The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 3

CAULDER

A sense of relief washed over me as Remy ran away. I knew she was a skilled fighter. She practiced harder and longer than everyone else our age, including myself. She knew how to fight and protect herself, and I knew she could easily take down one of these men, but I didn’t want to risk my sister getting harmed in the process of the fight, especially when my parents always reminded me to keep an eye out for her.

I wailed on the man below me, punching him repeatedly. Anger flowed through me as his suggestive comment towards Remy played on repeat in my head. Filth like him didn’t deserve to come out of this unscathed. I would have kept punching him, but I was pulled off of him by one of the other rogues. Wait, there was only one other rogue.

my surroundings. I quickly used my magic and shifted out of the grip of the rogue wolf. I kicked him in the back of the knee and sent him tumbling to the ground.

he poor sap. Then his comment about my sister came back to my mind.

o my threat.

it could seriously harm him– if I wanted to. But that wasn’t my place. I wasn’t the alpha yet, and it wasn’t my responsibility to decide who lived or died. Especially since we weren’t eighteen yet, Remy and I were not allowed to fight, unless it was in self-defense or during training. I was sure I would face serious consequences if I did more damage to these men than was absolutely necessary.

use of magic. Clearly, these men were not familiar with sorcerers, and they had never met a ha

he couldn’t even face me as he lied through his teeth.

s man had no interest in joining our pack. “I’m not stupid. Tell me what you are looking for now, and I might decide to spare y

laughed in response, surprising

elf.” He laughed more, not even the slightest bit concerned about me.

ll quivering at my threat, his eyes glued to the ball of magic I was holding.

t a parlor trick. He can’t do nothing with that.”

rious.

awling backwards to get as far away from me as possible, only stopping when he realized how close to the cliff he was.

tarted walking towards me. “You don’t scare me. You’re still a child. I doubt you’ll actual

into his back.

nee on his back.

agger sticking out of my leg. Blood was starting to seep through my pants, but

from behind me made all three of us freeze. I knew that growl all too well, and when I looked behind me, I saw Mason’s wolf hovering over us.

ed me, and I instantly

herself.” I was worried that she was on her ow

g to go over well with our parents.

y father’s voice

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ference.

us knew how our parents were going to react.

oked down at my

nor seemed to brighten, which wasn’t surprising. Our birthday was always one of her favorite days. She liked celebrating with other p

t wouldn’t make our parents cancel our party. Remy had been looking forward to the day since the day after our seventeenth birthday.

She pulled her legs onto the couch with her, sitting cross-legged.

ntment could chill a person to the bone.

look at me the way dad looks at mom.” She was smiling as she looked at me, but her comment didn’t go unnoticed.

than she was. Sometimes her low self-esteem made no sense to me. She was beautiful, loving, and fun. She deserved someone to treat her well, and anyone who didn’t would get my fist in their face.

rior, a strong alpha, a skilled sorcerer.”

y responsibilities. If I could hand the role over to Remy, I would in a heartbeat.

o the pack house while they took care of the rogues. They stopped and sat in chairs across from us, and suddenly I felt like I was in an interrogation.

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ding that was sure to come out of his mouth.

what you two were doing out there past curfew without a protection squad?”

reasoning? I just wanted to have one night of real adventure before I turned eighteen. Well, I definitely had an adventure tonight.

my on the night of our birthday.”

s there are out there?”

where Caulder had been stabbed.

e to run, I should have stayed with Caulder and helped him out. If I had been the one to get stabbed, I would have healed much faster. It was one of the few things I was good at compared to Caulder.

ough.” Caulder acted like the injury wasn’t serious, but I was sure it hurt more than he was

him, shocked. “Mom doesn’t know yet

t happened yourselves.”

of punishment, it was pretty effective. Mom wouldn’

present?” I tried to give him the puppy dog eyes. It normally w

try, kiddo. I’m already going to be in trouble for

I had. It was one thing to be yelled at by our father, but upsetting mom felt like a gut wound. I would rather have her yell at me.

Mason following behind him. He paused and looked back at us. “Oh and happy birthday. Welcome to adulthood.”

she rushed into the room. She had clearly just woken up, since her pajamas were bunched and her hair was still tangled. She ran over to us and threw her arms around us, holding us tightly.

t believe you were attacked. Are you okay?” Her voice was on the

of her grasp.

y. I ignored the glare Cauder was sending my way. I knew he didn’t want to admit he was injured, but my mother had magic that could heal him, and he needed that help. We both had different abilities from our

ster in danger like that. If those rogues had gotten ahold of either of you–”

e same age as Caulder. I don’t need to be babied.”

run, you should have just asked. We could have had someone escort you. It would have been safer.”

n your own, but this pack has many enemies. It’s not safe for you to wander on your own, especially this late at night.” She wasn’t angry with us as she spoke, but I could feel her fear. I would much rather face dad’s anger than this.

p saying we have all of these enemies,” Caulder said. He stood up and tried out his newly healed leg.

.

m and looked at him pleadingly. “It

eed.

ve a big day tomorrow. You know Scythe and Rie are going to have you getting ready pretty early for your pa

oing to be grounded after what happened.

ve been out there without a warrior with you, you stayed on the pack grounds, and you ran for help when needed. That’s not enough to cancel your most important

around her, squealing with delight. “Thank you so much!

sorry we worried you.”