Was That Hard to Say?
Keaton drove to Odette’s apartment. When I got there, I was surprised Ken wasn’t in the lobby. I linked him, “Ken, where are you?” He answered, “Inside Katie’s place, we need to talk.” Ok, nothing good followed that sentence in the history of time.
I flashed up the stairs as fast as I could.
As soon as I saw Ken I asked, “Where is she?” Channing offered, “Mate is here. I scent her and hear her heartbeat.” Ken answered, “Katie is the shower. Look, I’m not sure what you were told.
I’m guessing not much since your grandpa couldn’t have been home very long before you came here. ”
I growled, “I don’t like where this is going.
What happened? Did the cops scare Katie by putting her in jail?
What am I saying? Of course, they did. Those assholes will be hearing from our family lawyers.
I’m sure Isaac is already on that though.
” Ken winced, “That’s probably very true, yes. The problem is….”
Ken stopped talking when Odette ran out of her room and straight into my arms. My mate’s face had a bruise. Channing roared in my head. I linked Ken, “THEY HIT HER?!” Ken winced. I linked my grandpa, “You didn’t mention they HURT my girlfriend.”
Grandpa said, “I am taking care of that with Isaac.” I growled, “THEY HURT HER!” Grandpa replied, “I know and they will pay for that.” Yes, they would.
Odette went into shock. Channing was nearly forcing a shift.
I reasoned, “Buddy, we have to be here for Odette right now.” Channing calmed down marginally.
I stepped into the hallway and called my grandpa. Grandpa Frank answered, “Keaton.” I growled, “THOSE BUMFUCK COPS POINTED THEIR FUCKING GUNS AT MY GIRLFRIEND! SHE’S IN SHOCK! THEY HURT HER! I WANT THEIR FUCKING BADGES! ARE THEY WOLVES? IF THEY ARE, I’LL HAVE THEIR GODDAMN HEADS!”
Isaac said, “Wow, this is worse than Chase.” I growled, “WHAT DOES MY DAD HAVE TO DO WITH THIS?! Katie is saying some fucking cop molested her! GRABBY HANDS MCGEE! Would that be the Warlock?” Channing growled, “Dead Warlock.” Agreed.
Grandpa said, “Keaton, we are handling this.” I growled, “As their heads still reside on top of their neck, I DO NOT THINK YOU ARE!” Channing came out at the end. Tyler spoke, “Keaton if your girl is in shock, let’s get her a doctor. Rya can come check her out. That would be good. Right?”
I said, “You were next on my call list, Tyler. Because I WANT HEADS ON SPIKES!” Tyler snorted, “Ok.” Channing growled, “WE ARE SERIOUS! HEADS ON SPIKES! I WILL TEAR THEM TO PIECES!” Tyler hummed, “I understand, Channing.”
Grandpa said, “Channing, we’ll be right there. Let’s all just take deep breaths.” I snorted taking over, “You take deep breaths, I’m fine. The carpet in your apartment hallway, not so much.” My feet had shifted and scratched the floor.
Grandpa sarcastically said, “Sure you are, Keaton.” Whatever. If this was Grandma Nadine, he’d already have hearts in his hand. Channing agreed, “YES! They are the ones being TOO CALM!” A whole group of people got popped in. Immy ran into Odette’s apartment.
Keith linked me, “Katie’s ok.” I growled, “If it was May you would rage.” My twin growled, “Point taken.” I was surprised Tyler didn’t come too. Rya urged, “Let’s go see my patient. Aunt Lexi is going to spit nails over the fact that I met her first.” I winced knowing that my cousin wasn’t wrong.
Rya took Odette into her room. I could hear them talking and began to pace. Isaac snorted, “Good lord, the ability to be the worst secret keepers of all time runs in your family, Frank.” I growled, “Unless you want to explain that, please stop talking.” Isaac laughed but didn’t say anything else.
I asked, “Is Officer Grabby Hands McGee the Warlock Jinson McGee?” Grandpa sighed, “It is, yes.” I snarled, “BADGE! I want his goddamn badge then I’m going to take his FUCKING HEAD OFF AFTER I MAKE HIM EAT IT!”
I was going in as the Silver Blade, and I would gut that Warlock for what he’d done.
Isaac said, “We will easily get Jinson’s badge for this, Keaton, don’t worry.
I’ve already started the paperwork.” I growled, “Fuck the paperwork. Immy go Fairy hijinks on his ass. I want that prick to feel me breathing down his FUCKING NECK!” Immy smiled, “Gladly. I have just the way to start my hijinks.”
I heard Odette start to cry and ran into her room, instantly taking my mate into my arms. I asked, “Rya, what happened?” Rya answered, “Well…” She trailed off when Odette went to sleep.
