Free Keeper (Matefinder Next Generation Book 1) by Leia Stone Page B

these wolves, my body would just pass through like a ghost. I was just a watcher here, I could do nothing.
    Nahuel touched my back and suddenly I was back in the corn fields, flat on the ground with him standing over me.
    “Because, the werewolves have something they want, something they need.”
    “The humans? What … what is it?” Tears flowed down my cheeks. No. This couldn’t happen. We protected humans, loved them. Werewolves had always been there for the humans. How could they do this to us?
    “That’s for you to figure out. This is your life purpose. Not mine.”
    “Argh!” I growled and stood. “Please don’t give me metaphors while my True Mate and I are dying and the humans are about to wipe us all out. ‘Cause I will seriously go apeshit.”
    My fists balled as I felt rage build up inside of me. No visions for twenty years and now this? Have you ever woken from a really bad dream and felt sick the whole day? This vision would stick with me for the rest of my life. That kid, in the cage like a dog. The young werewolf girl and her teeth getting smashed out. It was awful.
    Nahuel looked at me like a father trying to deal with his hormonal teenage daughter. “Contrary to what you may think, I don’t know everything. I have done my own vision ceremonies and this is all I have seen. The humans want the wolves for something. I don’t know what. Gavin is your True Mate and if he dies, you die. That’s all I know.”
    “Oh.” I stared at my Converse sneakers. “I liked you better when I thought you knew everything and could stop time,” I teased. Nahuel was growing on me. I could see why my mother liked him so much.
    He reached out his hand and I took it.
    “I can stop time.” He winked.
    My mouth popped open in surprise and all of a sudden I was slammed back into my body.

Chapter Four
     
    I opened my eyes to find that I was lying flat on the ground. Gavin stood over me in a crouched position and my mother was backed up against a tree.
    Nahuel, standing a few feet from Gavin, cocked his head to the side. “Interesting.”
    I sat up and Gavin stood from his crouched position, shaking his head and looking down at his furry arms.
    “What happened?” I asked breathless, the vision with Nahuel still playing in my mind. My mother stepped forward now, staring at Gavin.
    “He was protecting you. His eyes went yellow, and …”
    Gavin’s arms began to lose the fur and I suddenly felt feverish.
    Gavin extended his hand to help me. Taking my hand, he pulled me up with a strong, firm grip and then I was smashed into his bare chest. We were nose to nose, his eyes still threaded with yellow, his wolf.
    “You fainted, and … something took over. I …” His voice was husky and my belly warmed. God, he smelled so good. I guess Gretchen’s spell wasn’t exactly 100%. I mean, technically he didn’t have claws, but…
    I suddenly became keenly aware that my mother and Nahuel were watching us, but still I couldn’t bring myself to tear my gaze away. His wolf was half-way out, protecting me. How? How did he even have a wolf if what Nahuel said was true?
    ‘Kiss him,’ Jax taunted in my head and the moment was ruined. I sighed, stepping back I looked toward the house to see Jax watching through an open curtain.
    ‘Grow up, Jax. This is serious shit,’ I scolded my twin.
    Gavin took a few steps toward my mother. “I’m sorry if I scared you.” His head was low. Shame.
    My mother’s lips quirked. “I wasn’t scared, just giving your wolf space so he didn’t feel threatened.”
    She reached out and touched his shoulder.
    My upper lip was sweating now as the fever climbed higher. Nahuel was looking from Gavin to me and back again.
    “You get his fevers. He gets your wolf,” Nahuel stated.
    “What?” my mother and I asked in unison. Jesus Christ, I was the most impatient woman in the world. Nahuel’s half-assed riddles would be the death of me.
    Nahuel looked intrigued. “I must speak with someone.