Princess of the Werewolves novel Chapter 71

I stopped running and focused on the pack house. Within seconds, I was at the forest lining. I saw Asher still running through the trees, and I smirked. I went behind a tree and quickly shifted and changed. I finished just as Asher came out of the forest. He shifted and grabbed a pair of shorts from behind a tree.

"Not fair. You used your powers" he huffed.

I playfully rolled my eyes. "You never said I couldn't" I retorted. Asher sighed in defeat before wrapping his arm around my shoulders, while holding both our bags in one hand. "I can hold my bag, you know"

"I know you can" Asher said. "I just don't want you to get hurt"

I stopped walking, causing him to stop too. "Me? Get hurt from holding a bag? A bag full of clothes?" I questioned while raising an eyebrow.

Asher moved his arm off my shoulders to rub his neck. "Its just that... Uh... You were... um.. sore.. and I d-didn't want t-to make it worse" he stuttered.

I chuckled and shook my head. "I'm fine, Asher. We were just running and I was completely okay. Stop worrying about it. The bath helped" I assured him. We walked up the porch and entered the silent mansion. It was still the same as I remember from a few months ago.

"Hello?!" Asher called out.

"Ash!" a girl squealed. Her black hair swayed as she ran to my mate and jumped on him. Asher easily caught her. He spun the girl around as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

I couldn't help the pang of jealousy that went through me, but I reminded myself that Asher has friends. I can't be jealous of everyone. "I missed you so, so much" Asher mumbled in her hair. I awkwardly stood to the side as Asher and the girl embraced each other. I pushed the jealousy to the back of my mind, trying to ignore it.

The girl saw me from over Asher's shoulder. She lowly whispered something in his ear, that made him put her down. Asher turned to face me and gave me a kiss that melted all of the jealousy. "Babe, this is my sister Belle. Belle, this is my mate Eve" Asher introduced us. Sister.

They're siblings. I blushed from embarrassment. Belle squealed, then wrapped her arms around my waist. I froze for a few moments before awkwardly hugging her back. She pulled away and studied me with bright green eyes. She honestly looks nothing like Asher, but she's cute; stunning actually.

"I've always wanted a sister!" she shrieked and happily bounced up and down.

"But I thought we were sisters!" a familiar voice yelled from up stairs. A girl with dark brown hair came into the room with Brian trailing behind her. "Eve!" she shouted before tackling me in, yet another, awkward hug.

She's Brian's mate. Crap what's her name?

"That's Peyton" Asher's voice rang in my head.

I quickly shook my head. "She's got a lot on her plate. I don't want to stress her out too much"

He nodded. "This may sound a bit incredulous" he warned.

"Uh... smaller words please" Brian said.

I should buy him a dictionary for his birthday. I chuckled. "We might not believe him" I explained. Brian nodded in understanding, before motioning for Dr. Nale to continue.

"Well, I got a visit from the Moon Goddess" he said slowly.

Why would she visit Dr. Nale? "And?" I inquired.

"She gave me instructions and a message. Eve should have gotten the message before, but you weren't supposed to know about it yet"

So Eve kept a secret from me? I was pained at the thought, but I was being hypocritical. I didn't tell her about the witch that came by here. I decided to deal with it on my own, kinda. I asked Dr. Nale for help. I just didn't want to stress her out more. Why would she keep something from me?