‘What’swrong?’Kai felt my emotions.
‘Nothing,just that my mom won’t be able to see me get married. She has waited her wholelife for this day.’
Kaiwas silent for a long time. I could feel him taking pity on me.‘I’ll figuresomething out.’He didn’t sound too convinced.
Somethingelse had been bothering me too.‘Kai?’
‘Yes,my love.’
‘Laylahas been silent. She has told her people not to harm me. She is waiting for usto marry, then she will come for me, won’t she?’
Icould hear the growl in his head.‘And when she does, I will be ready.’
‘Metoo.’She was evil. She had beenhere too long, causing too much pain and robbing humans of their futures. Imade a promise to take her and that dark witch, Prudence, off of this earthforever.
Myphone beeped. A text from Alexa.
-They know about the early wedding bells.Expect drama.-
Okay… I forwarded the text to Kai. They, I assumed, was RAIDOS. How was she stillgetting information on the inside?
Kaiwrote back.-Seattle and India pack are coming. This will be the mostheavily guarded wedding in history. Also, I just killed two of their drones =)Bring it on.-
Ichuckled.
Nevera dull day in this pack. We were doing it. We were getting married. I called mymom to chat about small talk. I didn’t mention the wedding. I didn’t know whatto say. She knew we were engaged, maybe I’d just let her think we were engagedfor the next year, then do a fake wedding. Yeah.
Themorning dragged on. Emma and Diya had done all of the hard work so I didn’thave to think about the small stuff. But still there was so much to be done!Emma, Diya, and I decided to get our nails done in Sandy, at the base of themountain. We were waiting for three pedicure chairs to open up when Alexawalked in with a baseball cap on and dark, baggy clothes. The hairs on my armsstood. She casually sat next to me. Diya and Emma looked at me waiting for mydirection. I shook my head slightly, indicating they shouldn’t talk to her.
Shewas wearing a Portland State University hat. “I like your hat. I went to PSU,”I told her.
Shetook it off and turned it over, a note and three small one-inch vials fell swiftlyfrom the hat and into my open palm. I curled my fingers around them and tuckedthem quickly into my pocket.
“Oh,thank you. I wanted my hair done today, but they look too busy here. I’ll haveto come back later.”
Shegot up and left. Diya looked at my pocket and then flicked her eyes to thebathroom.
“Igotta pee. Be right back,” I told the girls.
Itried to walk slowly and calmly to the back of the salon. Someone was watchingus. Alexa wouldn’t have risked being exposed if it wasn’t important.
Ishut the bathroom door and locked it. Then I opened the note while setting themedical glass vials aside.
Aurora,
Isigned up to be a part of RAIDOS because I was curious about supernatural racesand I wanted to minimize their threat to humanity. But I won’t do that at thecost of the lives of good people. You, Kai, and your pack are good people.RAIDOS has a contingency in place that if you and Kai marry … they plan to killyou. They can’t risk it. They don’t want vampires to be able to reproduce andhave children, and I know you don’t either. They don’t care the cost. It’s acasualty of war to them. They have silver bullet guns, silver harpoons, silvercages, holding facilities, and much more. They are ready for a war with yourkind. They have been preparing a while.
Ifear that my time on this earth is going to be short if I don’t make changessoon. They know I have knowledge of their facilities and plans. I wanted you tobe warned. Your life will not be peaceful if you marry Kai tomorrow. Be readyfor war, not just with the vampires but with humans too. But I understand whyyou want to marry him. You deserve it. I have enclosed three vials of a serumthat protects werewolves from silver. It gives them permanent immunity. Give itto Kai, Emma, and whoever else you want to protect most. (It won’t hurt thebaby). I have done some bad things in my life. This will help me set themright. Helping you…
Don’ttry to contact me.
Happywedding day tomorrow.
Goodbye,
Alexa
Shit!I grabbed my temples. It was not what a girl wanted to hear before her weddingday. For a split second, I considered not marrying him, but something within mehad changed. Having the vision quest and opening myself to Kai had reconnectedour bond. I wanted everything with him. I wasn’t the type of girl to be toldwhat to do. If RAIDOS thought they could keep us from marrying, then they wereabout to be surprised. We had over 300 werewolves attending this wedding. Iwould marry Kai. If that started a war with the humans as well, then so be it.
