Sapphire: A Werewolf Love Story (15 page)

“Oh yeah, everyone has been nice.”

Beta came in and sees me for the first time.  “This
is the girl I’ve watched?”

“Yeah, she’s Sam,” Josie replies.

“No it isn’t, that’s Sapphire,” Abel’s mom announces.

“You know me?”

“Yes, I do too.  Sapphire, what happened?”  Beta
asked.

“Yes, Sapphire, I bet your sister, Ruby, is worried
sick,” Abel’s mom says as she comes closer to me.

“Her name is Sapphire and her sister is Ruby? 
That’s…well, interesting.”  Oakley says as he pulls off his cowboy boots.

“Her mother is Pearl, and has a wicked sense of
humor,” Beta says.  He walks over to me with a bewildered look on his face. 
“You left me without a word.  I tried and tried to call you, but you changed
your phone number.  Why?”

Abel’s mom stared at Beta like he was insane.  “This
is Parker,
the
Parker?  I never even put it together.”

“Would someone mind telling
me
what is going
on?” Pru demands. 

“I wonder where your son is.  I hope he is with Ruby
and not stolen by the werewolf who bit you.  Damn, I changed phones since I saw
you last.  I was your nurse throughout the pregnancy.  That was what, two years
ago?”

“Pregnancy?” Beta and I said in unison.

“Yes, you have a son.  Oh, what was his name?  I can
see him, oh, oh…I remember! His name is Storm.  He should be about two years
old.  He was a New Year’s baby.  Is there a phone book around here?”

“Two years old?  A son?  You were pregnant.  Oh crap,
I’m a dad.  It’s mine isn’t it?  Storm, we have a son named Storm?  No, I like
it, I do,” Beta rambled it all together.

“I dated you?  Why wouldn’t I tell you about a
baby?  Why did we break up?”  I ask.

“Parker has a kid?  Now, I didn’t see that coming,”
Oakley announces.

“Your name is Parker?” I ask.  Suddenly, it’s as if
I’m under a microscope and everyone is staring at me like a bad science
experiment.  I stare at him, waiting for an answer.  He steps in closer, so
close in fact, we’re almost touching.  “How would I have your child and you
don’t know?”

 His arms go out and he pulls me in for a hug.  He
kisses the top of my head and keeps whispering, “I’m so sorry I wasn’t there
for you.  I didn’t know.”

Beta is hugging me, he smells familiar, but my radar
is telling me to push him away.  “Something’s wrong.  If I know you, and I have
a son, who says it isn’t my husband’s child.” 

“What husband?  I thought you don’t remember your
life.  And for the record, you’re not married.  I read the paper every day, and
your name has never come up in the records area for applying for a marriage
license.”

“You stalk me, but aren’t aware we have a child? 
That doesn’t make sense.  I need to get in touch with my family.”  I back away
from him until I can turn around and sit down on the couch.  Shaking my head
back and forth in disbelief, I want nothing more than to break down in tears. 
I’m not going to give anyone power over me.

Parker comes over and sits by me on the couch. 
“Phire, what happened?  You have no idea who did this to you?  I need to fix
this, if you can remember anything about the person, I’ll take care of them.”

“What happened between us?”

“Come with me to my room, we can talk with more
privacy.”

