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Mr. Potter was right behind him with a bundle of dried sage, wrapped with a moon flower.
“I think that’s perfect.” I nodded as Lucien and Aeon stood facing me in our own circle, much like on the day we all became a sub-pack.
He lit the sage, allowing it to billow before he walked around us, saying a few words to cleanse our energies and our bond.
“Goddess, allow this run to cleanse their energies and allow them to use your moonlight to reaffirm the bond that has been blessed onto them.”
Our bond warmed with each pass he made until I felt all of our energy as a unit, but there was also something different.
Katarina.
Her presence wasn’t big, but I felt her. It was warm, familiar and the call to her was stronger. The realization hit me that she was always going to be a part of our bond. She had wormed her way into my space once again. I desperately wanted to pull away from our circle, but my wolf made me stay still. Aeon looked at me, like he knew what I had been thinking.
She is your brother’s mate. I could hear him say.
Taking a deep breath, I controlled the anger brewing inside me. I felt childish for acting the way that I did. It was hard not to feel resentment towards her and her family. Mr. Potter finished his cleansing and I tried keeping my face neutral, but I felt Aeon’s gaze.
“Let’s run,” I growled, transforming so Lucien wouldn’t suspect anything.
They shifted and followed me out into the freezing rain. It wouldn’t be too long until we had snow and running in the snow was harder. I howled to the moon, to honor our moon goddess before I ran faster. Feeling my pack behind me washed away all anger from earlier. We ran in and out of the trees, our energy weaving as I took us around the property once.
It was a balm on our bond. On the second lap around, I nipped at Aeon. His wolf pushed me back into Lucien, who playfully pushed me back. We chased each other, wrestled with one another and after, we caught our breath together. This feeling of togetherness made me feel like we could really break this curse. We had a chance to possibly live our lives free.
I shifted back into my human form, even though my wolf wanted to keep playing.
“I needed that.” My voice was gruff.
“We all needed that.” Lucien smiled.
“We did,” Aeon said while looking stronger. Lately Aeon had started to look tired.
“We need to start doing this at least once a week, for our sanity,” I said, standing up, needing water and food.
“Let’s make it every Sunday,” Aeon suggested.
“Let’s do it,” Lucien said, but quickly looked over my shoulder with a big smile on his face. Her scent slit through the air, making me stiffen.
“That was amazing.” Her soft velvet voice was full of awe.
“That was nothing, Kit Kat.” Lucien walked past me.
“What is this?” Lucien sounded shocked.
“I figured you were thirsty.” She sounded shy.
I turned around to see a bowl in her hand with a moonflower floating inside. My heart stopped.
Lucien took the bowl from her while taking a sip. He said something to her that had her blushing before she moved to Aeon. He stared at her for a moment as I thought he was going to turn away from her. They stood together looking frozen in time. I thought Aeon had warped time, but he took the bowl from her, sipping the water while never breaking eye contact.
Katarina’s blush never went away, only increasing in its intensity. She gave him a small smile before she walked to me. Aeon turned away from me, and I wished he had let me see his expression.
“Alpha,” she said, looking down.
It was a respectful greeting, appeasing me more than it should have.
She lifted the bowl up for me to take it.
“Why are you doing this?”
