"Noah, what are you doing here?" I gasp
"I was looking for my brother but now I find my father of all people about to kill my childhood friend. Of all things!"
"You and Damian bring me great bad luck and I can't have a HUMAN walking around freely like she's one of us!" Conner shouts
"I don't care!" Noah pulls me close and Damian stays beside us "
Conner huffs and stomps out leaving me confused
"Are you crazy?!" Noah spins me around and his face is furious
"You weren't supposed to leave the town! Much less use your powers on someone not human!"
Around us, half of the people are listening intently
"She saved lives today so that counts as good" Damian says
His smile warms me up and makes me feel better
"Now we're going home!" he drags me with him and I feel him suddenly shift
In his place is a beast
Hes a Beast
A beast
I've known him for my whole life and he's kept this from me
"No! I don't wanna go back!" I tear myself from him and hide behind Damian
"Please, we can't stay here. My father will kill you or worse" Noah sighs
"I don't want to leave. They need a healer and my powers are nice here and I don't have to hide" I smile
A dark look crossed his face "Fine"
After he left I realized tomorrow is my birthday
"I'm Damian, I'm actually older than Noah"
I shake his hand and smile
"How old are you?" I ask
"I'm 28"
WOW
"oh, I'm only 18 I'll be 19 tomorrow"
I hear people start leaving and I end up sleeping in that house on the couch as they go to bed
I can't sleep so I stare out the window at the moon
"I wonder what my fate is?"
I feel I'm drifting and I close my eyes falling asleep
A huge white light blinds me before it vanishes and in it's place is a woman
She smiles at me
"Your beautiful" she says
"Your beautiful too" I whisper
Then she tells me something very overwhelming that I have to take a step back
"Your going to be blessed with kids soon" she says
I shake my head "No! absolutely not!"
She smiles still "You will have kids and you will love them and the one thing you will have to love is going to be by your side"
I cry "I don't want this fate!"
"Your birthday will be full of surprises you just wait"
I wake with a start suddenly afraid of this place
"What's wrong ?" Noah appears behind me
I back away from him
"Tell me what's wrong" he says
I look at the clock and notice it's morning - today is my birthday
He smiles "Happy Birthday"
I grimace "Yeh now I'm 19"
"Let's go have fun" he takes my hand and we spend the day playing with some pups and kids before coming back to the house.
"Wow, look at that moon" I gaze in awe
I hear a grunt and more of the people transform into beasts and even Noah does too
"The moon is indeed beautiful" I hear a girl and look up seeing a glimpse of the woman I dreamed
The moon rises slowly and then reaches the top of the mountain before turning blueish in color
"Woah"
I hear shuffling and notice Noah sniffing me
"Hey!" I giggle
I hear the beasts all howling and suddenly one beast steps over and stands in front of me
"Damian?" I see the wounds I healed are scarred over
The moon stays in that spot
Suddenly, the side of my neck throbs and Damian bows down and Noah growls
I writhe in pain
Damian stands in front of Noah challenging him
Noah stands over me his large form protecting me from Damian
I hear voices suddenly as I writhe in pain and then the two of them transform into beasts
"No, you can't have her" Noah says
Damian smiles and laughs "I marked her already so what's the point in arguing with me?"
Noah grunts and he looks down at me his eyes filled with concern
"Move" Damian tells Noah
"No"
Noah grabs my arm but I pull away from him "Why?"
Noah's eyes soften "It's okay"
Damian steps forward and takes me by my arm and pulls me to him baring his teeth to my neck
"No!" I scream and Noah grabs me then both have their teeth at my neck on both sides
I feel their teeth pierce my skin and then pain like I can't imagine
I scream
The beasts around us howl
I feel dizzy
Damian let's go and Noah does as well before staring at each other
"Okay, I see how it is" Damian smirks
"Let's go" They take each of my arms and towards the house
I dig my feet into the ground not wanting to go there
"Let me go!" I cry out
"We can't let you go yet" Noah whispers
We trudge upstairs and I groan
Noah opens a door and Damian grabs me around the waist
Noah locks the door as they set me down
I surge around the bed and stand there watching them
Noah smiles softly "It's okay, we don't wanna hurt you "
Damian walks around and Noah stands on the side while Damian steps closer
"Don't come any closer" I cry and Damian stops
Noah comes over instead and Damian corners me
"No please no don't touch me" I hold my hands out
Damian doesn't hurt me instead he gently takes my hand and brings me over to the bed.
He lays me down and Noah gets on one side while Damian on the other side
"What's going on?" I murmur
"Your ours now so we must take care of you" Damian whispers in my ear
"Your our mate and we have to cherish that" Noah says
I frown 'Mate'
I never would have guessed that I'm there 'Mate' and both of them too?
That woman must have a death wish of she wants to make me mad
"I didn't want this" I say
Noah sits up and looks at me like I've got something on my face
"What?" I arch my eyebrows
"You need us, Celeste" he says
"Why do I need you?"
Damian sits up now annoyance written on his face "We have to protect you even if we don't love you"
"Wow, that's bad and there's no way to fix this?" I ask
Noah shakes his head and Damian wraps an arm around my legs pulling me back to his side
Noah lays his arm across my stomach and we fall asleep like that