Chapter 43 – Heritage of Shadows: Seeking True Mate

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“I want Clover protected and safe. I won’t deny her from protecting my mate.” Sion answered and l inwardly gr0aned. He turned to look at me with a smile that quickly faded. “Of course.. I should really talk with Clover over it.” He tried to quickly recover after seeing my face.

“How did you become my pally?” I asked, looking into the woman’s green eyes.

“Your mother chose me to protect you.”

I bit my inner l!p and took in a deep breath. My mother. I felt like l couldn’t deny having her around. I didn’t know anything about a pally, but I could always use a friend. In a way, she was a connection to someone I never got to know. I’d like to learn more about dobhars and other types of fairies. Especially now that I know I belong to the fairy kingdom. I have lived my whole life in the pack. While knew about other supernatural creatures, I rarely saw them.

“Did Demetri tell you about your mother?” Odell asked and I nodded my head.

“Yes, he told me she was like a high priestess. A powerful Sheya.” I watched as Odell shot him an irritated look.

“What is that all about?!” Odell hissed.

“It’s the truth,” Demetri said, defending himself.

“That’s like saying a wolf is a dog.” Odell clicked her tongue as Demetri gave her a look of warning.

“Odell…”

“Forget it, Demetri! Why are you tiptoeing around this?” I watched as Odell stopped and then looked at the officers of the Chance pack.

“Oh… I see. You don’t trust them with her secret. “

“Now wait a minute… I trust them and”

I started to say, but Demetri shook his head.

“It’s not them that I don’t trust. The thing is, we don’t know if they are completely in the clear. For all we know, one of them could have nembrant glass in their eye and we are being spied upon. Which is why we need to start training your powers immediately. You’ll be able to detect it. And I am hoping you.. well let’s not get ahead of ourselves first, we train.” Demetri looked over at Odell who sighed but kept quiet.

I looked up at Sion and then the other three officers. The idea that one of them could be under Dr. Snydes’ control was terrifying. I felt Sion’s arm wrap around my waist, pulling me into his front.

“She never put anything in my eye or injected my body with anything.” Sion rested his head on top of mine.

“Well you wouldn’t admit it if you were under mind control,” Odell said bluntly, not reading the room. Sion was trying to comfort me, and Odell was completely unaware of that fact.

“How hard is the training? I don’t want her in danger.” I looked up at Sion and his eyes met with mine. “Nothing is more important than you.”

“I would never put her in danger,” Demetri said indignantly. It was quiet for a few moments before Logan finally spoke up.

“So, you are officially our luna now.”

Logan said with a smirk as he eyed the mark on my neck. “But what is that?” He then pointed at the star mark on Sion’s temple.

“Oh yeah! I want to see it!” Sion said excitedly, pulling me with him as he rushed to the pool of water. He reached his hand up tracing around it with a big smile on his face.

“That would be her sheya’s mark. Each sheya have their own unique mark they place upon their mate. The mark symbolizes something about them as sheya,” Demetri said, and I turned to look at him.

“What does a star mark mean?” I asked and watched as Odell curled her l!ps up folding her arms across her chest. I watched as Demetri nodded his head and sighed.

“We will tell you more soon.” Demetri glared at Odell, who rolled her eyes at him.

“You have a lot of power, Clover. As a sheya, you are born with the power to communicate. You can easily reach others’ minds regardless if they are a pack member or not. As you grow older, more powers will begin to unlock.

This starts around the age of 20. Your powers are finally waking up. And in time we will tell you more about yourself. There. happy?!” Odell glared at Demetri, who looked like he was about to bust. “Don’t have a cow. I wasn’t going to say anything. Just the basics she should know.”

“Odel…” Demetri said in a warning tone.

“You have no authority over me, Tree Tree.” Odell gave him a poisonous smile and Demetri growled.. growled! Seeing a centaur growl with the sound of a wolf was pretty incredible… which had me thinking.

