Misty Moon: Book 1 (5 page)

She raised her eyebrows in amusement.
“He just saw you take it off. You might as well leave it off,” she
said dryly.

I shrugged. “I kind of like it, it goes
with my other jewelry.”

She smiled. “And it is a sign of
complete and udder defiance against Dominic and the
council.”

I smiled amused. I hadn’t thought about
that, but I liked that. “That’s a perk,” I said amused.

“
Well, well if it isn’t baby
wolf and the nerd,” Becky said coming over to us.

“
Go away Becky,” I said
absently.

“
Excuse me baby wolf,” she
hissed as she planted her hand in the middle of my menu and pinned
it to the table.

“
Uh oh,” Marie said slightly
amused.

I looked up at Becky. “Really,” I said
dryly.

“
You are awful mouthy for a
girl who can get her ass kicked,” she said haughtily.

I stood up and got in her face. “Is
that a threat?” I growled.

She faltered a little, but stood her
ground. “You are out of line,” she hissed.

“
Then put me back in line. I
dare you,” I said amused.

“
Ladies, that is enough,”
Pam said coming over and pushing us apart.

“
She is running her mouth,”
Becky pouted.

“
And you’re just a bitch,” I
countered.

I could tell I hit a nerve. Becky
lunged at me and I easily tossed her backwards into a
table.

“
Both of you stop!” Audrey
snapped coming over to us. I was a little surprised Dominic was
staying out of it.

Becky looked at me startled as she
scrambled to her feet. I wasn’t going to attack even though I
wanted too, but I wasn’t going to let her hit me.

I looked at Audrey and I wanted to hit
her, but I fought the urge. “She started it,” I
grumbled.

“
You have a collar on,”
Becky said confused.

I smiled. “So what that makes me an
easy target. I guess you learned your lesson.”

“
She is right, you are
supposed to be collared,” Audrey said confused.

“
I am,” I growled holding up
the silver necklace. “I never said it worked,” I said
amused.

“
Kylie, let’s go,” Dominic
ordered.

I scowled. “I wasn’t doing anything.
She started it. I was sitting there looking at the
menu.”

“
Now Kylie,” he ordered and
started walking toward the door.

“
This is bullshit!” I
growled balling my hands into fists as I followed him out of the
diner.

He stopped over by his truck. “What are
you doing?” he asked looking at me. His expression was dark and
angry.

“
I was reading the menu,” I
said annoyed.

“
Becky and Audrey have rank,
you aren’t supposed to talk back to them,” he growled.

“
I don’t give a fuck about
their rank. If they are rude I am going to be rude back,” I said
angrily. I couldn’t believe he was even defending them.

His expression darkened. “They may not
be able to whip your ass, but I can,” he growled stepping forward
and closing the space between us.

“
I am not afraid of you!” I
growled and shoved him backwards. He had made me angry and I wasn’t
going to tolerate it.

He lunged forward and shoved me into
the side of his truck. “I won’t tolerate this Kylie!” he yelled
angrily.

“
Fuck you!” I hissed and
caught him across the face with a punch. He stumbled backwards
momentarily disoriented. I took the opening and ran toward the
woods. I had all my energy back so I was able to run like I had
before the necklace.

I could hear him crashing through the
woods behind me as he tried to catch up. He tackled me and we went
to the ground hard. I struggled, but he got the upper hand and
pinned me. He smacked me several times. His hits were jarring and I
could taste the blood in my mouth. He grabbed my chin and forced me
to look at him.

“
You may have beat that
fucking necklace, but you haven’t beaten me. I am your pack master,
and I swear if I have to beat you every time you step out of line
then I will,” he growled.

I glared at him. I was trying to catch
my breath so I couldn’t speak. I was furious and I wanted to yell
and scream and hit him.

His expression softened a little. “I am
not your friend Kylie. You need to forget what I let happen. I take
responsibility for that, but it is over. It was nothing. I will
never touch you like that again. Do you understand?”

I nodded and he released me. I
scrambled away from him and he let me go. I looked at him for a
minute. I couldn’t figure out what I was feeling. It was a mixture
of such tumultuous emotions. I turned and ran deeper into the woods
away from him. Hot tears streaked down my cheeks. I collapsed in a
clearing trying to catch my breath. I wasn’t hurt physically, but
my chest hurt. I never felt like this and I hated it. The feeling
made me angry. I felt vulnerable. I stayed where I was until I
regained control of my emotions. After a while I slowly got to my
feet and walked back toward my house.

I was deep in the woods and I hadn’t
paid much attention to where I was when I was running. Now that I
could look around it was nice. There was a little house nestled in
the trees. It was dark, but there was a woman sitting on her porch.
“Are you ok dear?” she asked as I was passing by.

I hesitated and looked at her. “I’m
fine,” I said softly.

“
I’m Maggie the pack healer.
You must be Kylie, Kyle’s little girl,” she said
smiling.

She was a werewolf and the pack healer.
She healed werewolves and helped during the time the females gave
birth, which was right around this time. Mating season ended in
April so many of the babies were born in three to four months,
between July and August. Our gestation period wasn’t as long as
humans and it wasn’t as short as a wolf’s, it was somewhere
in-between.

“
I am. It’s nice to meet
you,” I said softly then went to walk away.

“
Why don’t you come in for
some tea?  I haven’t had much to do this week. The company
would be nice,” she offered. I thought about it for a minute. I
knew healers were nice so I wasn’t worried about her hurting me. I
just wasn’t sure I wanted to be around anyone.

