The Nymph of Black Forest

Derek’s POV ~

We had all gone to the conference room.. I wanted to hear what Oscar had to say. We need to know what happened. My sweet mate was huddled into my lap..sound asleep.. Edward came over and wrapped a blanket around her and asked if she is going to be alright. I nod and tell them “Healing exhausts her.. the larger the being.. the larger the wound.. it’s why she usually only heals enough to stabilize her patient. But she saw something with Owen’s wound that worried her..so she healed him completely! And that wore her out.” Shawn said “Her gold glowing eyes are absolutely mesmerizing! I couldn’t look away.. and ughhh…that sounds stalkerish as fuck!” We all laughed.

I nodded at Oscar and said “Tell me what happened? Owen is always so careful!” Oscar began his tale and after an hour, I let him go be with his dad. What he had to say was disturbing..but not circumventable.. so I started reporting what he told me.

“The moron thinks he has figured out a way to ambush us. His archers are dipping their arrowhead in wolfsbane, after coating them in silver. We have already been ingesting small amounts of aconitum daily..to build our immunity to it.. and our daily dose of Luna’s fern extract has completely eradicated any reaction to silver..so that isn’t going to be much of an issue..the real issue os actually being hit with the arrows..if they hit a vital organ, we could be screwed.

Oscar said they were hard firing at him..he was dodging as best he could, when Owen arrived. He deep dove in front of his son..and took the arrow meant for Oscar. As Owen was falling, Eliot..an Eagle..yes, Monty.. funny, Hah! helped Oscar catch him, and together, got him back here. Now, Oscar says because his father sacrificed himself to save his life..and Rhia saved Owen’s life, Oscar owes a life debt and will live in service to his Queen, until he is redeemed. Which will make Rhiannon absolutely nuts, when she hears that!”

I continued “Leonard believes he will come to our borders to call us out..and issue his challenge. He plans on having a hundred archers in the trees to ambush us..taking us down with toxic arrows..when we step into the open. His intel is so faulty it’s laughable. But, I am thinking…we let him do just that..get his archers in position..and wait for the challenge.. Let him think he has the upper hand.. we issue our demands for the way the challenge is to play out. Form the challenge ring..and isolate Leonard from his troops. Take him down as soon as he realizes how ineffectual he really is.”

Theo walks in with Aurelia, handing her to Edward..”Mom said..and her words exactly are ‘tell your father he may be the fucking king, but he is a father first..and his daughter needs some daddy time..my plan is to take a nap’ …Sooo, here she is” and he walks back out. The look on Edward’s face was priceless.. every one of us laughed!

I mentioned I could have one of the daycare workers come and get her..but his eyes got huge “I like my dick where it is, thank you very much! If Honore’ catches wind of my even thinking of pawning Auri off on anyone..she would remove my dick and feed it to me like polish sausage! No fucking thank you! That woman scares the fuck out of me.. and forget about it when she starts screaming in German! I have no idea what she’s saying and that’s even scarier!” I crack up. Can’t help it! The big bad King afraid of his mate is funny!

Angus comes sauntering in laughing.. “Y’all gotta come see this shit! That weird assed black cat led the big cats out to a field of wild catnip..now you got twenty drunk cats playing in the backyard.” Rhiannon stirs..waking up she asks “What did you say?” He repeats it and she’s off like a shot. I hate when she does that, I follow her anyway.

Sure enough.. the backyard is full of cats..batting at shit, only they can see. Rolling and rubbing themselves in the grass. Biting their own tails..or a friend’s.. and holy shit! The purring! The ground is rumbling with it. And my beautiful Rhia is arguing with Dexter..who is calmly sitting on the table.. licking his paw. I hear her say “Oh, it’s amusing? You’re amused now? Well Thank the Goddess! Everyone! Dexter was bored..but now he’s amused! Isn’t that wonderful? He felt..because he was bored…every other fucking cat on the planet must be bored too! So, let’s get everyone high! How fun is that!?” Dexter reached out and batted a glass into her lap and she flicked his ear! I couldn’t help it…I laughed. Shawn and Monty are rolling and Angus isn’t even trying to hide his laughter.

She stood up and I asked where she was going.. and she huffs “To fix these assholes something to eat! The munchies are going to hit them soon!” Looking at Dexter, she snarled “And You can’t have any!” He growled out some stupid shit..and before she lunged at him I said “NO! You will NOT eat a mouse!” Causing everyone to crack up, all over again.

Monty won’t stop laughing. He says “I don’t see how the cat can be bored. Funny shit happens every day! Our pack is the best! I should start a blog! Micah! Let’s start a blog! We can share our adventures with everyone in the werewolf realm! They will all want to be us! Let’s think of a really cool name..Come on!” And they run off to Goddess knows where!

Shawn watches them go.. “That boy needs to get out more…”