34. Sex shop


    Lauren.


    “…And the public has been advised to be careful as they go about their business, the serial killer is still


    atrge 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 personmitting these merciless killings wasn’t human.


    “Mommy, can we go y 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 nk 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 foreignnguage.


    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?”


    Shees 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 y and then this happened. She won’t answer me” I cry


    terrified.


    Krystal continues talking in that foreignnguage. 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 copses 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 y?” 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 thatnguage?”


    I was so confused. She has never taken any foreignnguage except Chinese, Italian and French.


    What she spoke was neither of those. Neither was it anynguage I’ve heard before.


    “Whatnguage? I just came to ask if Jax and I can y near the pond but you won’t answer” she


    replies in exasperation.


    It then urs to me that she doesn’t remember. Thest thing she seems to remember was about


    ying 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 y 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 copse on the floor. I pull my hands through my hair, now realizing that they were shaking.


    “Thenguage 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 forgottennguage 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 toe. I asked her once about it when I went to visit, she told me it’s thenguage


    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 exnation.


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


    The less people knew the better. You have no idea what would happen if the packs found out that the


    next Oracle has been chosen. There are people who would want to sell the secret. Packs will start


    fighting to have Krystal. Some will try to steal her from me, and there are those who would use her for


    evil.


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    “My lips are sealed Luna. She’s still just a child and should remain so until her time of ascending” she


    replies. She pats me before leaving.


    I get up on shaky legs and make my way to our bedroom. It was on Saturday. I was at home since I


    don’t work on weekends. Sebastian wasn’t around. We haven’t spoken to each other since I stormed


    out of the restaurant.


    I have avoided him since then. It was so embarrassing that I told him I wanted him and he told me he


    would never sleep with me. Good thing for me is that he made it easy to avoid him since he was rarely


    home. I didn’t know if that was on purpose. Or was he genuinely busy with the serial killer case. Either


    way, it suited me because I never want to set my eyes on the arrogant man ever again.


    I reach our bedroom just as I hear my phone ring. I cross the room and pick it. I didn’t recognize the


    number but I still answer it.


    “Hello” I say in a monotone voice.


    “Hey Lauren, it’s Lilly…Micah’s mate” she sounded really nervous.


    “Oh hi Lilly. What can I do for you?” For some reason it felt awkward speaking to her given thest time


    we spoke was weeks ago, when I first met her


    “I was wondering if you’d like to meet for lunch and maybe go shopping. I’m in town and I was hoping


    we could catch up”


    My heart drops at that because I usually met ire on Saturday for our weekend out. Lilly seemed


    sweet and by the way her voice was nervous I could tell it took a lot for her to call.


    “Shoot. I always have ns with my bestfriend on Saturdays, so I’m not sure I can make it” I reply,


    Feeling a bit guilty for turning her down.


    “Oh okay. That’s alright. Maybe next time” the disappointment in her tone pulls at my string. I hated


    hearing it.


    “Maybe we can make it a threesome. Let me call ire and get back to you in a minute. Okay?”


    “Okay” she says hopefully


    I call ire and just like I knew, she agrees and says it’s okay for Lilly to join us.


    I immediately call her back and she picks on the second ring. “Meet us La Vier”


    She replies with an okay before we both hang up. I get ready and soon I’m outside waiting for Hunter


    after bidding the kids goodbye. I get in the car and we drive off. We don’t say much since my mind is


    still on what happened earlier.


    I can’t help but wonder what the message was. Krystal had the episode after seeing the news on TV. I


    wondered if whatever she said was rted to the murders. Did the goddessmunicate something to


    her?


    When we get there, I am lucky that there weren’t too many paparazzi and that Hunter managed to deal


    with the few. I spot Lilly first and go to her.


    “So d to see you Lauren…Hi hunter” she hugs me before hugging Hunter too, who smiles at her.


    I grab her hand and lead her to where I knew ire would be. Since it’s where we meet every


    Saturday. We find her seated drinking a smoothie. Once she sees us, she stands up and starts


    walking. Meeting us halfway.


    “ire, meet Lilly. Beta female to the ck Mist pack. Lilly, this is ire. My best friend and the female


    beta of the Silver pack”


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


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


    Lillyughs 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


    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 hourter 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?” ire 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 rx a little. At least I didn’t feel


    like a weirdo.


    “How may I help youdies?” 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?