Chapter 241

Chapter 10 – Chelsea POV “I have a few questions,” Grant Lawson asked after a long pregnant pause, “So as of right now our family thinks we died?” “Yes.” “How?” “Well… some shifters have abilities to do things before just hearing, seeing and smelling better. We can shift into our shifter form, but are stronger and faster in human form as well. I can do a multitude of things but not everything someone else can do. I should start by being honest, and saying that I’m the Luna, not just a shifter. I’m was created to lead all shifters, I’m more powerful than the Elders, or well I thought I was until I learnt the truth. Partial truth, we’re still trying to figure some things out, Jason – my adoptive father – he-” “You were adopted?” Oakley asked me, momma said she was with Jay, is that short for Jason? “I was. Jason was special, he was sent to find me, to help me and return me to the rightful path, but the man that did that to my back killed him. I grew up going form home to home and when I little there was a family that wanted me, but then when they found out they were pregnant they returned me, “ I shrugged but Grant Lawson tilted his head at me, so much like Oakley, he thought mystified, “uhm, then the guy that found me, hid me, and tortured me greatly, made me watch videos of my biological father and his children, until he beat me so badly that I like always blacked out but instead of being in the hole he left me in, I was in the hospital. Jason was next to the bed and he came to visit me everyday, when I got to go home I went home with him…” I smiled thinking about dad. Swallowing, I continued, “When he died, I had just agreed before to attend university for at least a year. I preferred not to be around many people, but he wanted me to branch out, so I promised that if I went that he would let me change him into a wolf,” so shifters can be created… Grant thought but said nothing, “but then when he died I decided that I would go away to school. I had different options, Italy, England, Chicago and Southern California… I choose the latter and unknowingly moved to the same location of my father, and his children, Ames, Madeline, Maggie, Audrey, Jayda and Jaxon.” “He had no idea I even existed – but his wife and turned mate did – worse of all I met my mate, Gabriel-” “Mate?” I smiled. “Yeah… its really like soul mates – you are paired together with your absolute perfect match, the person that would do anything for you, help you and love you. We have them…” I said looking pointedly at Oakley and then Ben. “Gabriel is mine and he had to leave his family for me, because-” Grant gazed sadly at me, “Because the man who had you, tortured you while you watched your father with his family, he conditioned you to think of them when being hurt,” his voice filled with a hate that was refreshing, I just nodded. “Well, it was more than that really… the man who had me – Leo – his sister was the woman my dad had children with. She was giving him pictures, the same ones he showed me.” “Anyways, he tried to kidnap me when Gabriel proposed and then I killed him,” I said pointblank not going to dance around anything, “the main point is this, I need you guys to decide if you want to stay or leave, I have the ability to wipe your memories and if you choose to leave I will do that, as far as you will remember, someone hi-jacked your car put you in another one, and blew up your Armada. You managed to escape and returned home. I won’t be able to leave anything else there, the wrong people are already watching you guys, if they wanted information all they’d do is torture you until you told them what they wanted to know and then they’d kill you.” All their eyes were wide, in shock. “No… they might keep Oakley alive, use her until she was of little to no value to them, then kill her. I’m not trying to make you afraid and stay here out of fear; I’m being honest with you. Not all shifters are bad, but like I said before, the ones interested in Oakley are.” “I’m not making things up or keeping things from you guys because I want you to make an informed decision, if I return Oakley home she will be a rogue. She can be killed just for that alone, wolves need a pack. Even if its only three people in said pack. I’m not saying that we – my pack and I – don’t do bad things, but we only do so in the name of protection. There are others that kill out of lust; there are men doing horrible things to shifters, two of my cousins in fact…” I couldn’t help it, I wanted them to stay so I continued spilling different things out, “Rainy was taken when she was 11 years old, while held captive she was forced to have children, and by the time her brother who never stopped searching for her, found her, she had given birth to 12 children, in ten years. Twelve children that up until three or four months ago, had never been outside…” I stopped myself from telling more of Rainy’s story, but the adult Lawson’s were appalled.  Julia wrapped her arm around Ben, reaching for Oakley, fear in her eyes, no… they – we can’t let that happen to Oakley, she thought her mind racing, unwanted pictures flickering to her mind. “Why didn’t you take Pat as well?” Grant asked. I sighed, the truth was pretty simple, “I didn’t think that if I brought just him, Ben and Oakley that he would decide to stay here for Oakley’s sake and Oakley needs time, away from Sarah and Amelia, having faith in herself, loving who she is before her shift or else…” I left it hanging but he understood. “I know he loves Oakley, but he also loves Amelia and Sarah. To him, Amelia is his child as is Oakley, but to me Amelia is nothing to me, Oakley and Ben are the ones I care about here,” mine. Just Bens, and Mine Oakley thought but she wouldn’t look up from her thighs. Grant nodded. “I’m sure they are nice people, but I’m not sure what bringing them to an island for who knows how long, that would be counterproductive in terms of helping Oakley. Then since I was taking Oakley I might as well take Ben, because he’s going to shift as well, because then it’s also not a matter of just shifting, it’s training, being able to protect them selves. As well as techniques to control their animal instincts, when they get angry, anger is a trigger, they’ll need to always keep that part of themselves under control, here we have different people that will be able to work with Oakley and Ben with that. So then it was just a matter of whether or not I brought you guys as well…” She did… Grant thought, but I continued, “I decided to bring you instead for a variety of reasons, some selfish, other options would be in your interest, things that I could offer you, that no one else could,” I said pointedly to Grant, already having memorized his files – she’s going to change us? To be like her? Them? His mind flying over different ideas not sure what I was talking about.