Soon. Be patient.
Wasn’t that the pot calling the kettle black? My bear was the last one who needed to tell us to be patient when his horny ass was ready to mate her as soon as we saw her. I grunted in response. Patience wasn’t our strong suit, but there weren’t many other options.
“Let’s go back to our house to get cleaned up,” Halo suggested before standing to her feet and looking back at Bellamy and us. She got onto Cree’s back, and then his wolf took off toward their packlands.
Bellamy looked at me like she was debating if she wanted to get on our back like she had any other option. We walked next to her and bumped into her, causing her to fall onto our back. She was laid with her arms and feet dangling from opposite sides as we trotted in the same direction Cree had just gone. After a few minutes, Bellamy was able to pull herself up, sitting upright straddling our back.
“You know you could have just offered to let me get on your back,” Bellamy said with an attitude that we found to be cute.
“Liar.”We were able to mindspeak with her because her mind was still open.
“Stop doing that,” Bellamy grunted, and we felt her mind closing to us. We couldn’t wait to complete the mating bond because her closing her mind off didn’t sit right with us.
Since we couldn’t say what we wanted to say at this moment, we bucked, making Bellamy fall forward. Her face smashed into the side of our neck. Feeling Bellamy’s aggravation was enough to satisfy us for now.
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Later That Day
We didn’t make it to Cree and Halo’s house in the Kismet Packlands. They had an emergency cabin on the edge of their packlands that we stopped at so we could all get changed and put on dry clothes. Luckily, there were clothes for Delcan because we couldn’t fit anything Cree wore. He was way slimmer than we were. Delcan was closer to our size.
I threw on a pair of black sweats and a white shirt. Bellamy wasn’t as dirty as the rest of us, but she still ended up showering and putting on one of Halo’s interesting dresses. Halo had a very unique style of clothing. We were shocked to see an Alpha wolf allowing his mate to dress the way Halo did. A lot of Wolf shifters could be vain. They cared about looks more than most shifters. If their leaders didn’t look a certain way, their pack could turn against them. It didn’t make sense to us. Bear shifters would never care about something trivial like clothing. All shifter races had their own things that didn’t make sense on the outside. We will say that Halo did have her moments when she wore normal clothing, but I liked that Cree allowed her to still be herself.
“Has Minnie shown back up?” Halo asked as she walked out onto the porch of the cabin. We were about to head back to my cave with Bellamy, who was tryna have a fake attitude like she didn’t want to come.
“No, not yet. Should we be worried? I like Minnie. Why couldn’t Tiny disappear instead?” Cree asked while looking over at Halo with a goofy smirk.
Halo rolled her eyes at Cree. “Even if we were worried, it’s not like we know how to get in touch with either one of them. They come and go as they please.”
“You can’t call them or do some summoning spells?” Bellamy cluelessly asked while standing next to us in front of the porch, looking up at Cree and Halo.
“Only things you can summon are of evil origins,” Halo explained to Bellamy.
“And I am far from evil. Love and peace live in me.” Minnie appeared, sitting on the steps of the porch.
“Where did you go?” Halo asked, appearing concerned.
“To a place I shouldn’t have gone,” Minnie responded with a distant look in her eyes.
“Was that the Tsar that you attacked?” Cree asked.
“No, a dark part of my past.” Minnie gritted her teeth, and a tear dropped down her face. “She took two important things from me. I won’t let her take anything else from me.”
We felt the emotion behind her words. It was odd seeing Minnie show emotions. The few times we’d been around her or Tiny, neither of them showed much emotion.
“She’s working with the Tsar or is this a new threat we need to worry about?” Cree asked anxiously. “I thought you said we were at peace until our kids got bigger.”
Floating up, Minnie gave Cree a firm expression. Then her face returned to its natural neutral expression. “If that’s what you want to call what they’re doing. Evil never works well with others. You, your brothers, and all of your mates are safe. However, there are other ways to stop the chosen one from coming into their full power to destroy the evil we are up against.”
“So, they’re going after other shifters connected to the chosen one?” Halo questioned Minnie.
“Exactly. Kenzo and Bellamy will birth the mate of the chosen one. What better way than to stop the mate from being born?” Minnie shrugged. “You all need rest, for a journey for revelation is coming soon. Go home. Sleep. The days ahead are going to be long.” She nodded while looking at all of us. Her eyes settled on me. “Kenzo, be careful. The darkness is closer than you think.” She winked then disappeared.
“I don’t think I will ever get used to them doing that,” Bellamy groaned as she rested her head on our shoulder. She was tired but didn’t want to say anything.
I turned around. “Get on our back,” we instructed her. She hesitated a few seconds, and then we felt her jumping up onto our back. Holding her legs, we held her in place.
“We’ll see you in a few days,” we told Cree while looking back at him. Then we headed toward the mountains to our cave.