I take his hand and follow him to his room.  Why are
my insides jumping up and down in joy?  Is that my wolf?  She cried out for him
because she knew who he is, but I don’t.  My brain and heart are freaking out.

~~~~~~

PARKER

Sapphire sits in the large oversized lounge chair
and I sit in the identical one across from her.  I manage to keep myself from
picking her up and tossing her in my bed.  The memory of being next to her,
feeling her body curve with mine is almost too much for my wolf to handle. 
Time doesn’t matter to my wolf, he remembers her as though it were yesterday. 
It’s hard to imagine her more beautiful than she was, but she looks amazing. 
Time never erased my feelings for her, and now time will be my enemy as I try
to bring justice to her assailant.

“I’m Parker, and yes, I know you.  Well, I did. I
haven’t seen you in a long time.”

“Did we date?”  She absently sweeps her hair over
her shoulder.

“Hmmm, no, we didn’t date.”  My head is racing with
thoughts of our time together and how to explain it to her without making her
hate me.

“But we had a kid together.  Were we fuck-buddies or
something?”  She’s agitated and I can tell I’m going to need a life vest soon.

“I don’t know anything about a baby, we’ll figure
that part out after I tell you the story of us.  Hear me out, before you make
any rash judgments about me.  A few years ago I met you, and your sister, Ruby,
at a high-school soccer game.  It was a Friday night, and after the game I met
you at a casino and we partied.  The next night we had our first date, we went
to dinner and out to a club featuring a cabaret troop.  Later, we went back to
your place where you live with your sister Ruby and your brother, Stone.  They
went out of town and took your mother with them; she lives in the opposite side
of your duplex.  They were gone a few days, and you and I had fun together.”

“Okay, that doesn’t explain anything other than how
we met and how I’m a slut.”

“You’re not a slut.  Please, let me explain.  My
inner wolf was so happy we found you, and I made a meeting with our then alpha
to tell him I found my true-mate.  He told me that if I want to be with you, I
have to turn you into a werewolf.  I refused to bring you into our life.  He
told me I couldn’t see you again if I didn’t have you turn into one of us.  One
day, I betrayed my alpha and called you, but you had your number changed.  It
wasn’t fair to bring you into this lifestyle.  You must have gotten pregnant
that weekend we were together.  Sapphire, you have to believe me when I say,
there has never been anyone like you before or after I met you.  Our time
apart, well sweetheart, it didn’t extinguish my feelings for you.  My real,
honest feelings.  Please don’t walk out that door and forget what I’ve said to
you.” 

“I’m not sure of your story.  You’re telling me I
sexed you up over a few days and your inner wolf wanted me as your true-mate. 
What the hell is a true-mate?  I might not know who I am, or remember my life,
but I’m sure I wouldn’t fall for someone over a few days.”  She sits back in
the chair and crosses her arms.  She didn’t say anything for the next couple of
minutes.  I wanted her to have the chance to absorb everything.

“Would you like me to explain a true-mate?”

“Yes, I would.”

“Werewolves are pack animals.  The male and female
wolves have a pheromone that only your true-mate will pick up on and claim
you.  The feeling is mutual, neither wolf will want to be without the other. 
You weren’t a wolf when I met you, but you are Native American which carries
werewolf lore as shifters.  My wolf zeroed in on you and didn’t want to be without
you.  Since the day I left, my wolf has been pissed off.  He’s been restless
and lonely.  Since Sam came into my life, my wolf settled down.  He knew it was
you, but I’ve been so hung up on the
Sapphire I knew, it didn’t occur to me it could be you.  We were made for each
other.  You’re my other half, you complete my soul.”

“I don’t understand how you can sit there and say
something like that to me.  You left and never came back.  I’m not a fool,
obviously Sapphire isn’t either if she…I didn’t tell you about a love-child. 
Tell me, if you have such a great sense of smell, why didn’t you know it was
me?”

“The funny thing is, I did recognize the smell, but
when you were bitten, your DNA changed.  I’m so sorry this happened to you
Phire.  I never wanted this for you.  You have to believe me, I never wanted to
leave you, but you can’t go against a direct order from the alpha.”

She leaned forward putting her elbows on her knees. 