My cousin shook herself then continued, “I can actually answer you since I minored in psychology. Physically your girlfriend has some bruising.”
I asked, “Really? With the tone right now?” Channing huffed in my head. Rya smirked, “I think the toll was more mental. Katie was worried about you because she saw you in a car accident. Then your girlfriend, yes the tone is necessary, drove. Which by all accounts is not her strong suit.”
Grandpa snorted, “No, it’s really not. You need to work on that with your girlfriend more often, the driving, Keaton.
She hit a lot of stuff.” Isaac offered, “My favorite thing is the business inflatable. That was easy to get the charge dropped. It was Emmett’s automotive shop of which he pulled up the security feed.
It was quite comical, almost like watching a video game. ” I rolled my eyes.
Rya said, “Exactly. Katie had guns pointed in her face from what Tyler said when he linked me. Then the police did not treat her well. In her mind, she didn’t do anything to deserve that treatment. To be fair she’s right.”
“Katie signaled to the officers, acknowledging them. She wasn’t trying to lead them on a chase, but they still didn’t follow protocol. They should’ve contacted CPS and a child advocate for her. They tried to intimidate her, and clearly whatever Supernatural she is Katie needed you.”
“She calmed down once you held her. That probably doesn’t make sense to her. I need to consult with a friend of mine. I spent a lot of time with covens in college, and I’m fairly certain there’s some kind of magical shield around your girlfriend’s mind.”
Yeah, my cousin was around a Coven because her ex was a dick and we hated her on and off boyfriend. I just didn’t get involved there because I had my own on off thing going on that was now done. Maybe Rya could just be done with Giz now too.
I growled, “WHAT?!” Rya shrugged, “I’m not a Witch so I can’t say for certain, but from what I’ve heard about this girl, and now meeting her, she deliberately ignores the signs of the Supernatural in front of her. Humans jump to Supernatural explanations because they want to believe it’s real.”
“Your girlfriend is running from those explanations when part of her longs to embrace them. Grandpa called Officer McGee a Warlock in front of her, but Katie didn’t ask what he meant. Literally anyone else would.”
“It’s like Katie’s rejecting anything Supernatural more than a human would. Which is odd since she is a Supernatural and everything in her should want to believe that. It seems to me a spell, or several, are involved.”
I asked, “Can it be undone?” Rya answered, “Of course, anything can be undone. The question is how it can be achieved. The mind is a delicate thing, you don’t want to overwhelm her. I’m not even sure my friends could properly answer this without meeting Katie.”
Immy offered, “Your friends could come into the bookshop. Katie would think they were customers.” I looked at Rya. My cousin agreed, “That could work. I’ll talk to them, I could be wrong, Keaton. I doubt I am though. I’ve been considering it as a possibility for a while now.”
Rya paused then admitted, “I was just waiting to meet Katie before confirming it. I’ve seen people with a spell on them before, and Katie acts like they did. Again, I could be wrong. I’m not able to sense magic on her like they would be able to.”
I agreed, “Let’s try it. There’s no harm in seeing if that’s the case. We could at least come up with a plan. When I break things to Katie, we can let her know a Coven came to help. Katie can decide what to do, but at least she would have options.”
I just had no idea when I’d break the ‘I’m a Werewolf’ bomb to Odette. What if magic made her break up with me because she thought I was lying or crazy? What if the magic made Odette run away from me? Channing whimpered at the thought.
Immy popped Rya out with Grandpa Frank and Isaac.
Keith said, “Keaton.” I whispered, “I can’t tell her.
I didn’t even know how to tell Katie about me.
Like oh hey so I turn into a giant wolf.
Those rabies wolves you keep seeing? Yeah, those are people and we kill them.
Don’t worry though they are rogues, but they don’t have rabies.
They just keep showing up and are crazy.
So, to sum up, I turn into the big bad wolf. ”
May offered, “I probably wouldn’t explain it that way.” I snorted, “Now, I can’t even start the subject because Katie’s probably hard wired to run from me screaming because her kind don’t want her to be around the Supernatural.”
Keith scoffed, “Look at how well that’s working out for them.
” He actually had a point. I pointed, “It was working. I bet that’s part of why Katie’s moved so much.
Supernatural groups grow interested in her, and her mom makes her vanish after that.
What if they try to take her from me?” Channing growled and I got off the bed to shift.
Keith said, “No one is going to take her from you, Channing. If they tried, we would hunt her down. The Conners would help us. Immy can pop to not Katie with us. We won’t let her get taken. Joe would come down with the full force of the Hood.”
“Emmett and our allies would come for their heads. We might need to shield her from everything until we learn more about the magic that’s probably blocking her mind; but we were already doing that. We just didn’t understand why she wasn’t really grasping everything. Now, we do.”