Despite the events that transpired at Evelyn's, I woke up feeling refreshed. When I opened my eyes, I noticed the bed was empty but it was still warm. I rolled over and saw Cameron opening the bathroom door, peaking his head out.
"I'm going to take a shower. Care to join me?" He asked, his eyes dark. "I'm in the mood for another... distraction." I rolled over and checked the time. It was only 7.
"If we hurry, I don't want to keep your dad waiting."
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An hour later, we shut the shower off, having spent more time in there that I planned on. I had to borrow Cam's robe to run to my room for clothes. After throwing on a pair of leggings, a t-shirt, and my sneakers, I met Cam in the kitchen to grab breakfast. We sat down to eat, and I thought I should mention what I've been thinking about.
"I think we should involve Carly. I think she deserves to know what happened to her mom, and now what's going on with her brother. It's also not something I want to keep from my best friend." I said, around bites of my bagel. Cameron sighed.
"I've been tossing around the idea of telling her, too, along with Tyler and Ian. They should know what's going on with me, since they're going to be my 2nd and 3rd in command in less than a week." He paused before continuing, "If my dad still thinks it's a good idea to go forward with the ceremonies, that is. He sounded sad about that, as if he thought his dad wouldn't want to hand over the Alpha title to him now.
"I think it's a good idea to pull them in as well. But you need to stop with the negativity. Sure, this situation isn't ideal, but that's no reason for you not to be Alpha."
"I'm just worried he's going to want to postpone it because he thinks I'm not in the right state of mind for it, with all of this going on. He may tell me it's not a good time, to wait until we have this sorted." He picked up our plates and carried them to the sink, returning to grab my hand and lead me to the stairs.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
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"My dads office. I linked Tyler and Ian to meet us there immediately. I'm going to have my dad fill Carly in, and then we'll all meet at my parents before going to Evelyn's." We walked in silence to the office. I heard Tyler and Ian coming out of their rooms behind us.
"Hey, guys, what's up?" Tyler asked, throwing one of his arms over each of our shoulders, squeezing his way in between us. I heard Cameron growl at him, glaring at the arm Tyler had around me. "Alright, alright." He said, holding his hands up in surrender.
I like it when he gets all possessive. Elea purred in my head. I mentally rolled my eyes.
You would. But it does kind of turn me on a little bit.
SEE?! You're just as into it as I am, don't judge me.
What do you think of all this, El? Have you talked to Osiris?
I've tried, but he hasn't really said much. I think the insecurity Cam feels is being fed by Osiris. He doesn't want to talk to me because he thinks he's tainted, and that he isn't good enough for me so I shouldn't want him.
We reached the office and Cameron opened the door, stepping inside to let us all through before closing the door.
That makes sense. I'm doing my best to reassure him that isn't the case, but it's hard. I hope we can figure out more today. We'll talk later.
Cameron sat behind the desk and motioned for me to sit on his lap. Tyler and Ian each took a seat in front of the desk. He buried his face in my neck and took a deep breath before pulling back and launching into the story, updating the others on what happened last night.
"So, the plan is to meet up with my dad and Carly, then head to Evelyn's again with my mom, to see if my moms memories can be recovered." He finished. Tyler and Ian were silent, and shock was written all over their faces. Ian was the first to recover.
"Let's go get started then." He said, standing up. "The quicker we get going, the sooner we can start figuring this shit out and find the people that did this to you, and to the Luna."
We all stood and headed for the door. Tyler still hadn't said a word, but he followed us out of the office. I've never known Tyler to be speechless, but I guess there's a first time for everything. I'm sure he's just working through what Cameron told him.
"I'll meet you guys at Evelyn's in a bit. I want to stop in the library for a little bit." I blinked at Tyler, surprised. "What? I like books. I've spent a good bit of time in the library, thank you very much. Which is why I need to stop there. I remember reading something about wolf auras and I want to see if I can find the book. It might have some insight about what Osiris' aura means."
Cameron nodded, "Okay but try to be quick. I don't want to have recap everything we've done in your absence, if you take forever." and with that, Tyler took off towards the library, and we headed towards Daniel and Penelope's house.