Kiss Of The Alpha : A YA Paranormal Romance

Chapter 71: Chapter 71

Heather

I pushed her back on my bed. "Sit." I grabbed a Coke from my mini fridge. "Drink this. Maybe you’re hungry?" Whenever my wolf was getting control, I felt a little out of sorts. Food usually helped.

Serena downed the drink, and I looked over at Brent. "Is this normal?"

He shook his head. "None of what Serena has gone through is normal."

"If you talk about me like I’m not here, I’m going to flip out," Serena said.

Ignoring her, I pulled out a chilled Snickers bar from my mini fridge. "Eat." Her color looked a little better once she was done. "How do you feel now?"

"Fine. I get a little off around the full moon. Must have started early this month or something. Nothing to worry about."

I looked to Brent as he crossed his arms, mouth pressed in a firm line. Still he gave a tiny nod, telling me it was okay but that he was worried. I was worried, too.

Even if she got this way during the full moon, I didn’t like it. Adrian—the only Were here who also had brujo blood—had mentioned trying to figure out a way to break the curse before, but I’d gotten caught up in all the vampy-werewolfish stuff. It was time for me to be as good a friend to Serena as she’d been to me.

She stood and I held my arms out, ready to catch her if she fell again. She slapped them away. "Chill. I’m fine."

"If you say so." But I still watched her as she walked away, ready to jump into action.

"I say so." She went through the bathroom that joined our two rooms together. "See you in the AM." She closed the door to my room and the water turned on.

I turned off the music on my laptop and climbed back in my bed.

Brent toed off his shoes. He was still fully clothed in jeans and a plain gray T-shirt.

"You think she’ll be okay?" I asked as he slid under the covers with me.

"Oui." He opened his arms, so I settled down with my head on his chest. "Weres don’t get dizzy, but she does on full moon days. It’s a little early for that, but she could be having an off day. Things have been tense around here."

He ran his fingers through my hair. "I’m sure she’ll be okay once the moon passes."

"She’d better be," I said.

"I’m heading out to patrol, but I wanted to come say goodnight before I left." The campus had been on lockdown every night since the vampires had shown up on campus. They hadn’t come back so far, but he spent at least part of every evening making sure no vampires came back.

"Okay," I said, but I really wanted him to stay.

"But then I heard what you two were talking about..."

I scrunched my eyes shut. This was so embarrassing.

"We have to do the Full Moon Ceremony this month, cherie. I know you’re scared about changing and what the ceremony means, but the Tribunal starts next Wednesday. If we don’t do it now, our case won’t be as strong. I have to do everything in my power to make sure you’re safe and that we have a future together."

Next week, the Seven and a bunch of other pack alphas would come to St. Francis’s to decide our punishment. Everyone kept saying it would be okay, but Brent was right. We needed every little thing we could get to help our case.

I knew in my head and in my heart that doing the Full Moon Ceremony was the right move, but I was still nervous. "So, what comes after the ceremony?"

Brent pressed a kiss to the top of my head. "That’s entirely up to you. I’m not rushing you on anything else. I think I’ve done that enough."

I sat up enough to look at him. "I wouldn’t have it any other way." I meant that. I really, truly loved Brent.

As our mate-bond settled in, we grew more in tune with each other. Serena swore that after we did the Full Moon Ceremony silent conversation over any distance would be just as easy as actually talking. Until then, we could only feel the other’s strong emotions.

His love burned hot through our bond as he held me.

Someone knocked on my door, shouting something in French.

"That’s my cue," Brent said.

"Are you coming back tonight?"

His frown made his left dimple show up. "We’re hunting the far grounds. It’ll be really late before I get back, and you need your sleep. Dr. Mozan’s test is tomorrow, right?"

I nodded.

"Good luck. I’ll see you tomorrow at lunch, okay?"

"Okay. Stay safe."

"Always, cherie." He got up, pressing another soft kiss against my lips. "Want me to get the light?"

"Please." I curled up against the pillow. It smelled like forest and something just him. Closing my eyes, I let go of the worry, and sunk into a deep, dreamless sleep.

The sound of metal and plastic shattering against the wall startled me from my sleep.

"Again? That’s the third one you’ve broken this week!" I yelled to Serena. Both doors to our connecting bathroom were open, so I could see straight through from my room to hers. "Tell that alarm clock how you really feel."

"It needed to go to hell. So I sent it there." Serena’s voice was muffled, still mostly asleep. "I’m freaking tired. Need more sleep."

For a girl who was positively perky all the time, Serena moved slower than molasses when she first woke up. Everyday it was the same. She’d hit her snooze at least five times. Every once in a while, she’d chuck the alarm clock against the wall in frustration. But three days in a row was a streak, even for a girl who stashed boxes of them in her closet.

Rolling out of bed, I grabbed a fresh towel, and went to shower. Once I was up and dressed, Serena usually got going.

The bathroom’s tiny black and white hexagonal tiles were cold beneath my feet. I pushed the shower curtain aside, and turned the water on, and then closed the door to Serena’s room.

Bathrooms used to be a nightmare for me. Before, wearing gloves was the only way to stop from getting visions.

Unfortunately, gloves had never panned out in the shower. Total nightmare. But now I didn’t need the gloves. Without visions hitting me all the time, I got ready so much faster.