Blood Moon Forest by falicity davis, falicity davis (mind reading books TXT) 📕

ushered me to the others before handing me a Candle. The wax was smooth and the black color was shiny. As we each walked up to Mikah and stood I felt ridiculously stupid. This was pointless. Everyone walked around and as they lit there Candle they said who it was for. I watched as my mother said my fathers name and tried her best to keep her cool. Kai merely did his mates name before walking off. Kol and Mikah said my fathers name and then there was me. In the sea of people I didn't know what to say. My father was a prick and that was nicely put. So I turned around with my candle walked off to find Kai. He wasn't far so when I saw him sitting on a rock I sat across from him on an old tree stump. "You didn't light your candle. Dad would be upset." I snorted and brushed my hair back before looking at him. "Dad was a dick. Besides he's dead." My answer didn't shock him. He knew I wasn't close with him. That's because he seen more the anyone how I was pushed the hardest. How I was trained longer and harder. "I'm sorry about Jaclyn." My voice was surprisingly soft. He looked to his right into the trees and nodded his head. "You know Jaclyn means 'to protect'." He looked at me and for the first time I'd seen the hurt in his eyes. The utter grief he felt. He was still in pain. Years later he was in as much now as he was the day she died. "That's what she did. She protected me. She jumped in front of that- of that, mutt." He was pissed. He then stood and I could feel he was so sad. As he turned back to me and sat down again his eyes were red. "I should have protected you Jameela. I should have been there."

"Yes Malikai. You should have been there. But you weren't. So get over it. We can't change what happened before. Just make sure that it doesn't happen again." He nodded at me and then looked to my candle. "Who's it for?" And that's when I realized who it was for. With all that was going on with the Azriel and Vladimir I realized who had died. "Me. It's for me."
So I used his flame to light my candle. He only stared at the candle before breaking the silence. "But really, you and Nick?" His face was so disgusted I could help but laugh at it. Like really laugh. "The mating ball is in two days. Is he going to escort you?" I hugged at him and ignored what he'd said. "He is escorting his sister." I said blandly. "Just as you and Mikah are escorting me." I hadn't completely forgiven him, but I realized he was just as fucked up as me. I couldn't blame him for his faults or flaws, because I'm not exactly a model person.

"I read somewhere that we are not defined by what happens to us, but our choices and decisions that follow after the events. I don't know if I believe the first part of that or not. But I do believe that we choose what we do and that it defines us." He looked at me as he spoke. He was right.

"What happens to us does define us. Do you think that we would be who we are if half of the shit that happened to us in life didn't happen?" He nodded in agreement. "One thing I know for sure, is we choose every single thing we do. down to how we breath. Most of our mistakes, the big ones, are the result of allowing emotions, from something before, to rule us." He stood and stuck his hand out to me. "We knew the right choice. We just didn't obey." With that we both walked back into the clearing and seen everyone lining up. walked up the were my family stood before. There was a knife on a tree stump that was it. I walked over to it and sat my candle down. I put the knife in my hand and sliced open my palm. Everyone watched as my blood dripped over the flame, putting it out. Seeing as I was the youngest sibling, aside from Kol, This was the one thing that fell onto me. It was a stupid tradition. I barely looked at the women as I placed my dripping hand over the candle and watched as the flame died out. She muttered a few words before walking off. I ignored it and proceeded with a few more people before stepping back. As soon as I placed the knife down and soon enough my hand was healed. The wind lightly picked up, putting out everyone else's candle. I let out puff and seen as everyone dispersed. "You seem bothered." I shrugged and turned to Nick. "Surely nothing you can't fix." With that I turned around and walked to my family, just as were about to walk away from the clearing I threw a quick wink back at him. I seen a ghost of a smirk as I turned away and walked up to my family. "Your disgusting." Mekeel sneered at me. I only laughed at him. "I heard you and Jamie until the day she gave birth so fuck off!" He puffed out his chest like a typical male. "I'm the first to have a child." His voice was full of pride and I rose a brow. "Lucky you. I mean diapers and bottles and puke is all I want out of life! To bad I don't have that!" He glowered down at me as I filled the air with sarcasm. "Your such a child." He hissed out before walking in front of us. I grinned at him and walked up the steps of our house. Jamie laid on the couch with the baby on her chest. I realized as I stared at her I'd never have that. I'd never have a baby or a family. It was kind of upsetting but I ignored the feeling in the pit in my stomach. I walked over and seen that she was about to pass out. I reached out and took my niece from her and laid her in my chest. Jamie opened her eyes and relaxed when she saw me. She closed her eyes and I knew she'd be knocked out soon. I walked to Mekeel and handed her to him. She fussed slightly but as he walked to the stairs and settled down. I walked to my room, stopping to see Kol for a few minutes. I enter red my room and went over to my the couch. I sat there for a second. I looked over to the ladder that led to where my bed was. I slipped my shoes off and walked over to it and went up. I looked around and the small area and crawled over to my bed that I hadn't used in forever. I laid on my back and just watched the sky. Before I knew it I was asleep.

