Page 31 of Unbelievable Faith
“They’re going to hate us if we don’t stop giving them the slip.” Nova smirked at hersister.
“With you running around telling everyone their future, I think it’s safe to say they already hate us.” Maya shrugged indifferently and stalked into the room, throwing herself down in one of the chairs at a small table overlooking the patio, “Besides, they can post up out there with Luna’s guard. If we’re not perfectly safe in the Pack Alpha’s bedroom with his new mate, we’re not safeanywhere.”
“We’re safe here.” Nova followed her sister to the table and deposited the tray of food down, “I told you, I’d see it if there was athreat.”
Luna watched her sisters settle in at the table, discussing safety and threats as if it were common breakfast conversation and had to shake her head in disbelief. This was her life now and she was still catching up. Maya and Nova had clearly had more time to come to terms with everything than she had. Then again, she’d been a little busy bonding and mating lastnight.
“What?” Maya paused with a grape halfway to her mouth when she caught Luna staring atthem.
“I just… I didn’t know if I would ever see you again and then, here we all are. I need a second to just…bask.”
“I would’ve thought you spent all night longbaskingbut hey, you do you sis.” Maya winked playfully, causing Nova to giggle and Luna to shake her headagain.
“It’s nice to see you retained your sense of humor.” Luna moved towards her sisters and plopped down in one of the empty chairs. “I guess some things neverchange.”
“Speaking of change though,” Nova reached out and fingered one of her curls, “Yourhair.”
“I know.” Luna felt her cheeks heat and hoped it didn’t bleed through her dark skin, “I had to wash it last night after… everything… and I didn’t have anything to fix it with so it’s au natural. What do youthink?”
“I love it.” Nova nodded instantly, her own curlsbobbing.
“Me too,” Maya ran a hand over the short strands on top of her head, “change is goodsometimes.”
“May…” Luna started, her gut clenching because hair should have seemed like such an easy, safe, even silly topic, but it wasn’t. Not anymore. Not for hersister.
“Don’t.” Maya shot her a warning look instantly, “It’s not so bad. It’ll grow back and in the meantime, it kinda makes me look like a badassright?”
“Total badass.” Nova chimed in with anod.
“Language.” Luna admonished her youngestsister.
Maya laughed, “Yeah, some things will never change. You babying us is one ofthem.”
“I’m the big sister. It’s my job to take care of youand…
“And we love you for it.” Nova squeezed her shoulder lightly, cutting off any apology she had been trying tomake.
Luna felt tears well in her eyes as she sat at the table with her sisters. The innate understanding between all of them was so familiar. So many things went unsaid between them but it didn’t matter how different they were. They were sisters and they loved each other, protected each other and nothing would ever come betweenthem.
“No crying allowed.” Nova admonished, “You don’t want red-rimmed eyes when you meet her for the firsttime.”
“Meet who?” Luna frowned just as a knock came at the door. Her eyes widened as she looked at her little sister. “Nova? Who isthat?”
“You’ll see.” Shegrinned.
Luna couldn’t help a little laugh. Nova had been doing that all her life. Predicting when the phone would ring or someone would come for an unexpected visit. Only with Nova, nothing was ever truly unexpected unless it happened with a split-second decision or to someone she was blind toseeing.
“Come in?” Luna called out as she stood, knowing full well whoever had knocked wouldn’t have gotten past the guards posted on the other side unless they’d been deemedfriendly.
The door to the bedroom opened again and this time it wasn’t a big man on the other side. This time it was a small woman. A gorgeous, red-haired siren of a woman with curves that Luna had only ever dreamed of and a smile so big it was nearly comical. Luna blinked at the woman as something strangely familiar scented the air. Her wolf bristled slightly, standing up and shaking, preparing to investigate if need be. Luna barely contained a growl as soon as her wolf placed thescent.
This woman smelled likeMichael.
The redhead stopped in her tracks and her hands came up in the universal gesture of innocence, “Whoa, easy now. It’s not what youthink.”
“Explain.” Luna grit her teeth and felt her sisters shift behind heruneasily.
“It’s not Michael you scent. Look deeper. It’s close but it’s not him.” The redhead slowly moved one hand to her hair and brushed it off her neck to reveal a silver marking scar in almost the exact same place Luna bore one, “My name is Zoey. I’m Rafe’s mate. Michael’s brother is my mate. Their scents are similar but not the same. Scent again,Luna.”
