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Zev and Aeon snapped their heads towards Katarina.
She looked at them, but couldn’t hold their gaze, looking at me with uncertainty. My Kit Kat was trying to impress them for whatever reason. She was trying so hard to appeal to them when she didn’t need to do anything, they already gravitated to her. As much as she wanted to believe she was being indifferent, she then did things like this. The pull towards all of us was strong, and Katarina could only pull away for so long.
“That sounds like a good idea. If you’d like to join us, we will be lighting candles,” I said, ushering Katarina away.
“This might have been a bad idea,” Katarina muttered as she fumbled for where she had put the candles.
“Honoring the dead is never a bad idea.” Aeon’s smooth voice startled her as he walked up next to us.
Zev grumbled something next to us. Our grumpy alpha was so unpredictable. I expected him to run away, but he stayed. It seems we were all shocked he stayed as he turned to us with a scowl.
“What?”
“I’m glad you stayed,” I said, smirking at him.
He rolled his eyes at me, grabbing a tapered candle from me along with everyone else. Katarina snapped her fingers that caused a flame to light on the edge of her finger.
She looked serious until a big smile broke out on her face.
“Oh good, hopefully she won’t burn us alive while we are all sleeping,” Zev commented, but I could see his approval.
“I’ll make sure to burn the house while you are inside all by yourself,” Katarina commented back.
Aeon smirked at Katarina, but Zev glared at him as we all lit our candles.
“Goddess, light their way to us tonight so that our ancestors can join us for Samhain. Keep them safe and bless their souls on their journey.” Zev was the one to speak.
“Blessed be,” Katarina whispered, before turning away to leave her candle at a window. Each of us placed a candle in the nearest windows. Since the veil was so thin tonight, we hoped the light would lead them to us, and enjoy their presence the one night it was allowed. If I could feel my mother for one night, even for a fleeting moment, I would be happy.
“Dinner is ready,” Mr. Potter said when Aeon came back from his window.
We followed him to the table that Katarina had set up. Zev led us in our harvest prayer before we ate, giving thanks to the gods and goddess who had given us so much. It was hard most days to give thanks because in a way, I felt they had turned their backs on us, especially our moon goddess. How could she have allowed a spell that clearly tipped the scales?
Dinner was very quiet, other than the occasional “Can you pass me that, please?” Zev and Aeon ate so fast they just sat there until Katarina and I finished. The tension in the room was so palpable that it was almost stifling. I glanced at Katarina, noticing she wasn’t meeting anyone’s gaze. Feeling our bond, I felt her uncertainty and her worry.
“That was delicious,” I said, wiping my mouth, knowing Mr. Potter could hear me.
“Yes, thank you, Mr. Potter,” Katarina said, looking around for him.
“He’s probably busy or having a moment with his mate,” I said.
“Wait, can he see her all the time? Or is it just on Samhain?” She looked surprised.
“Only on Samhain, since he is in-between, he can see and communicate with her these days,” Aeon answered.
Katarina's lip trembled ever so slightly but I could feel her distress. I was about to ask her what was wrong when she abruptly got up. We all looked at her, each of us had a look of confusion.
“We can have dessert if you’re ready for it, or we can go for the run, now,” she said, from the dessert table.
“I thought we were going to play games?” I asked.
“We don’t have to,” she said, with her back to us.
“What games?” Aeon asked.
“Oh, it’s nothing, I think we should go out for that run,” she said, coming back to the table with a piece of pumpkin pie.
“I want at least one round of each before I run.” I got up to go to the side where she had set everything up.
