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Chapter Forty-Eight: It Hurts\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter Forty-Eight: It Hurts\u00a0<\/p>\n
Friday\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emerald\u2019s POV:\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Groaning, I opened my eyes but immediately closed them from the intense sunlight. Slowly opening them again, adjusting to the sunlight, I saw I was in a meadow. It was beautiful; I sat atop a hill, under a cherry blossom tree, the sweet smells of cherry blossom rushing up my nose. Gazing down, I saw fields of wildflowers and lavender, with the setting sun casting its perfect hue over the fields and the little river that passed around the land. It was beautiful; a sense of peace was in the air like nothing evil had tainted these lands ever. Even though I knew I had never been here, why did it feel like I belonged here, that I was safe here.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew this wasn\u2019t Dark Strom, and judging by the weather, I wasn\u2019t in the same geographic area as the pack. It was close to winter at the pack; there was no way cherry blossoms could bloom\u00a0<\/p>\n
around that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trying to remember what happened and how I got here, I raked my brain; a slight migraine began to sputter in my head. Suddenly, I remembered everything, the girls, the cafe, rogues, that man, someone carrying me out and that man saying I was the triplets or the twin\u2019s sister. My eyes were bludging out of their sockets as realization set in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was it true that I was related to them? If so, did they know? And, if they did, why was I left by the\u00a0<\/p>\n
broader, in nothing but a blanket and a piece of paper with my birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou should stop putting all that pressure on your pretty little head, my love.\u201d I heard an angelic\u00a0<\/p>\n
voice from behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I jolted up, hurling around; a gasp left my mouth when I saw who the angelic voice belonged to.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Standing before me was a woman with the same blue eyes and white silvery long hair as me, the\u00a0<\/p>\n
resemblance uncanny. I was shaken out of my stupor when I felt a hand on my cheek.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe it, your alive. We looked everywhere, we thought you were dead. But I knew you weren\u2019t; I never gave up hope,\u201d Said the lady, as tears ran down her, clutching my face in both her\u00a0<\/p>\n
hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her touch sent a sense of calm through me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Who was she?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I opened my mouth to ask, but she beat me to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cListen to me, my love; we don\u2019t have enough time. My powers will only last so long since you\u2019ve yet to shift fully. You\u2019re about to shift, my love; you\u2019re injured. I can feel it; you must fight through it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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You have to survive; you have to come back to us.\u201d Said the woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
*25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before I could say something, everything started to become hazy, the women and the\u00a0<\/p>\n
surroundings slowly evaporating into the air, my vision going black again before I succumbed\u00a0<\/p>\n
entirely to the darkness. I heard the women\u2019s angelic voice as a fleeting whisper.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI love you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Slowly opening my eyes, the smell of disinfectant ran up my nose, the steady beeping of machines surrounding me giving me a mild headache.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was I in a hospital?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wasn\u2019t I in a meadow just now?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was that a dream? But why did it feel so real?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before I could question my sanity, the day\u2019s events came rushing back in time, making me jolt open my eyes, trying to sit up, but the moment I tried moving my back, searing pain shot through me, making me scream out in pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle Luna, don\u2019t move. We just got the bleeding to stop.\u201d Said a voice I would know anywhere:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ezekiel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looking up with my tear-stricken eyes, I saw Ezeak holding my hand from the right; turning my head, I saw Sam holding my left hand Azreal and Zeke were right behind their brothers, holding\u00a0<\/p>\n
onto my thighs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They looked horrible, their bright eyes showing nothing but pain and helplessness, but I could see the hint of relief forming in them. Before I could say something, another pain surged through my body from my tail bone travelling up my spine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAHHHHHHHHH!\u201d I screamed out, letting go of the quad\u2019s hands and gripping the sheets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What was happening?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pain after pain shot through me!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGoddess, please, please make it stop. MAKE IT STOP.\u201d I screamed out again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt someone hold me down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBaby, breath, your shifting; you need to breathe.\u201d I think I heard Sam say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shifting? Realization set in; it was my birthday and probably after midnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to take her out; she needs the moonlight I heard someone say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apart from the quads, I could feel at least five more people surrounding me. The clam feeling\u00a0<\/p>\n
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washed over me, making me know it was the twins and triplets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was it one of them that just spoke?\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt someone pick me up, but a series of snarls were heard around me: the quads! Suddenly, I felt an aura of dominance surround us; opening my pain-filled eyes, I saw that Hayden had me in his arms, and the quads were sweating, trying to resist the triplet\u2019s command.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease stop.\u201d I croaked out, looking up at Hayden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing me struggle and my pleading voice, Hayden had dropped his aura. The quads rushed to me, Zeke taking me from Hayden as another pain shot through me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew the quads were taking me somewhere from the way the air was hitting my body in splinters, but I didn\u2019t know where. Suddenly, I was gently placed on the grass. Moving my hands around, I could feel the grass beneath me; opening my eyes, saw we were at a clearing in the forest that was behind the pack hospital. The triplet and twins surrounded me but kept their distance as the quads crouched down to my level; I could feel them caress my skin, rubbing my back as someone cleaned the sweat off my forehead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can go do this, little Luna.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour so brave, baby.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so proud of you, my angel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease, my love, be strong; we know you can do this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Words of encouragement surrounded me, their voices and touches easing the unbearable pain. Suddenly my back arched, and I felt my spin snap. The lacerations on my back sewing back together, skin upon skin, could be felt as my spin rearranged itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet out of her way. She\u2019s about to shift. Move!\u201d Someone yelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, it\u2019s too early; the shift for newborn wolves takes at least twenty minutes, even with us present. It\u2019s hardly been ten minutes.\u201d I heard Azreal yell out to the person.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Another round of growls and snarls could be heard\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI said back off.\u201d I heard Lucas say, his Lycan command rolling out of him. I could see the quads struggling with every bit of their energy to resist, their eyes black, claws and canines extended, wolves on the surface doing their best to withstand the command.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAHHHHHHH!\u201d Another scream left me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I slumped back, closed my eyes, was ready to give up, and did not want to go through this. But, as soon as I did, that angelic voice rang in my head, remembering what the women had said to me, to be strong, to get through this. I don\u2019t know why, but felt like I owed that to her. There was a\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/4\u00a0<\/p>\n
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connection; I didn\u2019t know what connection we shared, but I could feel it deep in my soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Points\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, I felt my face extend into a muzzle, my legs arching and arms extending, my hands becoming paws as I grew in size as I stood on all four, raising my muzzle in the air and howling in respect to the goddess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHello Princess, it\u2019s finally nice to meet you. I\u2019m Trisha, your wolf.\u201d A soft meek voice said in my head as I stood tall on all fours facing everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trisha said the one word in my head,I was so scared she wouldn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMATES!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Locking eyes with the quads, it felt like a rubber band was snapped into place, emotions hitting me\u00a0<\/p>\n
in full force as a strong scent of four different scents combined with musk hit me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Howling once again, I turned around and ran into the woods.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Happiness flowed through my veins that I had never felt before!\u00a0<\/p>\n
The quadruplet alphas were my mates, and I was already in love with them!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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