*Meadow*"I knew you would only get attached to someone that kind of special, your mother and I always felt you and my daughter would be the exception to today's crazy youth," She half giggled and then coughed a bit more. I sat in the chair next to her without releasing her hand. "How did you find us?" She continued."It is Saturday, and I headed to the store and it was closed. I peeked through the window and noticed the flowers weren't being taken care of, I knew something had happened. Your name and a few calls was all it took," I said, rubbing her hand slowly."Oh god...! Is it Saturday already? My poor flowers...!" She said just as a scared Bella rushed back in."Mom? What is wrong?" She ran to her bedside almost spilling the water from the glass."My poor flowers... you can't stay here forever Bella, you need to go take care of the store, if I am gone, you will need something to..." she started coughing again and Bella started to shake her head."Don't say that mom! You are
*Meadow*Craig relaxed the rest of the way to the cemetery, I think that while I was in Christa's room, he and Caleb had some sort of a talk and it did him good. Once we arrived, Caleb walked with me near my mother's grave then stopped. I looked at him quizzically but he smiled at me. "I think you should see her alone first. Then, when you are ready, I will join you." He said calmly and I almost cried; there was no possible way for me to feel anything but pure love and admiration to him, he was my partner, my friend, my lover and my mate, always thinking of me before himself."Thank you..." I said almost in tears and he pulled me in his arms."Shh... its ok, you don't need to show me you are strong, I know you are... strong women can also get emotional," I shook my head feeling my tears damp his shirt."Stop please, you are making it harder than already is to break apart from you even for the briefest of minutes," He chuckled and kept quiet, and I finally stepped away and walked to
*Meadow*I was proud, I smiled and just slid my hands on her soft fur while we looked at mom's picture in silence for a while until I felt another presence near us, she lifted her head and it snapped to our left. There we saw Caleb's wolf looking at us, his eyes locked on her. How was this possible? This was all in my head. A mental image.As if she read my thoughts, because she did, as she was part of me, she answered my own questions. 'His mind and yours are linked… He can see me as well, and you can see him.'I smiled at him and nudged her. 'Do you think you are ready for him?' I asked her and she gave me one look that showed me how much ready she was. I didn't know what to expect or how to react to be honest, this was all so new to me, but she took care of it; she closed her eyes and I did the same.What happened next was completely soothing, not what I would have ever dreamed. We merged in one, I was her and she was me; I felt my furred body and my thrill for my mate, our mind
*Caleb*It was very entertaining; Meadow was introducing us to Bella and Crista, and Craig was looking constricted. I was proud of my 3rd, even though he had such an unnatural power of attraction towards women, he never used it against any, and he had many chances. Now, when he did found the one, he was too nervous to use it."So Bella, will you let Craig escort you home? He will make sure you don't miss anything, and remember to bring your mom's stuff, you know, her flip flops and nightgown," Meadow was being persuasive, especially since Bella was nervous around him and felt the pull already. Poor girl, so young and naive."Uhm, yes, ok... he will be there with me until I come back?" Bella asked."I will stay with you until you feel ready, don't worry. You can take all the time in the world," Craig replied with a smile and Bella nodded blushing. I did my best to hold my laugh, while Meadow rolled her eyes at me.After they left, I walked into the room with Meadow, and Crista was
*Meadow*Craig and I left Caleb at Carter's office and then we both headed to the hospital to pick up Bella. When we were about to get there he took a deep breath and looked at me through the mirror. "Thank you, Luna. You are doing so much to help me win my mate. I don't think I was ready to meet her."I was smiling at him as he said that, so happy that I was able to help him, especially since I always had the impression he was just a kind and shy person. "You don't need to thank me, Craig. I really feel the two of you will be perfect for each other," It was the truth, I felt how they were both shy, and so they needed a little push, but personality wise, they were just a perfect match.When we reached Christa's room, I had barely knocked once and the door opened. Bella was smiling as her eyes met Craig's and after only a second, she looked at me blushing. "Hi Meadow, hi Craig,"I walked in to say hi to Crista and after a few words and making sure she was doing better, we headed tow
*Meadow*As we walked in, the waitress showed us our booth and Caleb pulled the curtains down. He sat next to me and I climbed his lap, kissing him passionately. "This place brings me bittersweet memories. I reached so far here with you, yet I screwed up so much as well."He shook his head and chuckled. "It was the night I felt I almost lost you, and the night I gave away my will to live just to contain myself and give you time. That night you were vulnerable, and I felt you willingly wanted to give yourself to me, but I didn't want you to regret it later, I had to wait for you to be ready," His words moved me, but then again they always did.Our waitress was smiling at us as she took our orders, then once she left, we both laughed at the way she blushed when she saw us first. We were both so intimately close, yet I didn't felt embarrassed as I would have before."Meadow, there is something I wanted to ask you... I brought you here, to this special and significant place for the bot
*Meadow*I sat still, my eyes never leaving the roman-like live statuette before us, my hand though, caressing Caleb's."Why are you here, you amongst all of those of your kind?" Caleb spoke with controlled anger.The man looked around the booth then back at me, giving me a smile. I felt strange; I wasn't affected by what I felt he was trying to do to me, but I didn't felt afraid either.He held his eyes in me while he spoke, pushing Caleb to the edge. "There has been... some circumstances... which have drawn my attention..." His eyes changed a little, as if he noticed something while he was looking at me. "Interesting..." He said and I knew he referred to me."What is interesting?" I asked, Caleb's wolf poised as if to attack, he growled lowly.Aeneas didn't care, he kept staring at me, driving both Caleb and his wolf mad. "You... you are interesting..." He said and I nodded."Do I remind you of someone?" He blinked in surprise to my question and I felt he briefly lowered his g
*Meadow*The way to our home was not a short one, it was one that would allow us time to talk, and I was thankful of that. He took my hand in his and sighed. "I am sorry, Princess. But this seems important."I shook my head. "Don't be sorry, I understand."We drove a bit more in silence then I felt him reach to our special bond. 'Let's talk here, he can't hear us this way.'I squeezed his hand. 'Caleb, he is a vampire, a very old and powerful one, isn't he?' I asked, already knowing the answer.'Yes, that is why I am letting him come to discuss this, if it has to do with Cornelius then it is still something important. He has been gone from our radars for over a week and that is keeping me worried.' I nodded and took a deep breath, I could still feel his presence near us.'Ok... what else should I be aware of vampires? Besides them trying to manipulate every two legs with a skirt?' Caleb chuckled and I giggled, I felt safe with him, so I wasn't afraid, but I knew little of the rea