The Twilight Walker
Disclaimer: Twilight and the Mercy Thompson series are the exclusive property of their respective authors.
AN: Sorry this is a short chapter but I wanted to give y'all a little something while I plan out the next chapter. Now for some business, my freaky darlings. After re-reading Sun and Moon, I decided to rewrite it and ended up with Twilight Blues. As I see it there are three choices: I could keep Sun and Moon on hiatus until a few of my other stories are finished then try to come up with a way to finish it; I could just delete it; or I could put the story up for adoption. What do you think?
Ch. 10: Old Enemy
APOV
I lay in the middle of our bed surrounded by warmth, one of my Soul Mates tucked into either side of my body. It was my usual position whenever we were bed. Once we left the confines of our room, Bella was placed safely between Jessi and me; the two strongest protecting our heart. It wasn't that we thought she was weak by any means; her destruction of that psychotic bitch was proof of that. The problem was that we nearly lost her and weren't going to take any chances of that happening again. It surprised me when she accepted the arrangement without comment. Jess believed that despite the bravado she showed, the walker had been freaked out about how it could've ended. The alarm went off and each of us knew we only had a few hours left before we went our separate ways.
Bella's return to school had been eventful. After her little display when she first arrived, the brunette went overboard. Her show of dominance escalated throughout the day until she'd forced the two of us into an empty class room, bent us over the teacher's desk then fucked us senseless. My vision showed me we wouldn't get caught but then she bit first my ass then Jessi's while thrusting her nimble digits into our centers. We came so hard that we screamed bloody murder. Several students and a teacher burst in on us and we were sent to the Principal's Office. Naturally, my parents, Adam and Mercy were called. On the plus side, the three of us weren't kicked out of school. Instead, Bran, Angus and Adam had gotten together with my parents and suggested that the next few months spending the full moon with our respective packs.
We snuggled for another half-hour then got ready. Jess drove us to the executive airport where two jets waited to carry me to Seattle and Bella to Aspen Creek. After several goodbye kisses, the two of us went to the jets with martyred expressions. The one the brunette Walker had taken off a few minutes before mine had. I closed my eyes then smiled as an image of a tri-knot with a heart in the center of it and knew Jessi was the one sending it through our bond. It was one of our shorthand pictures; it symbolized the love and mate bond the three of us shared. Bella altered the picture by adding images of some of our intimate moments to each of the loops in the knot. The rest of the flight was spent sending images back and forth with my mates.
The plane landed and the silent communication between my loves and I came to an end. An escort waited to take me up the path to Angus' house; the Emerald City Pack owned a private airfield. My Alpha met me was soon as I entered his palace-like home and led me to a room where I could freshen up before we left for the Pack's hunting grounds. Unsurprisingly, I looked forward to tonight. The hunting grounds were a couple of rundown warehouses in the partially abandoned dock area that had been converted to hold several levels above and below ground. They contained movable walls, traps, tunnels and the latest gizmos that made each hunt a unique experience. From what I've been told, sometimes the hunt was for game and other times it was just for friendly competition. Tomorrow morning, while the wolves slept off their changes, Moira and I were going to decimate downtown with our shopping spree.
I had taken a quick shower then changed into my "hunting clothes," black designer Capri's with matching flats and a scarlet wrap-around blouse. My pack brothers laughed the first time they'd seen the outfit. That was the night that one of the more dominant males thought they'd put me in my place. Before Angus had a chance to intervene, I'd broken both of his legs and had the fool slammed against the wall by his throat. To say that I'd earned everyone's respect was an understatement. Our Alpha named me his Cub and that pretty much made his Fourth in command.
Bella's grandfather waiting for me by the front door and for the first time today, I really looked at him. Angus' body was taught with tension and his face was creased with worry. He held up his hand to stop the question that I was about ask then told me that he'd fill me in on the ride. I stopped just inside the doorway as a vision flooded my mind, a snarl ripped from my throat. The older wolf gave me a puzzled look as I dashed back inside and started to look for today's newspaper. After a cursory read through once I found it, I called Jazz.
"Victoria is in Seattle and I think she's building an army," I stated when he picked up the phone. I heard the clicking of keys as he got on the computer and did a quick web search. Angus had come back into the room and listened to both ends of the conversation with his enhanced hearing. He noticed the story in the opened newspaper next to me and his face became a blank mask.
"I think you're right. The family will be there in a few hours," Jasper drawled coolly before disconnecting.
Apparently, Bella had told her full story after she arrived in the Tri-Cities because Angus recognized the name as soon as I'd spoken it. His expression grew first contemplative then angered as his mind recalled the details of the recent number of murders that had happened in the city lately. Immediately, he started to call the members of the pack and told everyone to meet here at the house. Angus paced back and forth while we waited but I chose to sit on the couch while I flipped through the latest copy of Vogue. I was in the middle of an interview with Tim Gunn about the new season of Project Runway when images flowed through the Trinity Bond; Freddy Krueger and Sid Vicious. Bella was scared and Jessi was just as pissed as I was that the nomad bitch was back. I came back to reality with the knowledge that more than just my family was coming to Seattle.
Without warning, the front door burst open and several Newborn vampires rushed in. One of them raised a gun and I heard a soft pop then a dart hit Angus in the chest. The werewolf's eyes rolled up, lids fluttered and then he fell to the floor unconscious. The red headed bitch herself walked in behind her flunkies and glared at me. There was no way for me to escape, the Newborns surrounded me. One of them picked up Angus then I was herded from the house. I heard a human heart beat outside but suddenly I blacked out before I was able to see anything.
BPOV+JPOV
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