“Hey! I’m working on strengthening my connection with my wolf.”
“A connection you let anger and fear break, but with you two being reunited, what is broken shall be repaired,” Minnie replied with a shrug of her shoulders.
“Reunited? I don’t know her.”
“Yeah, I’m sure I would remember Bellamy,” Halo spoke up right after I finished speaking.
“Just like you remember how to shift? You silly she-wolves don’t know anything. As much as I would love to jog your memories, we have much bigger issues to deal with.” Minne nodded her head past Halo and me.
We both turned around simultaneously to come face to face with the man I recognized from the market, only now, he was transformed into a snake man. His facial features were the same, but his head was surrounded by a scaly blue and orange hood. His arms were folded across his chest, and his long, slender body mirrored that of a snake. The bright blue and orange scales covered his entire form. I was completely in shock.
What the fuck?!
I never knew there were snake shifters. A part of me wanted to touch him just to see if I was dreaming, but the look on his face told me I should keep my distance. Hearing the rattling, I turned to see another snake man shaking his tail. This was some next level stuff. I noticed there were about five snake men in total. All of them looked vastly different from each other. None of them looked friendly.
“Bellamy, come with usss willingly or by forc-sss-e,” the snake man from the market said as he slithered forward. His tongue flickered out with every word he spoke.
“Am I supposed to go with them?” I asked while looking between Halo and Minnie, confused.
“No,” they both replied at the same time like I asked the dumbest question in the world, but I didn’t know what else to expect. It wasn’t like the three of us could take on the five of them. Minnie was damn near a midget, Halo didn’t look like she would hurt a fly, and me, I could hold my own but not against any shifter for sure.
“Then what the hell are we going to do?” I asked, my tone harsher than I meant it to be, but I was scared out of my mind.
“Call your mate,” Minnie answered with a knowing grin, but I was confused. I assumed she was talking about Kenzo, but I didn’t have a phone to call him, and even if I did, I had no idea what his number was.
When I went to open my mouth to say something smart, that voice stopped me.
“Kenzo!”she called out in a voice that was different than normal. It was like an echo that reached past my mind and echoed out to the distance. It made me wonder if anyone heard her calling out to Kenzo. My heart almost leaped from my chest.
“I'm already on the way. You’re going to be okay. I promise I won’t let anything hurt you.”
Hearing Kenzo’s voice in my head scared the hell out of me. His voice was as clear as if he was standing in front of me, but it was inside of my head.
I couldn’t explain what the hell was going on with me, but hearing Kenzo telling me I was going to be okay made me feel safe, even if I thought I was losing my damn mind.
Chapter Nine
KENZO ATALLAH
Creeand I darted through the woods in our animal forms, trying to get to our mates. When Bellamy mindspoke with us, we were delighted. However, hearing she was in trouble sent us into a frenzy. Regret over the fact that we’d been avoiding Bellamy since our encounter in the woods flooded us. The jealous side of us couldn’t help but wonder where Bellamy learned all that sexual shit from. We could smell that her cherry was still intact, but that didn’t mean she hadn’t done other shit with that bitch-ass fake fiancé from before.
Just thinking about Bellamy sucking another male’s dick fucked with us. She was ours, and no other being on this planet should have had access to her. We didn’t want to be mean to her because we weren’t saints ourselves, but we were bothered. A part of us felt like the whore tendencies that Bellum had, Bellamy would too. They looked just alike. Why wouldn’t they act alike too? To keep from taking our frustration out on her, we decided it was best to keep our distance from Bellamy until we were able to get our emotions in check. We didn’t want a repeat of what happened with Bellum.
Now, we kind of regretted not at least kissing her before we left because now, she was in danger. All this shit was a lot to takein, and we didn’t know if we were coming or going most days. Bellum had briefly spoken about some prophecy when we first met, but I had no idea we’d be involved in all of it. Even when we helped Cree last year when their uncle betrayed them and imprisoned the members of their pack, we didn’t understand the seriousness of what was going on around us. Now, we were beginning to understand how deep our role was in The Great Prophecy. It only made sense that we were important to this prophecy. Why else would shifters keep coming after Bellamy?
Finally, we made it to the clearing where Bellamy, Halo and Minnie were surrounded by Snake shifters. Five of them were in front of the girls, while there were about seven more behind them that we didn’t think they noticed. The girls' eyes were too focused on the shifters in front of them. Halo’s hands were glowing white like she was ready to attack them. Minnie whipped around, finally noticing the shifters behind them. We could feel Bellamy’s nervousness and fear. She didn’t know what to do. Halo had a look of confidence on her face until she noticed the other shifters behind her. Worry then settled on her face. Unlike Halo and Bellamy, Minnie looked completely unfazed by the shifters’ presence. If anything, Minnie looked like she was about to fuck them up. It made us question whether we were even really needed. Halo looked directly at Cree and us. We were sure they were mindspeaking with each other. There was no way she’d be able to see us through the dense forest.
Then a dark cloud began swirling in front of the five Snake shifters. Loud sounds of thunder boomed as a being began to take form. We couldn’t make out what exactly the thing looked like, but the fear and anger on Minnie’s face spoke volumes. Words were exchanged between Minnie and the dark form. Then, all of a sudden, Minnie charged toward the dark form, and a flash of white light clashed, causing them both to disappear, and the Snake shifters started to attack.
Halo threw light beams, knocking two of the Snake shifters on their asses. Swiftly, we and Cree leaped into action, coming from our hidden spot in the woods. We pounced on a Snake shifter mid-air. After sinking our teeth into its tail, we threw it into the trunk of a tree before smacking it over and over until its body went limp. Turning around, we saw Cree tearing two of the Snake shifters to shreds. Halo fired light beams, striking a shifter who tried to sneak up on Bellamy. We raced over to Bellamy as another Snake shifter tried to sneak up on Bellamy. We tore his head off, and blood sprayed all over the place as his body dropped to the ground.
The last Snake shifter, realizing everyone had been killed, tried to flee, but Cree pounced on his back as he tried to flee from us.
“Pleasssee let me go. I will tell you whatever you want to know. I’ll tell you who the Tsssar is. Pleassse. I kno?—”
All of a sudden, the shifter's entire body burst like he was a balloon. His blood and guts sprayed everywhere, covering Cree’s wolf’s black fur. His wolf looked visibly disgusted. Halo walked over to Cree and began trying to wipe off his fur in a loving manner. The way she looked at Cree, even in his animal form, spoke to her unconditional love for him. Her smile warmed our heart upon seeing the true love of a fated mate bond.
I looked over at Bellamy, who looked shocked beyond words, her eyes wide, arms wrapped around herself. We wanted her to look at us with the same admiration that Halo looked at Cree.
