Tangled Hearts - The Alpha's Baby Mama-Chapter 272: Aunt Helena...

Selene POV

When I walked into my bedroom, I saw Kragen waiting for me.

He was leaning against the wall, a quiet expression on his face. He was the person I wanted to see and at the same time, the last person I wanted to see too.

"Noah knew you were in my room last night!" I said quietly closing the door behind me "I think we need to stop whatever it is that we’re doing. I understand that we agreed to figure things out but we could meet in other places other than here. I wouldn’t want to fight with Noah over this."

"Werewolves!" he sighed under his breath pushing himself from the wall "You called for me Selene, maybe next time you have to be specific about where you want us to meet."

"I called you?" It was my turn to be shocked "But I did nothing of that? If anything, I was just here..." I trailed off. When Noah was talking to me before I must have thought about reaching him, but was that enough?

"Anyways!" I pushed the thoughts aside "I had a very strange vision today about my parents. This is the first time, I’ve seen them in a dream or a vision since they died and I was going to dismiss it but it had felt so real. All the emotions I experienced in the vision, I felt them in real life. I don’t know if it means anything though?"

"I’m not a big fan of visions, Selene," he said settling on the couch in the room. "Since the vision was not a warning, maybe you should just let it go. Visions are not exactly palatable. Most times they expose the truth we’re not ready to know. Since it was not a warning vision, I think you should forget about it."

"I just told you, that I saw my parents. They were so sad in the vision and my mother was pregnant with a baby in that vision too. If I don’t try to find out what it means, Kragen, I don’t think I’ll ever forgive myself."

"Seeing your parents crying in a dream and your mother pregnant means nothing, Selene," Kragen snapped.

I paused realizing for the first time that I hadn’t disclosed the details of the dream. How did he know it?

"I didn’t tell you what the dream was all about, Kragen. How..."

"I already explained to you several times, me and you, we’re both more connected to each other than you think. When something bothers you, I can feel it and how about we go see my dad today? He’s in your world, looking for me. I think now is the perfect opportunity."

"Oh!" I was taken aback "That is sudden."

"Yeah!" he nodded "Come along, we don’t have all day." Without saying a word to me, he walked towards the door.

We moved swiftly, my feet pounding against the dirt path as I and Kragen headed for the Pack’s perimeter. He seemed angry about something and he was not talking to me, unlike him. When we reached the outskirts of the pack’s territory, my breath was coming fast. I wanted to ask him, how much farther before we get to our destination but the long face he was wearing made it impossible for me to talk to him.

Just as we were about to step into the forest, a blur of motions shot out from the trees. I barely had time to react before a hand clamped onto my wrist spinning me around.

It was Lucius.

Kragen didn’t act like anything out of the ordinary had happened. He turned and watched as Lucius tugged me behind him, and faced him, a snarl on his face.

"What the hell do you think you’re doing?" he demanded, eyes blazing with intensity.

"Lucius, it’s not like that," I sighed "He’s not doing anything and we need to be somewhere. Just let me go."

"Let you go?" Lucius scoffed "You barely just got home and you’re already going elsewhere. Do you know how ..."

"I am going to return!" I interrupted him. "As you can see I am with Kragen, it’s not like I’m going on my own."

"Where are you people going then, does it have a name?" Lucius slammed "You’re not thinking straight and you shouldn’t be moving with him. Do you know what she just discovered this morning..."

"I don’t want to know and I sure as hell do not care. Now get out of the way, you’re already delaying us," I cried.

"Where are you taking her?" he asked Kragen who remained silently watching the whole thing with an amused smile on his face. "Fine, let’s all go together."

Before I could protest, Kurtis emerged from the trees and spoke.

"You’re not going anywhere without us," he said, his voice laced with authority.

I groaned. "Guys, what are you doing? I don’t need a babysitting squad, I’m literally with Kragen can’t you see that."

"We do!" Kurtis said, "And that’s why we won’t let you go with him."

Kragen sighed "I didn’t want to do this, guys but you’re getting in the way." Before we could all realize what, he was doing, he flicked both of his hands at once to both men and two of them fell to the ground.

My eyes widened with shock as I stared at their bodies. "What did you do to them?" I asked, "Y-You didn’t kill them, did you?"

"Of course not," he sighed "I just made them fall asleep, now hurry along, let’s go!" he said stretching his hands towards me. I took it and together we continued walking. I should be afraid, I kept telling myself but there was something about Kragen...

Something that made me trust him. The trees were dense, and the path became deeper as we went. I was burning to ask Kragen a lot of questions but from the way his face was set, he didn’t seem like he was in the mood. We pushed forward until Moon Whisper disappeared from us entirely.

The air suddenly started growing colder, and thicker, as though the woods themselves were alive, watching our every move. My heart pounded in my chest but I forced myself to stay calm. I didn’t want to think – Kragen could hear my thoughts.

"My father!" he said finally breaking the silence "We will meet him any moment from now. That’s why there’s a change in the way you feel. Stay close to me."

I nodded and pressed closer to Kragen, holding the hem of his clothes. Suddenly, he stopped dread in his tracks, his body going rigid. "He’s here," he announced to me, reaching for my hand and pulling me to himself.

My senses flared to life. I could feel it too – a presence lurking just out of sight. The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end as I scanned the shadows around us.

Kragen sighed, "I know you’re here, just come out already and let’s get this over and done with."

For a moment there was nothing but silence. Then a figure stepped out from the trees. It was a woman – tall, thin and draped in a cloak that seemed to blend into the forest around her. Her silver hair shone under the dim light filtering through the canopy of tries. And her eyes were sharp and piercing. My breath caught in my throat.

"Aunt Helena?" I whispered.