The Alpha Who Saved Me

Chapter 53

Emery

I don't remember sweating this much whenever I prac- ticed my magic back at school. Now, the sweat is just pouring down my face and I'm constantly wiping it away. Miss Beat- rice stayed overnight wanting to get a practice in before me and my mates take on the tedious task of taking out a whole species, well, their magic anyway.

"Good, you're doing great, Emery. Actually, you're doing better than you ever did at school!" She cackles, "Must be those hottie mates of yours."

"Oh Goddess, please don't ever refer to them as my hottie.

mates." I chuckle.

"Why, afraid I will steal them from you?" The witch asks. deviously.

"Oh, hell no. It's just that the word hottie sounds so wrong coming out of your mouth." I laugh this time.

"I hate to break it to you, Luna, but that word started back in my time, so I'm allowed to say it anytime I want. You young pups think that just because we are older, or how I like to refer to aging as, experienced, that we are not allowed to use cer- tain words. Just so you know, your generation all sound hideous and lazy when you only use part of a word."

"Whatevs..."

"See, right there! It's whatever, not whatevs." She shakes

her head and I shrug.

"Let's just agree to disagree." I chuckle.

"Finally! We at least agree on something."

"Can I ask you something, Miss Beatrice?"

"You can, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to answer." She grins.

"Is Colin really your nephew?"

sadly, "Unfortunately,

you leave? If you don't mind me

same beliefs that my father did, so as soon as I turned seventeen, which is the legal age with the Shikari, I made a run

run for it?" I ask.

made the comment about Colin's

heart skips a beat,

father planned on giving me to Marko, your grandfather. I actually babysat your father a

why he sent me to you for training?" I think I start to understand but

time. He wasn't quite a teenager when I left. My sister Layla, Colin's mom, she was the apple of our father's eye and she was so impatient for her seventeenth birthday because she wanted to be part of the harem. Layla is two years younger than me. It looks like she got what

in my eyes until one tickled my cheek. "It's funny how the Hunters label us, shifters, as abominations but they are the ones that are

agree with you more,

you ever meet my grandmother, Brianna Grego- ry?" I'm intrigued to know all that I

once. I re- member being a young girl, maybe about six years old. I was playing with my dolls when Marko came through with a beau- tiful woman but he was telling her that she had to be very qui- et, that they were only there long enough to pick something up and then

aunts and their mates with their children are visiting for a few days because it's

probably head back then, sc I'm not in the way." She states with

mates, and I would love for you to stay and join us with the rest of the family." I bump her with my shoulder, "My Uncle Brent will be here as well, and he's still a handsome man. I mean he's older than you, and a

gasps, "I am not looking for

could use some female companionship. I

"But I would love to join, if nobody

three hours, so don't be late. My mates

She winks at me

I would love nothing more than to let our mates win, I also want to make them work for

going to...' Kiki skids to a halt as soon as Ghost magically appears right in front of us. Kiki squeals with laughter and turns but Blaze and Achilles is right

to go

wolf chuckles and then submits by going down to

up so easily,

can never get

jokes as they begin to