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her eyes widened in fear. “Don’t let him take you.” She whispered feverishly. “Kera, you….”
Her heart rate doubled as she realized her mother could see her. She reached out and touched her as tears streamed down her face. “What is it?”
Her mother turned to the front and pursed her lips. The realization donned on her quickly. “I’m already dead aren’t I?” She shook her head at the thought. “Get the key I gave you today. It will protect you from those who mean you harm. You have to stay safe. There will come a time when you will need to seek out my old friend. His name is Jason Howell. He has a bit of me in him. He will be able to protect you like no one else will. There is a book under my bed. I have it wrapped for your birthday but decided it wasn’t time to give it to you yet. On page seventy seven there is a spell that you will need to lead you to a way to teach you how to use your powers.”
Her mother looked at her begging with her eyes. “After I am gone, things will get bad.” Her eyes welled up with tears. “You will have to keep the balance Kera. There is no one else left.”
Kera watched the tree being ripped out by its roots by a massive wolf. Her mother was still looking at her. “Mom, watch out.” The scream tore from her throat and filled the small car. She felt a sob rip through her chest when she realized it was too late. The front end of the car slammed into the tree with such force that a branch busted through the windshield on impact. It mutilated her mother.
Kera lay on her side, her door facing the earth as her mother’s blood dripped warm and sticky onto her. She looked up as the driver’s side door was ripped off its hinges. She knew who it was just by the resemblance. He looked into the car and cursed.
Kera started repeating the words she had heard coming from her mother’s lips.
Rayland Howell started to separate from his body. Suddenly her mother’s spirit was beside her, joining in. He groaned as his wolf formed beside him a writhing visual of pain. The threads were almost severed when he turned and ran.
Kera’s mother looked at her. “Repeat after me.”
She obeyed and saw a stream of energy pass over the forest and covered the area around her house. The magick flowed from her tongue and the strength of it depleted all of her energy. She was left panting and drained when her voice finally gave out.
“I love you Kera. As long as you call this forest and that house home, you will be safe from the shifters. Rayland can’t come to you and neither can any of his blood kin. You need to decide when it is the right time to tell Jason about his brother. Stop his evil ways before he brings the pack down with him. They are more important than you could know right now. Their mountains house a vortex of power that people like me and my family gravitate to. The wolves may not know but they feed off of it. They need to stay there so that it doesn’t get out of hand. The consequences would be insurmountable.” Her mother’s spirit began to fade.
She didn’t have time to say goodbye before she was gone.
Kera woke up beside the fallen tree embedded with the fragments of paint from her mother’s crash. Sobs tore through her chest and she crumpled to the ground as she ran her hands across it over and over trying desperately to go back and ask a few more questions. If she could just get back to before the accident and warn her mother could she change the past?
When nothing happened she let Fang take over and clawed at the tree with her sharp nails. She touched everything along the path that she could. Nothing brought her back into the vision of her mother’s death. Somehow the moment her mother turned to her in the car she knew she would never look at her mother’s death the same way. She hadn’t just died but had been murdered. Not only was she able to go back and talk to her mother but her spirit had remained for a while afterwards.
Could she still be here?
Her heart rate doubled as she realized her mother could see her. She reached out and touched her as tears streamed down her face. “What is it?”
Her mother turned to the front and pursed her lips. The realization donned on her quickly. “I’m already dead aren’t I?” She shook her head at the thought. “Get the key I gave you today. It will protect you from those who mean you harm. You have to stay safe. There will come a time when you will need to seek out my old friend. His name is Jason Howell. He has a bit of me in him. He will be able to protect you like no one else will. There is a book under my bed. I have it wrapped for your birthday but decided it wasn’t time to give it to you yet. On page seventy seven there is a spell that you will need to lead you to a way to teach you how to use your powers.”
Her mother looked at her begging with her eyes. “After I am gone, things will get bad.” Her eyes welled up with tears. “You will have to keep the balance Kera. There is no one else left.”
Kera watched the tree being ripped out by its roots by a massive wolf. Her mother was still looking at her. “Mom, watch out.” The scream tore from her throat and filled the small car. She felt a sob rip through her chest when she realized it was too late. The front end of the car slammed into the tree with such force that a branch busted through the windshield on impact. It mutilated her mother.
Kera lay on her side, her door facing the earth as her mother’s blood dripped warm and sticky onto her. She looked up as the driver’s side door was ripped off its hinges. She knew who it was just by the resemblance. He looked into the car and cursed.
Kera started repeating the words she had heard coming from her mother’s lips.
Rayland Howell started to separate from his body. Suddenly her mother’s spirit was beside her, joining in. He groaned as his wolf formed beside him a writhing visual of pain. The threads were almost severed when he turned and ran.
Kera’s mother looked at her. “Repeat after me.”
She obeyed and saw a stream of energy pass over the forest and covered the area around her house. The magick flowed from her tongue and the strength of it depleted all of her energy. She was left panting and drained when her voice finally gave out.
“I love you Kera. As long as you call this forest and that house home, you will be safe from the shifters. Rayland can’t come to you and neither can any of his blood kin. You need to decide when it is the right time to tell Jason about his brother. Stop his evil ways before he brings the pack down with him. They are more important than you could know right now. Their mountains house a vortex of power that people like me and my family gravitate to. The wolves may not know but they feed off of it. They need to stay there so that it doesn’t get out of hand. The consequences would be insurmountable.” Her mother’s spirit began to fade.
She didn’t have time to say goodbye before she was gone.
Kera woke up beside the fallen tree embedded with the fragments of paint from her mother’s crash. Sobs tore through her chest and she crumpled to the ground as she ran her hands across it over and over trying desperately to go back and ask a few more questions. If she could just get back to before the accident and warn her mother could she change the past?
When nothing happened she let Fang take over and clawed at the tree with her sharp nails. She touched everything along the path that she could. Nothing brought her back into the vision of her mother’s death. Somehow the moment her mother turned to her in the car she knew she would never look at her mother’s death the same way. She hadn’t just died but had been murdered. Not only was she able to go back and talk to her mother but her spirit had remained for a while afterwards.
Could she still be here?
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