uttered more kindly.
I let it drop.
“Have you heard anything about Jason?” I asked, eager for some news.
“Not yet, he seems fine,” was all he said.
“Okay,” I replied.
“I will let you know if I hear anything. I thought you would be concerned about your friend,” he said.
I frowned, “What friend?”
“Nikkee!” he said in between bites of his food.
“She is here. What am I supposed to be worried about?” I asked.
He shook his head, “No, she left not long after we started breakfast. Lachlan is taking her for her first feed.”
Chapter Twelve
I had jumped up from the table, abandoning my food. I walked out of the dining room with eyes following me the whole way. I glared back not showing how utterly terrified I was of them. I walked through the reception area, and over to the door we had walked through when we first came here. I stormed down the hall, into the car garage and just about fell over Steven.
“Hey, why the big rush, is this a prison escape?” he asked in a playful grin.
“No… Yes… I,” I stuttered.
“Oh, your friend,” he muttered realizing what I was doing.
“They will be back soon. It’s only a thirty minute drive into the big town,” he patted my back.
“What?” I asked not thinking straight. I started walking out of the garage. I heard footsteps approach beside me.
“You can’t walk there,” he said.
“I was supposed to be with them. I am the one that turned her, shouldn’t I be…”
“Lachlan was saying, because you are new as well he might not have been able to keep an eye on you both. I offered my help but he said he didn’t trust anyone with the two of you,” Steven muttered in an annoyed tone.
“Can you open the door, please?” I asked.
He walked over, hit his hand on the wall and then the large rollers turned, opening up the moonlight to us. My claws sprung out. I dropped to one knee and my hands hit the ground in front of me catching myself. I watched as they seemed to grow out of nowhere. The pain started to slow to a light throb.
“Trinity are you…?”
I shook my head and held my hand up. My jaw ached and as it felt like all my teeth were throbbing with a toothache all at once. They were moving up and down. I screamed out. As the pain was subsiding, I felt my k-nines hit my bottom lip.
I looked up at Steven. All he did was raise one eyebrow. He didn’t back from me. If anything, he looked curious.
“WOW! That was some sort of change. Seemed like your wolf wanted full control, but your vamp chose to put its own two cents in,” he said.
“What?”
“Never mind, you look freaky as hell,” he rushed to tell me.
I looked up to the moon. I wanted to run, jump and feel the freedom of the wind in my hair.
“I have never seen a change like that, even for a newbie,” Steven uttered in awe.
I started walking up the steep slope and out to the yard. I sucked in a deep breath and exhaled.
“I can’t believe they went without me,” I said sadly.
“Don’t take it to heart. It’s because you are both Lachlan’s. It’s hard enough to have one newborn let alone two,” he defended Lachlan.
“I am not Lachlan’s.”
“Right, yes, your Jason’s.”
I couldn’t help but hear the distaste in his tone. I turned and faced him.
“You don’t like that, go bite me,” I snapped.
“What is it with you and your friend offering biting sessions with me? I know I am good looking, but now I am just getting a big head,” he quipped with a cheeky grin.
I gave him a half smile, “I thought you looked different. Must be the new custom sized head.”
I walked over to the long grass, held my hand out and let the grass tickle my palm.
“What are you doing?” he wondered from where I left him.
“Shhhhh,” was all I could say.
I closed my eyes. I thought of Nikkee. I tried to concentrate, but Steven kept talking or should I say muttering to himself.
“Could you please be quiet for just a few minutes I’m trying to
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