Chapter 186: Sawyer
I stared at my brother and his mate. Was he actually serious? There was no way... Why would the Moon Goddess pull them into her realm just to attack them? It didn’t make sense. Sure, there had been legends, but my own brother apart of them? Fuck. This wasn’t good.
“You met with the Moon Goddess?!” I questioned just to be sure I heard him right.
“Yea.” Rhys responded looking stricken as he pulled Grace even closer to him, looking down her shirt to see what I saw earlier. “We did.”
“And she attacked you?” I asked in disbelief. That just didn’t make any sense. Why would the Moon Goddess attack both of her children?
“No.” Rhys answered, shaking his head, his jaw set. “No. There were these creatures... They were huge. They knew we weren’t supposed to be there, or at least that’s what it felt like. I never saw them... Did you?”
Grace shook her head. It was clear that whatever had happened had really shaken her up.
“Can you guys walk me through exactly what happened?” I asked in frustration.
I wasn’t mad at them. But ever since Grace had come into our lives everything had been made a mess. I was exhausted by the influx of new information that just kept coming. It was like an everyday occurrence now, and I was fucking over it.
“I think we need the whole crew. I don’t want to be repeating the story a million times.”
I sighed. Another night of no sleep. This was also becoming a reoccurring habit that as a doctor, I absolutely hated. In order to function, humans needed sleep, and I was sick of not being able to, and my wolf being restless was not helping the situation.
“Can it wait till morning?” I asked as I stared at the bed they were both sitting on. I was dying to know what the hell had happened with the Moon Goddess, that was not an everyday thing, but I was also tired as hell.
Grace deferred the question to Rhys by looking at him, and he thought about it for a moment. I knew whatever came out of his mouth next, he wouldn’t be going back to sleep.
“Of course,” He said after a long moment. “As long as Grace isn’t hurt, we can wait till morning.”
“Rhys-” I started tiredly.
“Is she hurt?” He demanded.
“No. I just-”
“You look tired. You should get some rest. Sorry to interrupt your evening.” Rhys answered shortly.
Grace threw a look of confusion or sympathy over her shoulder as Rhys dragged her out of the room and I stared after them.
“That was weird.” I muttered to myself as the door slammed shut behind them.
They both had strong healing powers, so why had they even bothered coming here? Rhys had to have known that. He had seen it with his own eyes on multiple occasions. So, what was the point, I didn’t understand. Unless whatever had happened had really scared him. My brother wasn’t a scare easy kinda guy, but maybe that’s what fear looked like on him?
I laid back down in my bed and tried to process what had happened. My mind was racing. Had they really been pulled into the Land of the Gods? Or was this just some weird sex thing they had tried and failed at? If they had been pulled into the land of the Gods, then what did that mean? Why had they been attacked? Were the creatures they mentioned the protectors of the realm or were they pets of another God who didn’t want us there. Oh Goddess, were there more Gods at play here? Like maybe a jealous god?
My heart pounded at the thought. I didn’t like even the idea of that, but perhaps it was something to consider... Maybe this was even bigger than everything going on here.
I rolled out of bed with a sigh. As much as I loved him, I really hated my brother sometimes. As tired as I was, I couldn’t sleep. Not with the bombshell that had just been dropped on me so casually. I know I was the one who asked if it could wait till morning, but I hadn’t actually expected him to.
I got dressed in the dark, not bothering to turn on the light. Today was going to be crazy enough. I was supposed to be at the clinic at 9am. Werewolves generally are healthy creatures, but when we get sick, we really get sick. And if someone comes with an injury, it’s usually pretty severe.
I made my way out of my room to the little kitchen. Most of the Alpha floor was still asleep, but to my surprise Maizie was sitting at the counter with a cup of coffee already in her hands.
“Hey,” I greeted her quietly as to not to wake the others that were sleeping in the living room just a few feet away.
Startled, she looked up at me, but quickly masked whatever feelings she was having.
“Morning,” She returned the greeting, raising her cup in acknowledgement.
I glanced at the time on the oven. 4:00 am.
“Why are you up?” I asked as I poured my own cup of coffee and took the seat next to her.
She looked at me like it was a stupid question, and maybe it was. I didn’t think I was supposed to know the answer, but maybe I was.
“My brother woke you up too?” I tried.
She gave me a tired side-ways look but shook her head. “I just don’t sleep well.” She answered, and for the first time, I saw the fatigue on her.
“Why not?”
This time she sent me an incredulous look and I raised my hands in defense even though I still wasn’t following. She seemed to think I should know the answer though. Like it was obvious or something. Or maybe she had told me before, but I really didn’t get a lot of alone time with Maizie to ask her questions, no matter how much I wanted to.
“Why did your brother wake you?” She asked, changing the subject.
“That is a good question,” I answered, running my hand through my hair tiredly. “He wanted to wake everyone up actually. But I asked if we could wait till morning, and he agreed. However, he got to go back to bed, and I couldn’t sleep.”
“He’s not asleep.” Maizie corrected, sitting up a little straighter and looking more like the Maizie I knew, “They went down to the office about an hour ago.”
“What?”
Maizie stood up abruptly and pulled slightly on my sleeve, urging me to get up to. “Come on, I’ll wake Michael, and you wake Heather, and we’ll go join them.”
I wanted to tell her that it could wait... Nothing was going to change if we waited for a decent hour to arrive. That I was enjoying the quiet of this moment with her... But I knew that look in her eye, and I knew I had already lost the battle.