The Alpha and His Contract Luna (Lauren) novel Chapter 34

Lauren.

“…And the public has been advised to be careful as they go about their business, the serial killer is still at large and the police and FBI are yet to identify who it is”

I watch the TV with nervousness. This was the same serial killer that Sebastian and the wolf council are hunting down. Unbeknown to humans, they were dealing with a supernatural creature. A rogue.

The death toll has risen with a new murder every other week. Given the severity of the situation the FBI decided to warn people. The same was done on our side. With the council asking us to be on the lookout for rogues.

Rogues were wolves that were banished. Or refused to submit to pack rules. Usually they weren’t dangerous, just free spirited. But there were those that were killers, and lived to cause trouble.

I was honestly scared out of my mind. The troublesome rogues were problematic but never in this capacity. They killed mostly those that got in their way but this? This was something different. I couldn’t shake the images of the mangled bodies of the victims. Whoever was doing this needed to be stopped. Before humans caught on to the fact that the person committing these merciless killings wasn’t human.

“Mommy, can we go play outside by the pond?” Krystal’s voice interrupts my thoughts.

I turn to reply but I find her frozen. Her face looking at the TV. She looks ashen and terrified. Shit! She shouldn’t have seen that. I scramble to switch it off, before turning back to her.

“Krystal?” I call but she doesn’t answer. Her eyes still fixed on the now blank screen.

I call her again but she still doesn’t answer. I move towards her and her eyes roll to the back of her head. Leaving only the whites.

“Krystal!” I shake her but nothing happens.

All of a sudden she starts speaking. Her voice unnaturally deep. She was talking in a foreign language. One I’ve never heard before.

“Please baby, you’re scaring me” my voice trembles.

I couldn’t stop the tears that were falling down my face. Nor the shake that had taken over. I see Monica running into the living room.

“What’s going on?”

She comes to stand next to me and stills. Her mouth open in a gasp. Her hand on her chest.

“I don’t know. She was asking me if she could play and then this happened. She won’t answer me” I cry terrified.

Krystal continues talking in that foreign language. She suddenly twists and looks at me. She continues speaking as if I understand her but I didn’t understand shit. Just as I was about to tell Monica to call Sebastian, she collapses in my arms.

“Baby?” I ask afraid. Checking her pulse. I sigh in relief when I feel it strongly.

Seconds in, she opens her eyes and they're back to normal. Her eyes fix on me. She looks at me strangely before smiling.

“You haven’t answered me mommy. Can we go to play?” she says before her eyebrows scrunch in a frown. “And why are we on the floor? Why are you crying?”

I wipe the tears from my face. Registering that Monica was kneeling beside me. Her breaths fast and ragged.

“Krystal” I begin. “Where did you learn that language?”

I was so confused. She has never taken any foreign language except Chinese, Italian and French. What she spoke was neither of those. Neither was it any language I’ve heard before.

“What language? I just came to ask if Jax and I can play near the pond but you won’t answer” she replies in exasperation.

It then occurs to me that she doesn’t remember. The last thing she seems to remember was about playing in the pond but nothing else.

Shaken, I nod my head. “Okay sweetie. But be careful”

She hugs me before skipping away. Calling Jax. He appears running down the stairs and they leave through the back door.

“Max!”

He was one of the warriors who was on duty today. He rounds the corner and enters the room. When he sees us, he frowns a little. Probably wondering why we were on the floor.

“Yes Luna?” he asks in a small bow

“Please watch the kids. They’ve gone to play near the pond” I say shakily.

He stares at us for a while before nodding. He then leaves, following after the children. The moment he does I collapse on the floor. I pull my hands through my hair, now realizing that they were shaking.

“The language she spoke” Monica begins.

I look at her worried. “What about it?”

She looks at me in question. Or was it wonder. I couldn’t be sure.

“It’s the forgotten language of the gods and goddess.” She says, shaking my already shaken foundation.

“How do you know that?” I question her.

She answers immediately. “The Oracle speaks it sometimes, either when she gets a glimpse of the future or the goddess or fates are speaking to her. Giving her a message or a warning of things hidden, unknown or what’s to come. I asked her once about it when I went to visit, she told me it’s the language of deities”

If what she was saying was true then it meant that Sebastian was right. Krystal was the next Oracle. It was the only explanation.

“Please don’t tell anyone about what you just saw” I beg.

“Claire, meet Lilly. Beta female to the Black Mist pack. Lilly, this is Claire. My best friend and the female beta of the Silver pack”

“You look oddly familiar” Claire says, studying her.

I chime in with a smile. “That’s what I said”

Lilly laughs and they greet each other. I already could tell that the three of us were going to be great friends.

“So where do we begin first? Shopping or Lunch?” I ask and they both shout shopping making me laugh. I laugh even harder when Hunter cringes.

I link my hands with each of them and we begin our shop fest. This was just what I needed to get my mind off what happened with Krystal. I had no answers and there was no use obsessing over it.

An hour later we each had multiple shopping bags while Hunter carried the rest. We decide to finally have lunch. We were on our way to eat when we passed a sex shop. I skid to a halt making the others stop too.

“What is it?” Lilly asks.

I wanted to get in but Hunter was with us. I turn to look behind us and see that he is a bit far behind. Without thinking I drag the two women in with me.

“What the hell?” Claire yells.

“Shut up! I need something to spice things up and most humans say toys are the best way to do that” I lie.

There was just no way I was going to tell them that my sex life was basically non existent and I needed the toys for relief.

“Oooh, I’ve always wanted to try a vibrator” Lilly chimes in making me relax a little. At least I didn’t feel like a weirdo.

“How may I help you ladies?” The voice makes us jump in embarrassment. It was as if we were caught doing something naughty.

“I, uh- we were looking for sex toys” I reply nervously and a bit of embarrassment.

The guy with the pink Mohawk regards us, it was so unnerving. “You’ve never shopped for sex toys before have you?”

I shake my head.

A big smile takes over his face, before he ushers us deeper into the store.

“Well, my name is Tom and let me introduce you to this amazing world”

We stop in the middle and we gasp. I feel like I’ve just stepped inside a porn shop. What the hell have I gotten myself into?