Chapter 11: Eye For An Eye

I rush to her side. She is breathing, but I don't know what's wrong with her. Dad has her head in his lap as she starts to move. "Are you ok, baby?" dad is asking her. She blinks up at him like she is in shock. "Mom, are you ok?" she looks over at me as I ask. As soon as she looks at me, her eyes start to water as she tries to say yes, she is ok, but it is not convincing. Eventually, dad helps her up off the floor and into a chair. "I am ok," she says as everyone steps back to give them space. Dad looks at all of us "you can all leave now. We will talk about it more later after she is feeling better." So I give her a kiss on the cheek and head for the door. I head to the kitchen to get a drink. I smell Luca and Levi before I ever enter. They are both standing near the fridge with a mean look on their face. They both have their arms crossed over their chest. I genuinely notice for the first time the minor differences between them even though they are twins. Levi has a small group of moles under his right eye. They resemble a triangle. Luca has a very sharp jawline, and his eyes show more emotion than Levi's. I can tell they are both upset or mad even.

I walk toward the refrigerator when Luca speaks up first. "So you bumped into a beautiful man, huh?" I respond quickly to keep them from misunderstanding me" Yes, but not that kind of beautiful. It was the only way I knew how to describe him." Before The sentence is all the way out my mouth, Levi has both my arms. He is not hurting me, but it gets my attention. "Did you want him, Raine?" I can tell he is hurt just in the way Levi asks me. "No, I didn't want him. That is what I was trying to say. It was more of the way he looked in general, and there was something about him. I just can't put my finger on it." They both look at me with a confused look on their face. Levi drops his hands from my arms and steps back toward where he was standing before. "He didn't say anything to you, though like it was just an accident, then disappeared?" Levi asks me. "Yes, that is exactly how it happened, that was all." Luca spoke up first, "We are just scared Raine, you are our mate. We can't stand the thought of something happening to you or you being in danger." My head falls cause he is right. The thought of something happening to either of them makes my chest hurt. "I understand. I was not trying to keep anything from you, but I was scared of the woman in the bathroom. I did not feel any fright with him. I truly felt safe with him there. I could see that neither of them liked that at all, but it is the truth. I can't explain it.

Mia walks into the kitchen. "Mom wants to see you in her room." Ok, I say as I head to her room. When I get there, I knock on the door and hear her say, come in. So I enter the room and shut the door behind me. She is sitting on the couch near the entrance to her room. "Come sit, honey," she says, and I join her on the sofa. "Are you ok, mom?" I ask her first cause she still looks a little pale. "Yes, my child, I am fine, but I need to tell you something." The tone of her voice, the way she looks, and what happened earlier have me scared. "I need to tell you about your father." My eyes go wide. She has never talked about my biological father much, and it has always been me that ask questions. "Why now?" I can't help but ask. "Just let me say it, and you can ask whatever you want after, and I will try my best to answer any questions you might have, understand?" I merely nod my head for her to continue.

"When I was with your father, he was hunted by many. They attacked your father the first time when I was pregnant with you. He told me that he had been in hiding for a while and did not think they would find him. There was a pack of rouges and with those rouges was a witch. Her name was Joscelin. She was the one that was hunting your father. She had long dark hair that was curly. She always wore long skirts and a tank top. She would constantly have a smirky smile on her face. Joscelin had been hunting your father for years. The night your father was killed, we were having a meal together. If I had known what your father was telling me, maybe I could have saved him." She started to get choked up, and all I knew to do was hold her, so I slid next to her and put my arm across her shoulder. I guess this gave her the strength to continue. He explained why Joscelin had been hunting him. She wanted the power of his blood. She would stop at nothing to get that from him as she had waited years to get a chance. He told me that if he were to fall, I needed to run and not speak of him unless I had to and never speak of him in the open. I did not understand him at the time. He went on to tell me that even if he fell, he would see me again if it was meant to be and the light was delivered to the earth. His words that night confused me. I did not understand everything he said and still don't fully. He died that night, and while he took his last breath in my arms, he told me to remember. Then his body disappeared in front of my eyes. Joscelin had been hurt and was knocked unconscious in the fighting. She let out a horrific scream as his body vanished. The next thing I knew, she was right in front of me with my throat in her hand. Before I could even react, she stepped back and smiled at me. Then she said, this is great. If I can't have him, then his child will work just fine. But before she could do anything. to me, we heard the growl of an Alpha and his pack. We had crossed onto pack lands, and they came to the rescue without even knowing they had. I stayed with that pack for almost a year before I met Bastien. After meeting him, I came here."

There was so much information to take in this was the first time I ever heard what happen to my father. I had so many questions, but only one kept coming to my mind. What does she want with me? I ask my mom just that. "I am still not sure, Raine, but you have to be careful. She was ruthless with your father. His life meant nothing, and I am sure she will be the same with you." I look down at my hands and back up to mom "well, she is the reason I never got to meet my father, and that is the reason that I have to be the one to kill her." I stood and walked out of my mother's room. I could hear her start to cry as I left, but I had to get out of there. She took my father. Now I am going to take her life.