Chapter 10: It's A Disappearing Act

I had to go to the bathroom to splash cold water on my face. Luca knew what he was doing every time he ran his hand up my thigh, but I couldn't do anything without giving away that we are mates in front of Emma. What I truly wanted to do was grab him and kiss him. Goddess knows I wanted to. But, once I get in the bathroom, I decide I should go ahead and pee before we leave. When I am in the stall, I hear someone else enter the bathroom. I get done flush and head to wash my hands. There is a lady at the sink washing her hands already. I give her a smile and step to one of the other sinks. "Well, you are a beautiful creature." Ok, so I am a little freaked out cause she does not smell like a wolf. " Umm, thank you, I think," I say as calmly as I can with a bit of a laugh. "Oh, you are very welcome, child." She says it with a smile, but the look she gives me says something else, and my gut says getaway. My wolf is growling, so I know something is very wrong. "Well, I really should be going. My friends are waiting on me," I say as I start to walk to the door past her. As I go to step past her, she grabs my wrist. I had never even seen her move. How did she move so fast? Before I can react, she starts to speak, "Child, we will see each other soon. I can guarantee that. Tell your father hello." What the hell? She just disappeared. First off, where the hell did she go.

I hurry out of the bathroom cause I don't want her to come back. As I am rushing down the hallway, I slam into a wall. Ok, it's not a wall, but it is as hard as one. I look up into eyes that are as blue as the ocean. "Are you ok, honey?", He says; his voice is deep but angelic at the same time. I stutter as I say, " I.....I'm ok." He smiles, and I swear there was sunshine beaming off him. "What the hell have you been doing?" I hear Emma hollering from behind me. I turn to look at her and call back, "I'm coming." When I look back to the man, he is no longer there. He is gone. What the hell is going on? Am I going crazy? "Come on, girl, why are you just standing there?"

Emma says. "Did you see the man?" I ask her but, She looks at me like I am speaking a foreign language. " You are the only one in the hallway, Raine. What are you talking about?". "There was a man Emma," I say as I look up and down the hallway. "Come on, let's get out of here," Emma says, and I could not agree more.

We make it back to Luca and head out of the mall. We walk Emma to her car first because I insisted. After she pulls away, Luca takes me by the arm and turns me to face him. "What is wrong with you, Raine." He asks and looks at me with so much concern on his face. "I'll tell you once we are in the car. I don't want to stay here." We make it to the car, I put my bags in, and we head home. I explain about the woman in the bathroom first. When I tell him she disappeared, he let out a soft growl. "I don't know what to think about what she said, though," I tell him. "What exactly did she say again?" He asks, and I repeat her words. "Child, we will see each other soon. I can guarantee that. Tell your father hello." He looks to be thinking over the words. "It almost sounds like a threat," he finally says. "Yeah, I think we should tell mom and dad." I give my opinion, and by the time I notice we are home already. We both get out. I grab my bags. Luca offers to carry them, but I say it's ok, and we head inside.

I make my way to my room to put my bags down. I am still thinking about everything that happened today. But then, I hear dad in my head. " Come to my office, please," When he mind links, then it's serious. "On my way now, sir," I reply quickly. As a pack, we can mind link to each other. It is a method for the Alpha to get commands across to everyone at once or to who he needs to quickly. It only works for everyone else if you are close enough. The Alpha can reach anyone of us within the pack lands. I head straight to his office. When I get there, the door is open, and mom, dad, Levi, Luca, and Mia are there. "Close the door Raine," dad says, so I shut it and enter the office. "What happened today Raine? And don't leave anything out. Give me as much detail as you can, ok?" I nod my head and say, "Yes, Alpha." He frowns, but I start from the beginning of hearing someone enter the bathroom. I tell them exactly what she said and how she disappeared after grabbing my wrist and the part about my dad. He has a look of concern on his face, but my mom has a look of terror on her face. "Let me see your wrist he says as he walks toward me." I hold my arm out to him when he gets to me. He turns my hand over, and when he does, I gasp. On my inner wrist is a star shape that looks like a burn. How the hell did that get there. He lets out a growl, and I jump. I feel arms on my shoulder, and tingles light up my body. I know it's Levi right away.

"It's ok, my love," I hear in my head. It's Levi, but I don't say anything back. "Is this all that happened, Raine?" dad asks, and then I remember the man. I shake my head no, and he nods for me to continue. I look to Luca, who looks at me confused. "I bumped into a man in the hallway when I left the bathroom. He asks me if I was alright, called me honey, and then Emma came up, and he disappeared too. I hear two loud growls simultaneously, and I know who it's from, but I don't look at them. "Why didn't you tell me, Raine?" Luca says in my head, but I can hear the hostility in his voice and feel it in my chest. "We made it home before I made it that far, and I was more worried about the woman," I whisper in my mind to him. "What did this man look like?" dad asks, so I tell them. " He had light brown hair short on the sides longer on the top. His eyes were as blue as the ocean. When he smiled at me, it looked like light emanated from him. He was beautiful." As soon as the words leave my mouth, I know I should not have said it as I did, and the sound of the wall getting punched told me I was right. Levi hit the wall but what caught all of us off guard was mom passing out. We all took off to her at once.