Myeyes widened. I put the kitten down. “Okay, I’m officially freaked out now. Canwe stop talking about this?”
Whatthe hell? Did I want to wait to have kids because a Devi was inside me tellingme to wait or because I really wanted to wait? My wolf came to the surfacethen. My eyes glowed yellow. No one was separating me from Kai. I don’t care ifshe was an angel.
Gretchenbacked up a little. “Sweetheart, I don’t think your energy is good for healingtoday. Would you like to meditate instead?”
Ofcourse I didn’t have good healing energy! You just told me my body might havebeen highjacked by an angel and that I would die when they were done with me.But Gretchen was nice. She was trying to help me and learning healing powerswould help my pack.
“Sure,”I said with a little reluctance.
Onehour later I came to one conclusion. Meditation was not for the verballygifted. I had always been a talker. Got in trouble in class for chatting up myfriends, had boyfriends tell me to shut up more than once. I was verbose, nodoubt about it. It was impossible to keep quiet inside my head. I had too manythoughts. Trying to ‘quiet my mind’ was impossible, but I did feel morerelaxed.
Gretchenhanded me a thick book as she walked me to the living room. I opened it and sawthat it was some kind of picture anatomy book. The human form without skin. Ishivered.
Shechuckled. “I want you to study this. The more you know about the human body,the better you can visualize. The better you can visualize, the better you canheal.”
Inodded. “Makes sense. Thank you.” I hugged her. I felt calm and at peace as shesqueezed me, healer perk. I picked up Luna, and Sylvia helped me carry her catbox out to the car. I agreed with her that I would talk to Nahuel about testingme for this Devi thing.
AsI drove back to the house, I wished I knew where Alexa was staying. She said itwas in Sandy. I wanted to check on her, make sure she was okay. I pulled up toour front lawn to find Kai, Max, Jai, and Akash huddled around a remote-controlledtwo-foot tall helicopter with a huge black net. Boys and their toys. I grabbedLuna and walked over to meet them.
“Whatis that?” I pointed to the helicopter thing.
Lunatook one look at Kai and hissed. Her claws came out and I nearly dropped her.
“Whatis that?” Kai asked me, looking at Luna.
“It’sa kitten. Don’t scream, you’re scaring her.”
Maxtried to cover a laugh. Jai was motioning behind Kai but I couldn’t figure outwhat he was trying to tell me. Luna was in full freak out mode. Arching herback and hissing. I ran to the front door and threw her inside before closingthe door. I looked down at my bloody, scratched arms. They healed quicklybefore my eyes. Werewolf perk.
“Whatare you doing putting it in the house? Let it go,” Kai told me.
Ilooked at Kai, confused. “Let her go? She’s my cat. My healing witch mentorgave her to me. Her name is Luna.”
Theveins in Kai’s neck were protruding. “Aurora, I love you, but I’m a werewolf.I’m not sharing my house with a kitten!” he roared.
“Theyhave good energy! I’m keeping her,” I roared back and put my hand on my hip.
Max and Devon walkedaway. Akash and Jai busied themselves off to the side of the house.
Kaiwalked over to me. “Aurora, I adore your animal loving spirit, but I’m not sureyou have thought this through. That kitten recognizes me as a predator. An Alpha.We will never get along. She won’t get along with any of the wolves. She willbe stressed and in fear for her life all of the time. Do you really want to dothat to her?”
Hewas looking at my lips. I smirked. “No, but she isn’t scared of me. Maybe youjust need to be nicer. Send her good vibes.”
Hisdeep belly laugh made me grin.
“God,I love you.” He picked me up and I straddled his waist. He pulled my hair back exposingmy neck and kissed it softly.
Heplaced his forehead on mine. “She likes you because you are part witch.”
Isucked his bottom lip and he groaned. “So, can I keep her?”
Hisvoice was gruff. “She can stay in the guest room, but that’s it. Don’t let herout. She might get eaten.”
“Yes,sir. Now what is that?” I joked as I climbed off of him and examined thehelicopter.
“It’sa drone catcher. We are going to remove this RAIDOS problem once and for all,” hestated with pride. “The RAIDOS drones have fan blades like this one. We flythis net near theirs and it gets caught. I bring it down to the ground andsmash it. Do this until they are all gone. It has a Wi-Fi camera and heatsensing, so I can spot theirs. All state of the art.”
Inodded, impressed.
