Free Waking Sarah by Krystal Shannan

be?”
     
    “No, but we age so slowly many would think that. Our bodies can survive terrible injuries, but there are some things we cannot recover from.”
     
    “Like...”
     
    “Beheading, drowning, and being burned at the stake are a few.”
     
    “D-do people still do that?” Her voice trembled, and her face had gone ashen.
     
    “There are some. Which is why it’s against our laws to tell humans of our existence. We must always protect magick.”
     
    “What about my parents? They know.”
     
    “The latents are a special circumstance. The pack already decided that with each descendent found, the pack will individually weigh the necessity of informing their parents.”
     
    “How is it that Siobhan is a witch and a werewolf?”
     
    “Some wolf bloodlines have predispostitions to become witches. The Council keeps really good tabs on them, and it’s surprising we’ve been able to hide her so well all these years. Kate took her under her wing and has trained her well, but her power will never rival Kate’s. Though Siobhan has a special gift that Kate lacks –the ability to see and track auras. Camila, the one everyone is worried about is also a witch. She’s also a vampire and married to another of Margaret’s cousins.”
     
    “Vampire?” Sarah squeaked. “It’s all so overwhelming.”
     
    “I know. But you will be pack and we will all be here for you. For anything.” He wanted her to be okay with what was happening. He wanted her to embrace this part of her life. The wolf could help her if she’d let it. But only if she was willing.
     
    “What if I don’t want the pack? What if I just want you?”
     
    His heart clenched. That was what he wanted too, but there was no guarentee he was a good match for her. Only her wolf could answer that question. “Sarah, I...”
     
    “I know, wolfy soul gets to pick who I spend my semi-immortal new life with. Yay, me.” She stood from the bench and took a few steps. “Is it going to hurt?” The question filtered over her shoulder, but she didn’t look back. She just waited.
     
    “What?” he asked. He knew what she wanted to know, but he didn’t want to confront it. He didn’t want to tell her his brother would bite her. He didn’t want her to feel any more pain. She’d been through so much already.
     
    She turned around and faced him, tears streaming down her cheeks. “The transformation, the spell tonight.”
     
    He nodded. “The spell won’t hurt, but when Chase bites you to bind your wolf to the pack, it will hurt.”
     
    A gasp slipped between her red lips. “No! I don’t want him to bite me.”
     
    I don’t either. “It has to be this way, Sarah. Your wolf will need the link to the pack.”
     
    “Why not you? Why can’t you be the one?”
     
    “He’s the pack alpha,” he answered through gritted teeth. “Only he can bind you to the group.”
     
    She hurried away from him and disappeared through the back door of the inn. His heart slowed with every step.
     
    In only a few hours, her life would change forever.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER SIX
     
     
     
    She’d grabbed some dinner from the kitchen and hightailed it back to her room before anyone could stop her. Several people knocked on her door throughout the evening, but she’d told them all to leave her be. Her mom tried too, but she’d told her she was fine and just wanted to be alone.
     
    Alone.
     
    That was the last thing she really wanted. What she did want was to be wrapped up in every delicious inch of Chris Michaels. But that pain-in-the-ass wolf wouldn’t allow it, especially after she’d chickened out the first time.
     
    He kept repeating that her wolf would be able to help her find a mate. A smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. It was almost as if he was using it as a mantra to keep from jumping her bones. She knew he wanted her. It was obvious in the way he stared, smiled, and ogled her every time they were in close