Mount Olympus [9]

Elijah

Dad stops in his tracks when he sees us, swearing, "Oh gods, not you too. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for all you kids, but do you all have to get hitched in one day."

"Dad... I haven't found my mate, so please stop talking," I say. "Her pack mistreats her, all werewolves. I offered her shelter here, said you'd be okay with it."

He hesitates before nodding, "Guest room is kind of occupied, which scares the hell out of me actually... so she'll have to stay on the couch until your mother kicks Jag's a*s."

Niki

I swallow, scared of him, and hide behind Elijah before subconsciously bringing an arm around my scars.

Elijah

Dad studies Niki for a moment before sighing, "You have nothing to be afraid about. At least not about me. It's my wife you'll have to worry about..."

He shakes his head distantly and walks off. I shake my head at him and take Niki's hand again, leading her into the living room.

Niki

I follow him, staying close, "W-Will you stay with me?"

Elijah

I study her before nodding, having her sit on the couch and grabbing a light blanket for her.

Niki

I casually cuddle up against him and bring both my hands to my stomach.

Elijah

I throw the blanket over us and turn off the lights, not sure how to respond to her proximity.

Niki

I close my eyes, falling asleep almost instantly.

Elijah

I hesitate before closing my eyes, allowing myself to fall asleep.

Niki

I wake the next morning to yelling and 'I love you' 's back in fourth. Around three couples sit infront of us, being all mushy, and I feel crowded. Standing, I hurry outside and just sit in the grass, taking a deep breath as another girl joins me. Her hair is brown, crossing just over one of her eyes, and offers a hand, "Emma. Are you Elijah's girl?"

I hesitate before shaking it, "No."

"Oh," She looks out on the trees, "Well this is awkward."

Elijah

I wake to my hand in warm water. Opening my eyes, I whip it out and slam it into Jag's face. He chuckles after crying out and falling to the ground.

"Dude, really?" he asks. "It was just a prank."

I sit up and look around, finding everyone around but Niki and the girl Jag dragged into his sick heart yesterday.

"Where is she?" I look at Jag.

"Out back," he points, then winks.

I slap him upside the head before walking outside and up to where Niki and Jag's girl sit.

Niki

I glance up at Elijah when he comes and like two other girls come running out with him. One with blonde hair and the other with brown, guessing the one with blonde hair is his sister.

They shift and start wrestling and I raise my eyebrows, "Uh.."

"Sol and Beth do that... " Emma says, nodding.

I nod back and move some hair behind my eyes.

Elijah

I sit on the other side of Niki and ignore my brothers as they come out and start wrestling as well after shifting. Knowing that they can all hear me, I resort to mind messaging instead.

You okay, Niki?

Niki

I hesitate before nodding and looking down again, not saying anything more. Emma studies us before standing and walking down to everyone else, not shifting and just separating the two girls before they kill each other.

Elijah

River breaks from Jag's wolf and shifts, hurrying to his mate. I watch them with angst, almost, before looking back at the porch and finding Austin siting there with his eyes locked on Bethany. Shaking my head at remembrance at what he did, I turn back around and sigh.