Chapter 76
Walking in the dinner my mouth waters and my stomach growls so loud I am surprised the walls didn’t rattle. “a little hungry man?” john laughs. A small pixie-like woman floats to the front seeing us all she yells back “get ready we gonna be cooking a cow soon” looking at us all she smiles. “been a long while since we had a pack of wild wolves here nice to see such a healthy-looking bunch.” stopping all thoughts sniffing the air. All I can smell is us and food it's like we are the only ones here. “excuse my mother she's of the age she no longer filters what she says.” a young woman says as she comes from the back. She's stunning like the sun shines within her. Looking back at the other women who look to be the same age. I know confusion has to be written on my face. The first woman laughs waving her hand at the other one. “things get done faster when you don’t hide stuff. You” she points to me “must be the alpha? Am I right?” I nod “good I have been expecting you. Come sit with me. The rest of you sit anywhere my nephews will be in shortly to take your orders.” she waves around the small dinner. Just then wade walks in the other girl gasping causing Wade's eyes to shoot at her. It's like we are gone for all they could now see. They both slowly walk to each other. Her small hand comes up to his cheek. He leans into her touch. Her eyes then shoot to the other women in panic. And she takes off out the door. Wade took a second to recover and he follows out the door. I can see his thought the windows stopping on the steps sniffing the air. His growling gets louder.
“oh what a pickle we are in now?” I look down at the woman who is staring at the trees. “well guess we have a few things to talk about now.” as she walks away looking over at john he nods and heads outside. Walking over with the woman I take a seat at the table she sits down at. “first my name is Eria (ear-ree-a) and I am a wood nymph. This way station is for supernaturals not looking to cause trouble. It's a safe place. Breena” she points outside “ is a foundling. I found her one day when I was picking wild strawberries. She's a wolf.” her statement has my eyes shot to hers. I didn’t smell wolves I couldn’t smell them at all. “it's a spell it keeps us safe. I asked the trees to mask her scent to smell like me. I raised her knowing one day she would be taken from me. But at my age I dought I will find my fate so I still got to raise a child. Once he claims her the spell will break and she will smell like a wolf again. She has a beautiful cream and white wolf. She's powerful and smart. She also learned earth healing magic so she will be a helping hand in your quest.” just then three carbon copies walk out from the back with plates of food. Watching them set plates down and go back. “my nephews are half brownie. y’all have made their day. They haven't been able to cook like this in years. don’t be surprised if they make you baskets of food to take with you.” she laughs as more plates are brought out.
When a bowl of one of them brings a plate to me I ask him “do you have bubble gum ice cream by chance?” everyone laughs and then it hits me what I said shaking my head jumping up “wait, wait I didn’t mean that please don’t bring me that pinky gooey stuff.” panic heavy in my voice. “he knows its the bond with your mate she must be having a big craving that can't be filled right away. You bear the marriage knots of the Cluracan people. You must be mated to one.” she says while pointing at my finger. I find it hard to lie so I don’t “I’m not its a boon from a friend to help my mate with me being away.” looking down at my hand then up to me then back down “you are wearing the blessed rings of the fated?” touching the glowing knots on my hands. Well, I can see she's touching me but I can't feel her. Her finger starts to glow and she looks up at me with a huge smile “in all my years I never thought I would see the rings let alone see the power of them. They went missing when the queen's head guard found his mate. His mate was a wolf something frowned upon at that time mind you. Let me see they have been missing for about 150 years.” looking at my hand I smile knowing Kaylin's family has been in the pack for a long time so we have been protecting these without knowing it. “must have a strong magic user cloaking them I didn’t sense them just seen the knots. Anyway, that's a talk for another time. You were led here to rest and eat and I have a feeling the mate bond pulling those two together. He's broken. She can heal his heart and soul if he lets her.” looking out the window I see wade pacing back and forth talking to himself. As I watch him the small girl walks out of the woods holding her hands up in front of her looking like asking for some space. They start talking I can see tears in her eyes. The snap of Wade's shoulders tells me how stressed he is right now. Throwing his hands up and starts pacing again. She just watches him. I want to look away but I can't I have to see what he will do. “what do you want him to do?” the woman asks as I stare at them. Thinking about my sisters my heart breaks but also looking at them I can feel the spark of hope for my friend. “it's been years since my sisters went missing. One now deads the other still missing and the bond broken by the looks of it. I want to see my friend smile again. And if your daughter brings that back to me I welcome her with an open arm.”
