Total pages in book: 47
Estimated words: 44044 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 220(@200wpm)___ 176(@250wpm)___ 147(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44044 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 220(@200wpm)___ 176(@250wpm)___ 147(@300wpm)
At the mention of an electronic reading device, she shifted her attention to the shelf. “I’ve never had an ereader.”
“Do you like to read, Little one?”
“Yes, Sir.” He’d asked her to call him Daddy, but that idea was so foreign to her that it wouldn’t slide off her tongue yet. He didn’t seem upset by it.
Daddy… How odd. A part of her wished she’d also had audio while she’d been an unsuspecting witness into the lives of everyone around them. Strangers she would eventually meet.
The thought of facing any of the other Alpha Protectors and their mates made her so nervous she was afraid she’d pee herself. Did they know she had the ability to basically spy on them? Were they angry about it? She would be.
She didn’t want to meet anyone. She would be content if she could stay here in this house for the rest of her life. Live like a hermit. She’d do almost anything not to have to face other shifters. Socializing wasn’t really her thing. It never had been.
Perhaps she’d been born an introvert, but she suspected the main reason she was so shy had nothing to do with biology and everything to do with the fact that she’d spent twenty years hiding the most important part of her identity from others.
She’d hated lying even by omission, so it had been easier to simply not talk to people. She hadn’t fit in with either the marked or the unmarked girls. She’d kept to herself, interacting with them only when it was expressly necessary.
Now that she was here, she still didn’t want to face people. No matter how nice they were. They would be frustrated from either knowing or discovering that she could spy on them. She’d give anything if she could stop the visions, but they weren’t in her control.
Stepping away from Jayce was difficult. She truly didn’t want to. But she did it because he’d asked her to. She was trembling, though. Ignoring the changing table and crib, she headed for the shelves. They were filled with toys and games she was already familiar with.
Drawn to a particular doll, she picked it up. She’d been curious about it since it had first arrived.
“I had it ordered to look like you,” Jayce said. “Amber helped me.”
“That was very sweet of her.”
“She has a power, too. Did you know that?”
Sienna turned her head toward Jayce. “No.”
“Yep. She can see better than anyone. Great distances and through walls.”
“She can?” That intrigued Sienna. “All the time?”
“Yep. She could be watching us even now. All she has to do is face this direction and focus. Even from miles away, she can watch us moving around in our home.”
Sienna pulled the look-alike doll to her chest instinctively as she wandered back toward Jayce. “Doesn’t that make everyone mad?”
“Nope. It’s not her fault, Little one. Just like it’s not your fault you have visions. Plus, she’s not the only recent mate to have powers. Her friend Rylee can smell things. Not just food but emotions. Fear, anger, even death.”
Sienna shuddered.
Another mate, Molly, can hear things. Everything. Noises bombard her at all times. From wherever she is, she could listen to us talking right now if she wanted.”
Sienna stared at her mate, dumbfounded as she continued to return to him, drawn as though he were pulling her.
“Felix’s mate, Khloe, has visions of things that will eminently occur. She can alert all of us if danger is approaching. Leah, Elias’s mate, has started having dreams that foreshadow upcoming events, too. Olivia, Damon’s mate, can communicate telepathically with bear shifters.”
Sienna gasped. “Bear shifters?”
Jayce nodded, grinning. “Yep. See? There’s a lot you don’t know, isn’t there?”
“But bears?” she repeated.
“Yep. They moved into the area months ago. Most of them are peaceful. A few are rogue and would prefer to push us out of this territory.”
Sienna’s eyes widened. “Can they do that?”
“Nope. Do you know why?”
Sienna shook her head. She’d reached her mate and was soothed when he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her between his legs, supporting her.
“Because Fate gave so many of the recent mates an array of powers that keeps everyone safe, including the inhabitants of the valley.”
She stared into his eyes, trying to process this information.
His smile was addictive. She could watch him looking at her like that all day. “If any bear shifter decides to make a move on us, Khloe will know it ahead of time. Her warning will be sent to everyone. Molly will step outside to listen to him. Rylee will scent his intentions. Amber will watch as he approaches. No one can sneak up on us now that we have such powerful mates.”
“What will I be able to do?” The thought that her weird ability might be useful had never occurred to her.
“We don’t know yet, Baby girl, but I suspect we’ll find out in the coming days. Your gift is very powerful. I’m certain of it because it made itself present even before your first shift. After you’ve shifted to wolf form for the first time, you will undoubtedly come into your full powers.”