Jackson’s face was grim as he indicated that Oracle should continue.
“But fortunately, Dylon came into Cody’s life at that time. Once he realized Cody possessed foresight, his training kicked in and he took control of Cody’s life as you discovered when Carson came to you with his accusation. But as you can see, Dylon gave Cody theperfect environment to find some peace, allowing Cody to heal and regain the strength he needs each day to force the visions into a part of his mind that locks them away. Unfortunately, he does not have the strength to do this by himself.
“The Fates tied Dylon to Cody by a life thread, allowing Dylon to constantly reinforce the wall in Cody’s mind that keeps the visions from causing him harm. I know Dylon has mentioned the bonding which needed to occur.”
“Yes, he did,” said Jackson, “but I still don’t know what he meant by that. How is it different from, say, the claiming, Colton and Ian did?”
Oracle continued. “The bonding is complex so let me break down the stages for you. Upon their first sexual act, Cody’s life thread embeds itself into Dylon’s heart. At that time, it is thin and very fragile, and it is important that Dylon bite Cody during another sexual act as soon as possible after the initial embedding. Once that bite occurs, their life thread continues to grow in thickness. The next stage involves Cody’s acceptance of Dylon’s dominance over him. Once that happens…”
Cody interrupted. “Please, don’t go into detail, that’s private between my mate and me and not necessary for this discussion.”
Oracle tilted her head in acknowledgement and then continued. “Suffice to say, the next stage forged their life thread into a thick unbreakable connection. In the meantime, Cody began to benefit from Dylon’s strength which enabled him to rebuild the wall in his mind his Shaman had given him. The final stage required Cody to finally bite Dylon and complete the claiming. If I am correct, that happened last night.”
After receiving a yes from both of them, she continued. “In that final stage, two things happen. One, Cody’s life thread becomes woven into Dylon’s heart so they will never be apart, ever again. Nothing will ever be able to break the connection. And two, Cody and Dylon’s wolves became one and now each of their wolves are half white and half gray…mirror images of each other. This allows Dylon to feel anything Cody feels and thereby have instantaneous knowledge of what is happening to his mate. But it also means that whatever happens to one will happen to the other.”
Jackson sat quietly, absorbing everything. Then he said to Oracle, “So, if Dylon dies…”
“Then Cody will also, and vice versa.”
“I figured that. But how does that protect Cody when he uses his gift and becomes invisible?”
“When Cody uses his gift, Dylon will always find him by simply pulling on their life thread.”
“Dylon can see it?”
“Yes, I can,” said Dylon, “The life thread also reflects the feelings of my mate so if he is in trouble, I can see it in our life thread. For instance, right now it is a bright shining silver which tells me Cody is happy and at peace. Every emotion he has is reflected in that thread. I constantly monitor it so I can send him love or strength or whatever he needs through it to help him.”
“Okay, let’s say for the purpose of this discussion that one day Cody doesn’t want to return from the vision world. Can you pull him back?” asked Jackson.
“That won’t happen, bro. Not anymore,” Cody said.
“Humor me.” Turning to Dylon, he asked, “Can you pull him back?”
“No, it’s the one place I won’t be able to do it,” answered Dylon.
“Then what happens to you? Oracle said the life thread was woven into your heart and cannot be removed by anyone. What happens to you?”
Dylon’s eyes bored into Jackson’s. “I will die.”
Chapter 30
Jackson returned Dylon’s stare. “Does your father know this?”
“No.”
“Do you plan to tell him?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
“For two reasons. First, it will never happen because Cody and I have absolute trust in each other as our wolves are one. Even before that, we needed that trust for my mate to bite me and complete the bonding. I accepted Cody’s declaration that he would never put me in harm’s way before he bit me. Now joined, I’m privy to everything that is in my mate’s mind including his visions, emotions, and thoughts, as he is privy to mine. I can assure you, Cody will protect me absolutely as I will him,” Dylon said, emphatically.
“And, furthermore, it’s not my father’s business. I’m his son, but first and foremost, my loyalty belongs to Cody and now to this pack. My father has responsibilities to the High Council and I’m very much aware of potentialconflicts that could arise. My mother, though, knows about this and I have her blessings.”
Jackson shifted his gaze to Oracle. “I assume you have more to say.”
“Yes, about Cody’s gift, but before I talk about it, I have a message from the Fates for you. True foresight is very rare because it requires a very special person to be able to handle the burden. In order for the Fates to see if someone has what it takes, they start out with ‘déjà-vu’ types of visions. If the person is able to handle those, the visions become progressively stronger and clearer until they become what Cody has been experiencing for the last few years.
