Chapter 43


    The next morning felt surreal. The sun was shining, birds were chirping, but it didn''t feel like a good


    day. All the events from thest 24 hours came rushing back to me, leaving me feeling like a ton of


    bricks. Soon after I woke up, my door opened.


    "Nova," Nn said unsurely. I still hadn''t forgiven him for what he said to me yesterday. He came


    closer when he realized I wasn''t talking to him. I sighed and sat up when I realized that he wasn''t going


    away. He sat on the edge of my bed and just looked at me for a moment.


    "Hey,e on. I hate fighting with you," he said. I rolled my eyes.


    "I think the words you''re looking for are ''I''m sorry''," I said with an attitude. I was still mad at him for lying


    to me our whole lives. I remember when we turned 13 years old. At the time, I didn''t think anything of it,


    but now finding that he was a werewolf, it made sense.


    "Nn, open the door!" I yelled as I knocked on the door to our room. We were ying a game when


    he suddenly ran up to the room and locked the door. He was yelling and screaming and I was scared


    but I had no idea what was going on.


    "Mommy!" I yelled down the hallway. My mom ran down the hallway with Dad on her heels. I banged


    on the door again.


    "Novalyn, what happened?" my mom asked.


    "I don''t know. We were downstairs and he just ran up here and started screaming," I exined in a


    rush. My mom pulled a key out of her pocket and began to unlock the door. Almost as an afterthought,


    she turned to Dad.


    "Get Nova out of the house, Jasper. I''ll call you when you can bring her back," she said. My dad only


    nodded and ushered me out of the house against my struggling. He practically threw me in the car and


    sped out of the driveway. I could still hear Nn''s screaming as I watched the house until it


    disappeared. I turned and sighed as my dad drove.


    "Dad, is Nn going to be okay?" I asked him. He kept quiet for a moment.


    "You''ll see himter. He''s fine... he''s fine," my dad said, assuring himself in the process. I wasn''t going


    to let it go.


    "I didn''t see him get hurt. Is he sick? Why did Mom want me to go away?" I rambled.


    "Novalyn! Enough, okay? Be patient and rx. Now, do you want ice cream or frozen yogurt?" he


    asked.


    I ended up staying at my friend Cheyenne''s house for two days before I went back home. Nn was


    great... actually, he seemed better than great. He was taller, stronger, and faster. I never questioned it


    further then because I was just d that he was alive after the way he was screaming that day.


    I chalked it up to good medicine, but now I knew that it was so much more than that. He shifted that


    weekend, and I didn''t realize it until now.


    "You lied to me all these years. You can''t be mad if I don''t know anything. You never told me to begin


    with," I said. I lowered my head and fiddled with my hands. "Mom didn''t either," I muttered. Nn


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    sighed and held my hand in his.


    "Nova, I already regret it, okay? I hated lying to you but it was only to protect you. If there were another


    option, I would have taken it. I even thought about identally shifting in front of you but Mom made


    sure I kept the secret. We were trying to protect you from things like this happening," he tried to


    exin. Mason walked inside and sat on the other side of me.


    "What''s your excuse?" I asked Mason. He took my other hand and kissed it gently.


    "I didn''t want you to get caught in the crossfire," he said. I leaned my head on Mason''s shoulder. These


    were my boys and I was d that they were with me. I missed them like crazy when I was away, but


    now, I was in physical pain from missing Elias. There was an ache in my chest.