His scent was in your car,” she says, and I raise an eyebrow. I was surprised she could pick his scent up. I had the windows down most of the way here.
Aamon cocks his head to the side, his eyes turning onyx and I growl at him. Though I am shocked once again when his little tricks don’t work on my mate, she doesn’t react at all to him, just steps closer to me away from him.
“Try your little tricks of seduction again and I will smack you one”
“Settle. I am happily married though I think you are right she is like Lily, my tricks never worked on her either,” he says.
My mate stares at me curiously. I don’t have time to explain to her what he is nor do I care to.
We followed him out the back, Avery was sitting at her table, a cup of tea in her hand.
“Ryker I hear your sister had a little girl, such wonderful news though I knew she would,” Avery says. I smile at her. I never should have doubted her abilities.
“And you have brought me your new mate,” she says motioning with her hand to sit across from her. I push my mate towards the chair forcing her to sit.
Avery leans back her fiery Auburn hair flowing down her back and across her shoulders, her green eyes sparkling like emeralds as she watched my mate.
“Interesting indeed,” she says.
“So I am right she is like Lily,” Aamon asks her. Avery shakes her hand. “Kind of, I can’t read her future either but I may be able to see her past a little”
My mate stares at her like Avery is some sort of experiment.
“Come here child,” she says to my mate but she doesn’t budge just stares at me and I could smell her fear seeping out of her pores.
“Go to her now,” I tell her but she shakes her head.
“Now,” I tell her and she trembles as my Alpha Aura washes over her before all but stumbling over her feet and going to Avery. Aamon grips her arm, steadying her before placing her on the ground in front of Avery who turns her seat.
“Please, I didn’t do anything,” my mate says to me. Her eyes filled with tears. She thought we were trying to hurt her.
“Hush child I mean you no harm,” Avery says to her before gripping the sides of her head in her hands. Her hands glow gold then green as she uses her magic, seconds pass.
Avery makes a choked noise before I see her bottom lip tremble a single tear rolling down her cheek. Her eyes glow brighter and her lips part before blood dribbles down her nose.
“That’s enough Avery,” Aamon says, grabbing her arm.
“No I must see, I need to know”
“Avery enough,” Aamon says gripping her face which had turned pale almost grey as she strained to see whatever it was in my mate’s head.
Aamon rips her to her feet, “I said enough it’s not worth your life” he snaps. Avery sways leaning into him before he places her back in her seat.
“Come here,” I tell my mate who moves away from Avery sitting at my feet.
“You okay Ava?” I ask, her eyes still trained on my mate.
Avery presses her lips in a line, her bottom one she pulls between her teeth.
“No one should ever live like that, no one should only ever see darkness”
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