“Is there a wolf in there too?” I asked.

“Well actually,” Demetri said and then cleared his throat. “This is my wolf form. I am not the first mix between a wolf and a centaur. l am the first to have fur like this but… this isn’t my permanent form This is my shifted form.” My l!ps parted in shock. What just a minute… he shifted into that? Sure enough, right in front of my eyes, he shifted back into a human. He had no shirt on but, thank the heavens, he had shorts on. So wait… a centaur shifter? That’s a thing?

“I’m not exactly sure why I turned out like this.” Demetri chuckled as if he read my mind.

I am still trying to decide if he can do that. “Usually the wolf is dormant until a shift or they don’t get a wolf. I was born looking like a human, so they thought I would just be a wolf shifter. When I first shifted… to say there were a lot of shocks would be an understatement. My grandfather, Drake, figured there was more to it. He suspects the moon goddess planned it this way. So that I could have the speed and strength of a centaur but be able to shift and live as a human shifter with you when that time came.” His eyes were on mine.

“I’m your beta, Clover. From here on out I’ll be by your side.” Odell clicked her tongue. “So what rank does that make me?”

“You’re her pally, you don’t get a rank!”

Demetri snapped at her. It was clear these two had some tension between them and it seemed like I was the cause of it.. perfectly.

“I’ll be Clover’s Gamma.” Kai suddenly spoke up making everyone turn to look at him. “I am only whole again because of Clover. I hope that isn’t offensive. You know how much you mean to me Sion Its just…. what happened to me… I can’t let happen to you. It’s important for me to protect our luna… I need this.” I glanced up at Sion as he smiled.

“That is perfect actually. I need someone I can trust unconditionally watching out for Clover. No offense to you two.” Sion looked over at Demetri and Odell, “but I know Kai and trust him.” He then looked down at me. “Are you okay with this? I can personally vouch for Kai.”

“I trust Kai… but I don’t know if I like the idea of there being two sets of officers. “I felt like this created a type of division. Shouldn’t the loyalties be to both the luna and alpha? Each one having their own officers seemed to be creating unnecessary division.

“I know what you are thinking.” Demetri began to say. Of course, he did, being the mind reader he is. “It isn’t meant to be divisive. It actually helps in a moment of crisis. Instead of being conflicted about who to protect or worried that the other isn’t protected, the officers already know. They will protect both the luna and alpha, but if there is a moment when they are separated, there is protection for both. I will also offer my vow of obedience to the alpha when I become part of your pack. There are times you two won’t be together. And during those moments, instead of leaving the beta or gamma, you each have your own officers.”

“I don’t want to take officers away from Sion.” I didn’t like the idea of poaching someone away from the man I love. I want him protected too.

“Hike this idea, Clover.” Sion’s eyes met with mine. “It is actually really smart and I am surprised other packs haven’t incorporated this. The luna and the alpha should have their own officers. Combined together as one when together but know who they are in charge of protecting when apart. I want Kai with you. He is my next strongest warrior, just in case I can’t be there to protect you..” I watched as he pursed his l!ps. The time would probably come soon. We had to reclaim the Chance pack. Sion may not be able to remain constantly by my side. Still, Kai was his delta.

“What about your delta?” I watched as Sion shrugged.

“For now, the position will be empty. Who knows… I think just having a beta and gamma is fine. I really don’t see a need to take on another officer. Especially between all four of our officers and your pally.”

“Are you sure?” I asked Kai and watched as a smile spread over his l!ps.

“Yes, I am meant to protect Sion’s luna.”

“Kai, bind yourself to Clover as her gamma. We don’t need an official ceremony.” Sion gently squeezed my shoulder. “She is already my luna. We just need to reclaim our pack.”

“Speaking of pack…” Demetri said as he rubbed the back of his neck again. Oh my gosh! Was he going to tell me the Chaos pack was still around? I could barely breathe as I waited for him to speak. I felt like this was going to have a big impact on my life.

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