Chapter Twenty-Eight:

I woke up in the early morning. Marcross and Lucian were still sleeping in bed. This was my first morning conscious as a Luna. My soul survived the ritual and I am now marked by a father and son. I took a shower and stared in the mirror at myself. My life has changed so much in a month. I was a single, widowed mother working 80 hours a week to discovering the world my parents lived in. I have missed out so much but wouldn't change my experiences for anything. The mark on my neck still visible but healed. I touched it and it instantly aroused me. I touched Lucian's mark and it felt the same but not as strong but when I placed my hand over both marks at the same time, it was electric. I noticed my breasts were fuller and I had gained weight, my body had changed in the last month. My eyes were bigger and my hair longer. I had two small black streaks in my hair above my earsl; those are new. I looked in the mirror and saw both Marcross and Lucian staring at me.

I started smiling. Lucian ran over to me and picked me up hugging me. Marcross grabbed my face and kissed it. I looked at Marcross and said "I need you to help me. I can't remember everything." Marcross motioned for Lucian to put me down, he lifted me up on the counter looking me in my eyes and said, "I can help you with that. Remember at Codgers cabin?" I looked at him in the eyes and I started to cry, I said "My mother, she helped me and was with me the whole time. I think she is in trouble but I don't remember what she said, only to trust my black wolves." He said, "Yes we have a lot to talk about. Let's eat and I will help you. I can't have our Luna famished."

Lucian put a robe on me and led me downstairs to eat breakfast. Marcross and Lucian started making me breakfast. I sat at the table drinking coffee and enjoyed watching them cook us food. They looked a lot alike but they looked more like brothers than father and son. I checked my phone to see if my kids text me. My son sent me pics from his new school with his friends and Shayla sent me Grady pics with a big "Hi Mom" sign. I loved that my kids were happy.

The guys brought lunch to the table and we talked about the weather and a few business issues they are working on. I enjoyed listening to every word they said. We talked about Charmane and how she helped them take care of me. I mentioned how I initially as a human thought I should hate her but when I met her as a wolf she was a friend. After breakfast, I stood up to clean dishes and Marcross grabbed my hand. He said, no playing wife today, we are going to work out what happened. I looked at Lucian and he smiled reassuring me. Marcross led me down to a bedroom. It appeared to be a massage room because the bed was up higher and it had a spot for a persons head. Marcross said "This is a special room we use for special things, massage, healing, or anything." I looked at him and I must've had a look on my face because Lucian burst out laughing. I said "Or anything." Marcross chuckled, "Well it can be whatever we want but for right now we will work on your memories." Marcross had me lay on my back with my head in the head brace. He turned on the heat on the bed and loosened my robe. Lucian started rubbing my feet as Marcross positioned himself over my head. He put his fingers on my temples and said "It will feel like you did before where you pass out, when you wake up you will be calm and we will work on remembering. Do you trust me?" I opened my eyes and said "Of course!" Marcross touched my temples and started massaging, I felt elecrtricity come from him and I blacked out. I woke up to both Marcross and Lucian massaging my arms and legs with oil. I woke up with a soft moan. I didn't realize how sore I was from the ritual until they started rubbing. Marcross went back over to my head and said "I want you to tell me how you felt right before your soul left your body and the moment you met your mother. Now." I obeyed automatically and said "My neck hurts so bad I can't stand the pain and want to die. I feel my life leaving and I want to die. Lucian, this is hurting him." Marcross looked at Lucian swallowed hard and said "Ok, move past that point. You have no pain, you have left your body and when do you meet your mother?" I said "I called for her, I wanted to die. Mom, Mother! She replied and said "Karina, come to me but I didn't have to go to her she came from the stars to me." She said, the same clan watching us are holding her and have depleted her of her strength, so much so she can't stay in her body. She wants me to find her. She wants me to find her to allow her to die so she can be with Dad." I became so upset I was crying uncontrollably. Marcross said "You are no longer upset, you can think clearly and will just remember the memories and not the pain. Now." I said, "No, I'm not going to forget. I have to go find her and she told me to kill the dragon. They don't have the traits any longer and Shayla and I are in danger. I am going to kill him." Marcross said "Lucian she is incredibly strong. I'm trying to hold her but she won't submit to me." Lucian bent down to my neck and kissed it softly, he said "Karina, let Marcross help you." I said "No! and sobbed. Marcross leaned over and kissed his mark and in that moment he was able to wipe her pain away. In only thought, Marcross said "Karina, you will wake with no pain and no chaos." I opened my eyes. I looked at Marcross and I was confused because he had tears running down his face. I looked at Lucian and it was the same. I said "What happened, did I do something wrong?" Marcross replied "We are just so sorry we put you through this. I did my best to take your pain away. I had trouble because my own pain got in the way. You are very strong and I couldn't make you submit. I rose up off the table and a tear ran down my face. I knew it must've been intense. Marcross came up behind me and nuzzled my hair and nibbled on my hair. Lucian bent down in front of me and picked me up to take me to the bedroom.