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POV – Kai-Lea
“So, are you feeling any better about Milton’s visit to the pack for his apology?” Dr. Ayonna asked me. She asked things about Milton from time to time to start the session.
“Honestly, no. There was this one time, I thought he was going to be nice to me and stand up to his Father. Instead, he, he. He ripped my shirt off and started beating me in front of his Father saying that I had humiliated him. Later that night he came into my room to apologize, he said that I should be the one apologizing to him, for making him look bad in front of his Father. He then shoved his hand up my night gown and started um… So, no. Really not alright with his visit. But know I don’t have a say in the matter either. It’s one of those that's best for pack situations. Even if I find this visit or connection to those bastards to be a huge mistake.” I said bitterly, “But, I was told that I’m not going to be here when he comes.”
“Really that’s good.”
“I just came from Dad’s office. I could’ve told him everything I just told you. So why didn’t I? I am failing. Like I just promised to not make him feel like this isn’t home.” I asked crying.
“First of all, you’re not a failure. I just looking for you, as I also needed to tell you that you just got an award from the school for the project you did. You could never be a failure. I promise that. And you came to Dr. Ayonna which is within the promise you and I just made. She has the ability to tell me if there is something I need to know. And this would and wouldn’t be one of those things. As you and I just talked about it. You’re good, Sweetie.”
“Ok, Dad.”
I since talking with Dad and Dr. Ayonna about everything I was feeling safer to shift more. I even shifted six times in the last week. And fifteen in the last two weeks. Dad was more than happy with that as, it at least I was showing progress. While I’ve been shifting more that I realized that I still don’t know my own wolf’s name, which has caused more issues with me and my mates. As their wolves have names while mine doesn’t. Kallen’s is Fernis and Stuart’s Fenrir. When I ask her she just huffs and retreats to the back of my mind. Their wolves call mine Little Wolf, like my mates call me Little Mate. It’s cheesy but we love it. I think honestly that is the real reason she won’t say her name. After my session concluded I went up to my room to find Mom with suitcase sets that had my initials on them. They were dual colored, to represent my mates, with the inside lining being my favorite color.
“We knew you probably haven’t thought to buy any suitcases for yourself just yet. So, we figured we’d use this as an opportunity to get you, your own personalized set.” She said, picking out a few things she thought I’d need while were gone. Which for some reason included five sets of heels.
“How can I help?” I said excitedly.
“Pick out somethings that you want to wear for comfort, we will be there for at least two weeks just to give them time to have everything here handled.” She told me. I picked out four of my super comfort outfits, two of my medium comfort outfits, and two somewhat. Mom said I did good she packed the more professional or serious outfits. Basically, the fancy dresses for special reasons.
The only thing left to do was wait for Tuesday after school and leave for the trip. As much as I still had issues with being in a car, I had more issues about being near Milton. Instead of going to school that day Mom and Dad figured I’d be too nervous about being in the car. We spent the morning making sure that Gussie and Chellea didn’t over pack and packed what they were told to. To say that there was a cat fight over not being allowed to bring along more clothes would be a crime against catfights. Afterwards we packed up our suitcases and loaded them to the car, ate something before heading on the road. Before we left though we also had to grab our meal kits from the kitchen, which of course included something special from Merietta. Who said and I quote, ‘No current or future Luna of mine will be solely dining on junk and/or fast food while in my care.’ So, she sent several healthier snacks with us and little meals in coolers that she had prepared after hearing that we were going on a trip. We had four cars and two dozen warriors.
“So, how long does it take to get to your sisters? I barely made it during our trip for school last month.”
“Well, we should be arriving to her pack about the same time that that Milton shows up here. So, about Thursday night, but more likely Friday morning.” Mom said.
Once we were on the road we talked about her sister being the Luna of Blue Lagoon Pack. I laughed when I heard the name Lagoon. I even asked once I was done laughing who named their pack Lagoon. No one had an answer, Mom explained that she was now running the pack on her own because of everything that Millus had done. And that I'll be meeting more than a few new family members, telling me that I would have from her sister nine new cousins. The oldest two are twins like Kallen and Stuart, would be getting there a week maybe after we got there. They are two years older than Kallen and Stuart, which meant they were already at college.
Eventually we fell asleep while the drivers took turns. We didn’t stop until around 5am for gas and some drinks. The gas station happened to be attached to a Burger Spot. It was there I learned that we still had three more days of driving to go. There was bad weather up ahead. So, we were having to go a different longer route to Blue Lagoon pack. We stretched for about an hour or so after eating before grabbing some more snacks and drinks to have. Gussie said that she felt sleepy now that she was full. So, it wasn’t long before she and I fell back to sleep.
We stopped at a hotel so that we could shower and change into something else. While in the shower I thought about any time I’d been away from the twins and realized that I’d never been this long without them. And it made me realizing how much I hated being away from the twins. It wasn’t so easy to fall back to sleep this time as I’d was colder than normal and couldn’t get warm. It was how I knew I’d never be able to fully sleep without them as they keep me warm and safe.