Page 96 of His Sunshine Baby

“No, that’s the weird part. I think she was someone outside of the pack.”

“Wow, wait. I thought you were the only one who could do that?”

Abigail comes back before I can answer and puts a huge mug of hot chocolate in my hands, and I drink it right away. Levi comes back at the same time, carrying a blanket, and covers me up with it. He sits beside me and rubs my back to help me warm up while all the others sit on the table, the couch, or the floor in front of me. Daniel quickly tells them all what I just said.

“Sweetie, are you sure?” asks Abigail. “Aside from you, no one can mind-link someone who isn’t part of the pack.”

“Could it be someone you just didn’t recognize?” says Ben.

“No, it felt totally different. It sounded like she was very far away, but I feel like I've heard her voice before, a very long time ago. Her wolf felt like... like mine.”

They all exchange looks, while I take a sip of that hot chocolate. Moon Goddess, it’s hot but it feels good.

“What if… it’s someone from your family?”

I almost drop my cup and look at Bonnie, totally surprised. What… What did she just say? Her mother frowns, looking lost in her thoughts for a while.

“Bonnie’s theory could explain it… The only other way you can mind-link someone who isn’t from the same pack as yours is if they are your family member.”

“Either that or this person has the same power as Elena,” says Ben.

“If that were the case, I doubt this person would have reached out to her specifically.”

Levi’s right. If I was in utter panic like the girl I heard, I would have reached out to anyone, not to one specific person, but I felt like I was the only one with her at that time, if she even felt me at all.

“I’m not even sure she realized she was mind-linking me. She was in total panic, like she was in great danger. She kept saying someone was about to kill her. And I could feel she was outside, in that rain, as if I were too…”

“How did it stop, then?” asks Ben.

I shake my head.

“I’m not sure. It was very weak, to begin with, and it just faded away, like she was falling asleep or losing consciousness.”

They all keep quiet for a few seconds, while I try to find that link again. This is so weird. It was as if the connection had reached out from the surface for a few seconds, and suddenly went away again… so confusing.

I try to warm myself up for a few minutes. Abigail, Ben, and Daniel are discussing what else could have caused it. Abigail even wants me to see a doctor, but my temperature is back to normal, and whatever happened, it’s gone. Meanwhile, Bonnie is curled up next to me, sipping her own hot chocolate too. Levi has his arm around my shoulders, listening to them without taking part.

“Your headache?” he asks in a whisper.

“Gone,” I sigh. “Probably something to do with the mind-linking as well.”

I keep thinking about what Bonnie suggested. What if that girl, whoever it was, was really part of my family? Could we really be related? Our connection felt real, like something I had forgotten from long ago. I try to seek for remnants of that link, but my wolf is as clueless as I am. This is so strange.

Joseph and Micah come home, and everyone turns to them. Micah is in his wolf form, and completely soaked. Bonnie immediately brings him one of the towels to help her blind brother dry his fur. Joseph, too, gets a towel for his hair.

“Something happened.”

“Elena’s fine, dad,” says Ben.

“It’s not about Elena. Or Diego. Something’s up with the Blood Moon pack, they’ve gone crazy.”

I immediately get worried, thinking about Nate.

“Crazy?”

“Yeah. Clark and Xavier are freaking out. Their whole clan is running through the streets of Silver City. They are growling at all the borders like they are going to trespass. Rumor has it they already went to the Gold Moon and Jade Moon territories, totally unannounced.”

“Moon Goddess. Could those be clans who refused to meet them? Is it a punitive expedition?”

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