Page 147 of Game of Destiny
“Hello you two, did you make it back safely?” my mom asked.
“Yes, it was an uneventful trip,” Finlay told her.
“And the pack?” she wanted to know. I laughed.
“They got a nice surprise. I think they have received the news well,” I said.
“Don’t listen to her,” Finlay objected. “The pack is ecstatic.” I elbowed him as my parents laughed.
“Have a look at this mom,” I said as a way to distract her and let the camera show the garden, the wildflower covered meadow beyond it, the creek and the woods.
“Oh my. That is an amazing garden,” I heard her say. I put the camera back on us.
“Ready to talk about what happened on your last day at the game?” my dad asked.
“How much has Elder told you?” I asked.
“Not much. Just enough to let us know James did something which could have ended badly, but thanks to Finlay and you, disaster was avoided,” he told us.
‘Do you want to tell them?’ Finlay asked in a mindlink.
‘No, you go ahead. And don’t try to lessen it. Elder will end up telling them everything,’ I told him. Finlay kissed my hair and told my parents everything. I watched my parents pale and my father’s face took on a hard look. Again, I got a feeling I was making their lives harder. It was as I was thrown back ten years in time. Finlay had finished his story and we let my parents take it all in.
‘Stop it, Red. This is not your fault. You are not the one who caused this and I will not let you feel guilty because of it,’ he said in a mindlink.
‘I will try.’
‘You will not try, you will do.’ I smiled.
‘Yes, Alpha.’
“That is not what I was expecting, or hoping, to hear. How he could do something like it. Even thinking of coming between a true mated and marked pair,” my dad said. His voice made it clear how offended he was by the thought.
“Are you okay, Finlay?” my mom asked.
“I’m fine, all healed and it doesn't look like there will be much of a scar,” he answered.
“We are grateful for your leniency. We all know the punishment for the offence and our pack would have suffered. As a member of the Eagle Forest pack, I appreciate what you did. As your dad, I wish you had reported everything to the council and let the man who hurt you and then hurt your mate, face his crimes.” We all looked at him.
“Someone is grumpy today,” my mom said and kissed my dad.
“We are far enough apart for us to feel safe; it won't happen again,” Finlay said. Both my parents nodded.
“Have you given any thought to receiving a call from the others?” my mom asked.
“Are they still interested in talking even though I rejected James?” I asked. I had thought their will to talk to me had stemmed from me potentially being their Luna.
“Of course they do. They just want to see how you are,” my mom said.
“But you don’t need to, pumpkin,” my dad added. My mom nodded in agreement.
“I would like to do it, as long as Finn can be there as well,” I said. I wanted him there as he made me feel safe, and I knew he would never let me take a call like it without him.
“I don’t think anyone will object to that,” my dad said.
“And we will be there as well,” my mom told me.
“That is a given,” my dad agreed.
