Free Marked in a Vision by Mary Goldberger Page B

little arguments they had because they did not agree with everything.  She loved the way he kissed her and the way he just held her close after she had a vision for she had a few more mostly focused on her mother’s death but she had one the other night about her and Michaela together again.  She had trusted her instincts and told Jay about this vision, which is why they were in the study right now.  She heard the door open but she knew it was not Jay because of the footsteps.
     
    “Hello, Emily,” Cass said and Emily’s head shot up as she stopped the swing.
    “Ma’am,” Emily said starting to stand but Cass waved her down and sat next to her.  She started the swing going as they sat there.
    “Emily, you love my son don’t you?” Cass asked with out beating around the bush for she saw the way they interacted and how they looked at each other as she saw the same thing between Mark and Sasha.  They had already mated and she knew that Mark had already marked her although she did not see the mark, but she felt it and Stan confirmed it.
    Emily sighed as she admitted, “Yes, ma’am, I do although I have been trying to fight it.”  Cass laughed as she said, “Can I tell you a secret?”  Emily looked at her in confusion as she nodded her head.
    “I did the same thing when I met their father.  You see, I was a human like yo u were without your seer abilities ,” Cass confessed , and she watched Emily’s eyes go wide.  “Yes, I was human, but there was something about Stan that I could not shake.  When he told me he was a werewolf, I almost freaked especially when h e showed me.  I think he did it on purpose because he wanted me to reject him.  At first, my first thought was to reject him until I looked into his gold eyes, and I knew that I loved him more than any thing.  I remember the look of joy and pain that crossed his face when I accepted him.”
    Emily frowned as she asked, “Why?”  Cass looked at her in confusion until Emily clarified, “Why was he in pain?”
    Cass looked at Emily intensely for a second until she said, “What I am going to tell you Emily is something that only the family knows. ”  Emily looked at her for a moment before she nodded her head, and Cass continued.   “ You see in Stan’s family their males tend to have human mates although some have been rejected over the years.  If they choose the human for their mate, and the human accepts willingly, then they can change them to be almost werewolf with the exception of the actual shifting.”
    Emily eyes grew thoughtful as she listened, “How does this go about?” 
    Cass hesitated for a second but continued, “When Jay marks you his bite will contain a certain special toxin that will enter your bloodstream.  Once it enters your bloodstream, then your body tends to either fight or accept the new invader.”
    “Like a virus,” Emily concluded, “my body will try to fight it off which in case if it succeeds then I will die, right?”
    Cass nodded her head slowly as she said softly, “It is not the most pleasant experience that is why Stan was hoping against hope that you were not Jay’s mate.  Stan almost lost me during my change for I had doubts about whether I could be a good Alpha Female for his pack that if it had not been for his mother, I would have died and Stan would have been heartbroken.  Emily, you must have no doubts when you accept Jay’s mark and you must love him unconditionally, or it will never work.”
    “Does Jay know about this?” Emily asked quietly as her mind worked.
    “Yes, his father told him about it the day you and Sasha went out to get your dresses,” Cass said.  Then she said, “He does not want to frighten you for he and I know that you are not sure about being Alpha Female.”  Cass went to go say something else but she stopped when she saw the smile that graced Emily’s face and the brown eyes that light ed up as if somebody had lit a hundred candles behind her