"You are such a dick, all I asked was for you to help out!"

"I have duties to this pack, Jamie!"

I swear they were going to kill each other. Before I could hear anymore of there fight Zafara ran in wearing her bathing suit and shorts. "Come on, BBQ at the swimming hole!" Before I could say anything let alone object she was dragging me to her car. "I don't have a swim suit, so I'll just stay here." I was ignored and dragged to her car anyways. The olive green keep was old and she had it since she was 15. I was pushed in the back seat with Kai and Nick. There younger sister, Elliana, sat in the front seat. "Kol was looking for you the earlier, Ellie." I told her. She was 7, two years older then Kol. "Really? I was with Shelly, she was giving me cookies." I gave her a small smile an told her to sit straight as we drove on the road that was covered in gravel and had trees on either side of it. We lived in the mountains. Deep in the Mountains. It was easier for us to go undetected by humans. Kai was going to burn holes into Nicks head.

We pulled into the swimming hole and I swear if it got any louder, the humans we were trying hide from would find us. We all piled out of the car and everyone dispersed. Far went to the trunk and gave me a bathing suit and black dress thing to put over it. "Why would I wear a towel dress?" I said bluntly. Pulling me over to the tree line she spoke, "put this on or I will dress you myself. In front of everyone." Far may be the sweet one but she was still an asshole. Snatching the bathing suit from her and I slipped out of my clothes and into the bathing suit. "I look ridiculous with a bathing suit on and combat boots." I hissed at her as I put the towel dress over my head. I refused to call it a cover-up or whatever it was she called it I'm going to call this itchy piece of clothing a towel dress. "You look fine. Now come on. I want to see you go in the rope swing. The one over the ledge of the swimming hole." She sounded excited and as soon as she went towards the hole I grabbed her arm. "Nice try. Not happening." She looked like I just kicked a puppy. "Come on." She whined slightly. "Why?" She never asked me to go on the rope swing let alone in the hole. Please she never asked me to come her at all. And I told her that. "Nick and I made a bet. He said you'd be scared that people would be staring." Now normally I'd laugh and walk over to a tree and sit there until she wanted to leave but the fact that his dumb ass said I'd be scared made me slightly competitive to prove him wrong. "Make sure his ass watches this.

I swing the dress over my head and kicked off my boots. People were staring. Which made me feel off. I ignored the stares of basically everyone and walked over to the work out rope and realized this probably wasn't safe. Taking it from Winter I looked over my shoulder and seen Nick giving Far a few bills while she smirked at me. I smirked back and looked at Nick. I gave him a quick wink before I helped on and backed up before running forward and into the air. I felt a smile rush over my face and everyone scream. I fell the 50 feet into the water and felt myself plunge into the freezing water. Pushing myself to the top I seen the sky through the water as I swam to the top. Everyone was around the edge of the hole holding there drinks up and screaming. They were fools, but so was I. I smiled and held my hand up to the guy to help me get up to the platform.

"You know he never said you'd be scared." I smiled at Far lightly as I came up to the top and took a towel from Kai. "Didn't think you could do it." I smiled at him and walked towards the edge. Grabbing his arm I said "Didn't think you could either!" And shoved him in. Before he hit the bottom I heard something about killing me. I laughed lightly and walked over to Nick, he handed me his shirt which I pulled over my head, it covered more then Zafara's towel dress anyways. Before I could walk into is arms, I heard a scream. One that sent a chill