Chapter 146
Alora’s POV
Our luggage was taken by the bell hops to be stored in our cars, we were taking a limo to the restaurant, after breakfast we
would return to the Hotel for our vehicles. The girl Sunny River McKnight, came down in an oversized black t-shirt and a pair of
army green cargo pants and black Doc Martins.
Around her neck was a thin black ribbon with a white crystal hanging from it. She had all her curly hair up in a high tail, a few of
the curly strands were free, refusing to be contained. With her hair up I could see her ears were not pierced, and they were
faintly tipped at the tops.
That was usually the mark of a Dragon Master, bringing Selena and Xena forward, we take in her scent to see what we could
find. After analyzing her scent, we found she smelled almost completely human, but their was just a faint trace of something else,
something that I couldn’t place. 3
“Damien…smell the girl and tell me what you get.” I say through mind link.
Damien takes in a breath and is silent for a moment. While I was waiting I observed the girl more, she seemed shy this morning,
a little withdrawn. She was practically hiding behind Asher, and Asher was looking a little helpless about what to do. Looking at
the worry on Asher’s face, and the gentle care he took with the girl, I suddenly had questions. Was the girl attached to Asher
because he was the one who saved her, or was there something more at play.
Damien’s mind link startled me from my thoughts “She is not one hundred percent human, maybe sixty to eighty percent, but
there is something ancient, very ancient in her blood, older than the Werewolves, the Vampires, older than the Witches and
Dragon Masters even.” He tells me.
“What do you think it is?” I asked him.
“It not being Dragon Master, only leaves one species, one that’s left our world for their own long ago.” he says grimly.
“Elves, your talking about elves” I said, surprised. O
“Darling mate, you know very well the word Elves is an insult to what those beings were, the Sidhe….are much more than Elves”
He says. 2
I knew, and was sorry I had used the term for them the moment I had. “But how?…Both the Seelie and the Unseelie Courts took
all their people when they departed this plane for another, and they sealed all the entrances to and from that plane, after the War
that nearly obliterated the Black Magic Coven.”
“Clearly, they were either not all taken to the Fae world, or some continue to come and go from our world.” He said.
I decided I was going to wait till we were in the limo to ask her some questions, for now I greet the girl with a friendly smile and
offer her a warm hug. “I’m glad your up and walking.” Leaning back, my hand
on her upper arms I ask “How are you this morning, did Asher get everything you needed?” I asked her.
She glances to the side at Asher as soon as I mention his name, blushing she nods. “Asher went and picked up all my things
from….that house.” she said the last quietly. I bring her back for another hug, feeling like she needed it. 2
The limo gets there and I wrap an arm around her shoulders and lead her with me to sit next to me in the limo, Damien sat on my
other side, and Asher sat next to him. It seemed Asher wanted to talk to Damien about something, probably the girl.
“I’m going to apologize now if I seem rude, but we Werewolves are nosey by nature.” I start, getting a giggle from the girl.
“Your ears, do you know which parent you got them from?” I asked her.
A sad smile came over her face. “My dad…my real dad.” she says.
“If you don’t mind me asking….can you tell me a little of your families history, and how it was you got to be here?” I asked her. 2
She looks hesitant at first, then resigned. “My mom and dad were a very happily married couple. My dad had gotten the shape of
his ears from his great, great grandmother, she was born out of wedlock, and it was said the man she had been with came from
another world.” she lets out a small laugh. “Of course everyone thought she was crazy…anyway, every child since her has had
pointed tipped ears.”
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“What happened to your father?” I asked her.
She gets a far away look on her face. “There was an explosion, an engine failed on a large cargo plane, and while he was
visiting his family at their homestead….the plane crashed into the field next to their house….they should have been okay….but
whatever was being carried in that cargo plane caused a huge explosion, leveling ten houses and killing everyone inside them.”
her voice becomes a little chocked up, her pain over her loss still very evident. 2
“I was only eight when it happened, everything was lost, and because it was a government plane….everything was hushed up,
and my mom was left with nothing. We lost the house dad had bought when the balloon payment on it came a year after he died.
Mom was working two jobs just to afford my schooling, but it was becoming hard on her. That’s about the time she met Michael,
my step father, I was eleven, she married him and everything was great at first, then he lost his job.” she stopped for a moment
and swallowed. I grabbed a water from the lin
wallowed. I grabbed a water from the limo’s fridge and hand it to her
She takes a drink then continued “He started drinking, after a while when he drank he would get violent and hit my mother. At
first she would believe his apologies, but after awhile she stopped believing in them. She had been back to working two jobs to
bring in money, but he would drink it away as soon as it came in. When the eviction notice came in that was her last straw, she
had packed mine and her belongings and told him we were leaving.” Tears are now shining in the corners of her eyes, and my
heart is breaking for this little girl and her mother.
“They had been arguing about it at the top of the stairs, then I heard a slap and my mother cry out, I
rushed into the hallway in time to see her tumble down the stairs. Her neck broke during the fall, so did her back, one of her legs,
and an arm.” She stops again, her tears now falling down her cheeks. Her shoulders shake in silent sobs.
I pull her into my arms and hug her. “I started screaming and couldn’t stop,” she lets out a sob. “My mother looked like a broken
doll there on the floor.” more sobs escape her. “He came running down the stairs in a panic, about the time he reached me I had
fainted.” she lifts up out of my arms and takes a few gulps of the water. “When I woke up, I was in a hospital room, I was told my
mother’s death had been ruled as a tragic accident, that she had tripped and fallen down the stairs.”
She is quiet a moment “When I got out of the hospital and went to the Police to tell them the truth, Michael played the poor
stepfather who’s stepdaughter was only blaming him because she couldn’t handle her mothers tragic accident.” her fists
clenched together, I could see a deep anger inside her now. “I’m lucky… I guess…in a way…my mother had a life insurance
policy, and that my school was one of the places to receive the payout, it paid for the rest of my high school education.” she said.
She sniffs and I get a tissue for her, she blows her nose. “I graduated early, and was supposed to receive the remaining funds,
but my stepfather got ahold of them first, and spent it all on booze.” she said. This made me angry for her. “What little money I’ve
managed to hide from him was to get me on a bus to whichever University could offer me the best scholarship.” she downs the
last of the water in the bottle. “Lucky for me it was the University in your Pack that I was given acceptance into.” she says the last
with a smile.
When she smiles it’s like sunshine, I wanted to make sure the girl would have more reasons to smile. A few moments later we
pull up outside the Restaurant my mom wanted to take us to. Stepping out I look at the restaurant, the place looked like a small
Ivy and rose covered Castle with large surrounding floral garden and a forest after the gardens. The pathway was a mix of
cobble stone and large flat hexagon stepping stones set at walking intervals.
Sunny, standing next to me said “Wow.”
Wow was right, then I was distracted from the sight by my mates mind link. “Uh dear… I think I’ve broken your brother.” He says.
Confused on to how he would ‘break’ one of my brothers, I asked “Which one?”
“Asher,” he says.
“How did you break him?” I asked, starting to feel amused.
“Asher asked me if the girl was one of his mates” He tells me.
Oh… “And?” I asked.
“She is, but she’s not of age yet. He only feels a protective pull and a slight attraction for now, he won’t feel the bond tie them
together until she reaches her majority.” he informed me.
Happy and stunned, as well as amused and sympathetic, I say. “Oh…well…. just find a way to bring him in with us, he’ll snap out
of it eventually….I hope” 2
