The Beast And The Blessed
Chapter 38
Thirty-Eight: Natalie
Natalie's P.O.V.
The door had been ripped clean from the frame and was now leaning up against it as a barricade against the elements. The front window had a large hole in the left side that had webbed through the rest of the glass.
I wrapped my arms around my torso as I approached, terrified that the slight disturbance of air caused by my walking would send the shards tumbling down.
"Why are you here?' My mother asked. Her hoarse voice made me flinch, but I remained calm as Killian moved forward and lifted the door before placing it off to the side.
As the interior of the house was revealed, I felt my lungs collapse in my chest.
Blood was splattered on the walls, and the rancid smell of vomit washed over me, making me grimace. All of my childhood memories were scattered over the flood, destroyed in the battle that had occurred here.
I stepped in carefully, hearing the glass beneath my foot crunch as I moved into the living room. Killian was close behind me. I could feel his chest gently brushing against my back as he stood alert, scanning the surroundings when I came to a stop.
My mother was only a few feet away, curled up in a ball against the living room wall with a puddle of dried blood the size of a bear. I knew from looking at her that it wasn't hers, but someone had suffered from a fatal blow in that very spot.
She looked gauntly and pale. Her veins were purple beneath her skin as they struggled to pump blood through her body.
"Mom?" I asked as I rushed to her, crouching down until my knees hit the floor. "What happened? Are you okay?"
me. Her hand grabbed my legs, ripping my knees off the floor and sending me tumbling backward, only to
was replaced by confusion when she began to
She whispered as her wolf receded back into her mind, and my body continued to shake as my mother's nails dug into the blood, pulling it up from the hardwood. She
I righted myself and tried to
hand reached forward as if to touch her, but her body was coiled up like a snake ready to spring at
had to guess, it wasn't the only one she had. But the raised edges of the wound were dark like they had
Show me mercy!" The coarse plea was followed by a rough round of coughing that speckled my forearm with her warm
didn't hear me. She was in a trance, staring at my
she
Him? Not the Goddess.
assumed it from the moment we arrived,
where is dad?" I asked, tearing my horrified gaze from her and the blood beneath her,
to her. Killian growled but allowed it as I looked back into my mother's eyes.
the pack to take you in after we found you. He didn't know you would be human. We would have left you out there if we had known." Her hold
was born into the pack. ’ I insisted. Hearing the words from her mouth made everything
eye contact with Killian in a direct challenge. "You're just a human that we found in the woods
her fingers loosened, I pulled my arm free, cradling it to my
shook my head as I got to my feet to stand next to Killian. "We have
to prevent us from moving her as she laid her cheek back down on
at her. He placed his arm
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In Chapter 38 of the The Beast And The Blessed series, Natalie, a human in a werewolf pack, is constantly bullied and abused by her packmates. The only person she can trust is Jake, her boyfriend, who is also the next in line to become the Alpha of the pack. Natalie hasn't shifted into her wolf form yet, so the other wolves see her as weak and inferior. On Jake's nineteenth birthday, they will finally recognize each other as mates, but Natalie is wary of the other women in the pack who want to be his chosen one.... Will this Chapter 38 author Ashley Breanne mention any details. Follow Chapter 38 and the latest episodes of this series at Novelxo.com.
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