Chapter 38
The she-wolf dumps it in the hot water. Doing everything she's told to do without hesitation. Trying to look her in the face I then notice she never looks up from the ground. This is odd behavior for a wolf. Then their words make it through and my eyes snap to them. They are no longer looking at me but talking to each other in hushed tones. Trying hard to hear them but I can't. My wolf still hiding making it so I only hear like a human. Watching them pulling jars out of a bag wondering how much that thing can hold. “you're right after he takes her virginity and her power then he will be done with her.” he says looking over at me licking his lips. “don’t you do anything stupid before. We didn’t work this hard for this long for these pieces to be placed. The high priest will have your head if you fuck this up. He did not spend all that time making Jacob have that be thrown away.” she sneered she then looks at me dropping her bag on the floor. Walking towards me with something silver and gold in her hand tapering to a black tip. In front of me, she glares and walks around me. There is a sharp burning pain in my shoulder. Several things happened all at once my voice froze in my throat as I tried to scream in pain, and my body froze in place when I tried to pull away. The burning continued feeling like my skin was being burned off. The man started to laugh as the bringing started moving across my skin as she drew on me.
All this time feeling every stroke she makes on my skin I never actually feel my skin being touched. Throughout this whole time, they have been in this room never once touching me. Come to think of it over the whole time I have known them never had they touched me. Jacobs's dad just stares at my naked body touching himself from time to time grossing me out. She starts drawing on my front starting at my toes. I can see black lines forming where the stick is? Pen? Something or other glides over my skin so close I can't tell if it's touching or not. The swirls and curls look odd yet somehow familiar as well. The burning on my thighs triggers a deja vu feeling. When the burning hits my stomach the pain is too much and the room goes black.
Coming to I am in the tub being washed by the wolves that came in with the whites. They are washing and shaving every inch of me besides my eyebrows and hair. It's then I see that their eyes are all black and empty. They are just like puppets. Their mouths don’t look like they are open. Behind me, I hear them talking. Not to alert them that I am awake I stay quiet and close my eyes. “how long does she have to stay alive after Jacob takes the power of the winter's female twin?” he asks her. She doesn't answer “shut up she has to have an heir for the high priest.” she snaps out at him. “wasn’t asking for me. As long as I can play with her I am good. No, I mean did you see how he looked at her? The vessel is who I worry about.” he says a defense note in his voice. It gets quiet for a few minutes. “well maybe we should add a protection spell on her so he can just..” and it goes quiet again.
“well?” a deep booming voice fills the room. I never heard anyone else enter the room. Something metal drops on the ground tinkering across the floor. “everything is on time and in order sir. The twin is in the bath tonight you will be able to enter the body of the vessel and mate with her to produce an heir.” she says trying hard not to shiver in disgust. “double the fertility potions and ointments.” the booming voice says again. “yes sir” they both say. There is a crackle in the air and pressure leaves. Jacobs's mother comes over dumping more of the emerald green and gold liquid in the water. A tingle starts covering my body. Heat in my chest has me bucking all of a sudden in pain yet again. She chuckles “what did you do eve?” he demands “just a little bit of blood dust.” she snickers. He barks out in laughter “what I should be the one to carry the heir, not this mutt.” waving her hand at me. “you know that's not true eve.” “shut up Trevor. I have done everything he wanted. I should be having the heir not this.” eve sneers. “for fucks sake eve. You don’t have the power in your blood that thing does. It's that power he wants to be infused with the coven so get over yourself.”
Power what power? Granted I do feel stronger at night and never had to worry about food. Well, that was until my wolf went into hiding. I had been told years ago if you don’t shift for a long enough period you can lose your wolf. I have been worrying for the last six months or so I may lose my wolf. Not shifting has not been my idea no I have tried to shift every day for the last year and nothing. She won't let me. What did I do to have my wolf leave me? Trying hard not to shed the tears that fill my eyes. Blinking several times to wash them away. I don’t want them to see my tears. A jab in the back of my neck has the room spinning. Black designs dance around in front of me. The shapes change and spin the room spinning in the background. I can feel, hear, and smell everything but I can't move or speak again. I am getting so tired of being frozen.
Being moved and twisted as they take me from the tub to be dried and dressed. The mute wolves did my hair and make-up. For a second I see what I am wearing. It's emerald green and gold. These are not my pack colors. We are winters our colors are silver and white. My pack symbol should be in the center of my chest but our Celtic knot-style snowflake is not there. My hair is twisted and pulled tight with thorn branches instead of our holly crown. Winters pack members always where our pack colors and symbol until we take our mate mark and join the mate's pack if leaving our pack. This is not right or how it's supposed to be. They are tossing my family away in this and the worse is I know father had to have agreed and I can do nothing to stop it. This is what my life will be like I have a feeling and it's my fault. If I had accepted Samuels I would be at his pack now but no I had to throw away everything I was supposed to have because I was confused.
