Lou took the photo and the moment his eyes focused on it he grabbed Mj by the arm and started to squeeze it fairly hard, “where did you get this?” Lou snapped and Mj’s eyes grew wide as his demeanor changed instantly and Mj recognized the frenzy of anger bubbling up in the old butcher. “What the fuck Lou you are hurting my arm” she said pulling her arm out of Lou’s feverd grasp and the old man grabbed a handful of her shirt and pulled her off her feet until she was eye to eye with him, “is this supposed to be a joke, who gave you this?” Mj could feel Theron pounding against her mind like
The sound of the door closing echoed around the refrigerated room but it was not the cold that made Lou shiver as he pulled himself off the floor and grabbed the telephone that hung on the wall. “Bethie,” Lou said after a few rings, “hold on Dr. Pearl… Lou whats wrong?” Beth asked from the other end of the line, Lou could hear her clearly but from the noise in the background he wasn't sur
As Lou watched the two hunters disappear around the corner he ushered himself toward his sisters room, he had many questions for Beth, afterall she met Mj years before Lou had and even if Beth had never seen Mj as a small child he thought she should have at least been able to see the resemblance. Lou was almost running now, he had worked himself up to the point he was sure his sister had been hiding Mj all along. Beth’s door was closed and
The almost haunted tone behind Dante’s voice had Mj wondering what the hell kind of shower he had taken, but she tucked the thought away and headed for the bathroom once more. As she looked at herself in the mirror and almost ritualistically grabbed for the hair tie she had on her wrist she paused and thought about what Dante had said, about wanting to see it free, Mj combed her fingers through her hair mindlessly as she thought about what to do.She shook her head out and inspected the way her hair fell in lazy twisted tendrils, like deep red seaweed drifting on the ocean’s surface. “Beautiful” the word tenderly drifted into her mind and Mj smiled when she felt the wolf’s warmth invade her body like a warm blanket. She hummed in satisfaction and closed her eyes to soak up the feeling “welcome back” she whispered out loud and Theron
Lou came rushing up to Mj and seized her by both arms, “MollyJay please,” both Sam and Mara began to growl and Lou looked at all three women who were scowling at him before he released Mj and slumped his shoulders forward, “I haven’t gone off the deep end and I swear to you if I had known who you were before I would have-” Lou stopped talking when Mj folded her arms and leaned back on one hip. “What the fuck are you talking about Lou please for the love of cold cuts on Saturday will you slow down and just fucking talk to me, you know me, Mj, MollyJay Bijou the girl who is almost always late for work and you dont fire her because your sister asked you to hire a screw up nobody with no family she took under her wing.” Mara jabbed Sam in the ribs and motioned toward the dining hall with her head, Sam simply nodded and the tw
By the time Lou and Mj had reached the corridor she had so much information crammed into her brain she couldn't even think, “holy fuck Lou...you and my mom….I mean holy fuck Lou!” The older man laughed deep in his belly and Mj noticed that the lines in his face almost seemed to turn upward like his entire body was smiling. Mj took a deep breath and looked at the closed door at the end of the hall, she knew Dante was on the other side and she sighed out loud, not meaning to. Lou chuckled and the sound was almost muffled behind his closed mouth, “stop worrying Molly, you defended more than your right to call him mate when you won that challenge girl...you won his respect.” Mj looked at Lou and although she knew he was trying to make her feel better, right now it did the opposite, as Mj tried to take several deep breaths to control herself
Mj backed up and allowed Dante to close the door, “Nova” Mj heard the whisper in her mind and she looked at Dante who simply nodded his head. Mj grabbed at her chest, “my heart hurts Dante” she whispered and Dante rushed forward, grabbing her in his arms and crushing her into his chest, “our heart” he whispered and winced at the pain he too could feel. “Mj” Dante said with a shaky breath and she looked up at him, noticing his eyes were glassed over with unshed tears she pulled away slightly, “what's wrong Dante” she asked and he fell to his knees just staring at his hands. When he didn't answer Mj slid to the floor and grabbed his hands, placing them in her lap. “Mates who talk to each other remember?”
Mj opened her eyes and tried to blink the sleep away but her sight would not clear, she tried to rub her eyes and noticed that she had no hands, “am I dreaming” she thought to herself and suddenly a soft low purring sound trickled in from behind her. Mj turned her head and could feel the electric strings playing their familiar song “Dante” she whispered but Theron’s body came into clear view. “Theron” she said in a slight whisper and he hung his head whimpering. “I’m asleep,”she said and he gave her a curt nod, Mj moved her body forward until she was in front of the defeated looking creature. “Did you know about us” she asked and he raised his head to meet her eyes.“Not the boy” he answered and Mj cocked her head
A sudden cold breeze had Mj lazily drifting out of the land of sleep, “cold” she mumbled and blindly felt around for something to cover herself with, as she grabbed a handful of nice warm blanket it was yanked from her hand, “up you get sunshine.” Mj grumbled when Dante’s voice rang through the room like a cheerful Christmas song during Halloween, she rolled over so her back was to him. Dante chuckled maliciously and climbed into the bed with her, he wrapped his arm around Mj’s waist and tucked himself around her body. She simply hummed “so warm” and snuggled into him, Dante leaned into her ear “rise and shine beautiful lady, the day is waiting and so am I.” Dante rolled out of the bed and swung his hand back a