I sighed and walked toward the house. I
would stay a few minutes to make the old lady happy. She smiled
then turned and went into the house and I followed. It was a nice
house. It was bigger than it appeared.

“
How is your mother? I
actually delivered you. I delivered almost all the werewolves in
the pack,” she said happily as she moved around the
kitchen.

“
She’s good,” I said
dryly.

“
Uh oh, are you not happy
with her?” Maggie asked. She was easy to talk to. She made me
comfortable.

“
She sent me here and I am
not fitting in very well,” I said quietly as I sat down at the
small table.

“
I am sure it will get
better. You are just young. It was a mistake on your mother’s part
not to let you grow up in your pack. Now you are trying to adjust
to all the rules. It is much easier to go from pack to lone wolf
than vice versa,” she said as she offered me a cup of
tea.

I nodded and accepted the
cup.

She watched me for a second. “Well you
are a strong little wolf. You will figure it out,” she said
smiling.

“
Why because I beat this
stupid necklace?” I asked as I pulled on the silver
chain.

“
That’s part of it. Now I am
sure there is a boy. Which one is he?” she asked smiling as she
took her seat.

I scoffed. “One that doesn’t want me,”
I said softly.

She waved her hand. “I don’t believe
that for a minute. It’s obvious you have someone you have been
intimate with on your mind.”

“
He is stuck on himself
because he is the pack leader,” I said annoyed.

She smiled. “You must be talking about
my Dominic,” she said happily.

I looked at her a little surprised.
“Your, Dominic?”

She nodded and stood as she walked over
and retrieved a picture. “Dominic is my grandson. He is a good boy
even though he is difficult,” she said smiling as she handed me the
picture.

I looked down at it. It was Dominic as
a little boy. He was cute and it made me smile a little. “He’s
cute,” I said and handed the picture back to her.

She nodded. “I am sure you two will
work things out.”

I took a sip of my tea while she put
the picture back. “How come you live so far from town?” I asked
changing the subject.

She shrugged and smiled. “I like the
silence. As you can imagine during this time of year there are a
lot of screaming women giving birth. It is nice to just be alone
sometimes.”

“
I bet,” I said and
smiled.

“
You should come by when you
are bored. You could help me with the gardens and I could teach you
a thing or two.” Her offer seemed genuine and it wasn’t like I had
much else to do.

“
I think I will,” I said
watching her. I was actually kind of happy to have a
distraction.

She smiled obviously glad I accepted.
“Tomorrow night then, come early I am sure we will have a birth or
two soon.”

I nodded as I stood. “That sounds fun,
I should get home, but I will see you tomorrow night.”

She nodded and showed me to the door
and I continued my trek home.

I walked in the door of my dad’s house
and I could hear talking. I walked to the living room and my father
was talking to Dominic. I turned to leave hoping I hadn’t been
noticed yet.

“
Kylie, I need to talk to
you,” Dominic said obviously seeing me.

I turned and looked at him. “What is
it?” I asked looking from him to my father then back.

Dominic glanced at my father. “I have
to go, I’ll be back a little later,” my father said quickly and
hurried out.

“
I didn’t mean to be so
rough earlier,” Dominic said quietly.

I smiled even though I was furious.
“You do a lot of things you don’t mean, don’t you?”

He watched me for a second obviously
not sure what to say. “I’m sorry for misleading you and taking
advantage. You are new to this and I keep forgetting that. You and
I cannot be a couple. I know you don’t understand and it is not a
reflection on whether I like you or not because I do like you. I
have a responsibility to the pack to pick a strong and responsible
mate and you are just too young.”

I nodded pushing away that painful
ache. I didn’t know why I cared so much. “I get it, can you leave
now?”

He sighed and ran his fingers through
his hair. “Yes, just stay out of trouble and call if you need
me.”

I nodded and looked away as he walked
past me. It took everything I had not to reach out and touch him.
As soon as I heard the door close I could breathe easier. I hurried
upstairs to my room hoping the next night would be
better.

I woke up the next night around six. I
went directly to Maggie’s and avoided all the trouble going to town
would bring. She was on her porch when I approached. She smiled and
waved. “You are just in time. Mary and her mate are in their way
she is in labor,” Maggie said happily.

I wasn’t really looking forward to it,
but I forced a smile. I was determined to help. I followed Maggie
into the house and we set up the bed where Mary would have the
baby. It was nice because it was a normal bed, not a cold hospital
room. I could imagine it would be a lot more comfortable for her.
Maggie explained the steps and showed me everything that she would
use. It seemed pretty simple.

“
Maggie we are here!” a
nervous sounding male called from the front room.

“
Oh that’s them!” Maggie
said happily as she hurried out. I followed her and she greeted a
young couple. The blond girl looked like she was in pain. I was
glad I had a couple more years before I worried about children.
“Come on Mary. This is Kylie she is nicer then she looks and she
will help you.”

I forced a smiled as Mary clung to my
arm and I led her back to the room we had prepared. I helped her
change into the gown and she sat on the bed. “This is my first
baby,” she said nervously.

“
I’m sure everything will be
fine. From what I am told Maggie delivers a lot of babies,” I said
and smiled reassuringly.

She smiled weakly. “We hope it’s a
girl.”

“
Well then I will hope for a
girl with you.” I was trying to make her comfortable she looked
miserable.

She clutched her stomach and cried out.
Her water broke and she looked terrified. “Oh no it’s time!” she
squeaked.

“
It’s ok, I’ll get Maggie,”
I said quickly.

“
No don’t leave me!” she
cried and clutched her belly.