I want nothing more than to pull her to me and console her.  To mend the wrong I’ve
done…to make mad crazy love to her. 

“Did you love me?”  She asks barely audible.

I clear my throat from being constricted.  “Phire,
we had a connection beyond words.  The chemistry between two souls made for
each other will ignite the fire to love.  I am certain you are meant for me,
and yes I do think I fell in love with you.”

“I assume we had great sex.”

“We don’t need to get into that part of it.”

She blushes and starts twirling her hair with her
finger.  “I want to get to that part, did we have great sex?”

“In one word, yes.”

“Good.  So far I’ve learned we had great sex, I got
pregnant, had a baby, you never called me again because that  man told you not
to and I now have amnesia and I’m a damn werewolf.  So what is this?  You’re
wanting me to act as if nothing happened?  Well dear, it didn’t happen,
because…. I. DON’T. REMEMBER.”  She jumps up abruptly and paces in the room.  I
was sure she was going to walk through the door and I’d never see her again. 
Wolf or not.

“Sapphire, listen to me.”

“Right now, my name is Sam.  Don’t call me Phire or
Sapphire, I don’t know you well enough.”  She walks over to me and I stand up,
and she pokes me in the chest.  “I was beginning to crush on you while I was a
wolf.  I thought you were sweet and considerate and now I have no idea what to
think.  Someone was calling my family, I’m going to go wait for them in the
other room.  I’m glad we talked.”

“Sapp… Sam, don’t leave like this.  We can fix
everything.  I want to meet our son.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea, I don’t even
remember him, I can’t just throw in a here’s daddy statement.  The kid has had
to go how long without knowing where his mother is?  I’m not saying forever,
but right now, I don’t think it’s a good idea.”  She tugs at the hem of her
shirt and crosses over to the door.  “I’ll talk to you later Beta.”

The heaviness of her sorrow drapes over my heart,
causing it to ache from depths I’ve never known existed.  I pick up my glass of
water and throw it at the wall.  “FUUUUUUUUUCK!” I scream.  My wolf is
overpowering my human, he’s mad and determined to find out who did this to
her.  Who stole her memories?

I guess I’ll go out to the living area and pretend
not to notice everyone whispering.

SAPPHIRE

1 hour post Parker confession

I’d hoped to meet Pru but everyone said she and
Oakley went for a run to get rid of frustrations from the flight back.  Dolly,
the alpha female of the pack, is a fun energetic happy soul.  Her aura is bright
and her laugh is infectious; I can tell why everyone loves her so much. 

Abel’s mom, Natalie, tells me about my pregnancy and
how I stood out to her as a strong independent woman.  She tells me about my
clothing store and how peaceful I was when I gave birth to Storm.  Poor little
boy, his own mother doesn’t remember him.  How does that happen?

A name pops into my head, it’s strange; how do I get
a random thought like this?  Hmmm, this is interesting, I don’t know what it
means though.  I turn to Parker and he looks up at me.  “I have a message for you,
it just popped into my head.  He said to tell you Pedro sends his love.” 
Parker’s face goes ashen and everyone in the room turns his direction.

“What did you just say?”  He asks.  His entire
demeanor went beta-wolf.  The dynamics in the room shift. 

“I don’t know, it’s like the thought popped in my
head.  Do you know Pedro?”  I ask everyone in the room.

Parker comes over and puts his hands on my shoulders
and looks into my eyes.  “Did he touch you?” 

I shrugged my shoulders, because I don’t know.  “Honestly,
I don’t know.  I don’t remember anything.  Who is he?  Is he a wolf too?”

“I didn’t think so, but someone has turned him, and
in turn he turned you.”  Parker looks around the room and says they’ll be
having a pack meeting soon.  “We’re going to find him, and we’re going to
destroy him.”

The doorbell rings and Abel opens the door.  A girl
and a guy are standing there and I hear them ask if I’m here.  The girl looks
up and sees me and then notices Parker.  She went from smiling and happy to
pissed off banshee.  She runs over to us and all hell begins to break loose. 

“Why the hell are you here?  Did you do this to
her?  She doesn’t have amnesia, you probably drugged her or something.”  The
girl is jamming her finger in Parker’s chest.  “What did you do to my sister?”

Parker looks at me and says, “Sapphire, this is your
sister Ruby.”

“She knows who I am!”  Ruby growled.

I look at Ruby and instinctively move between her
and Parker. “No, I don’t know who you are, but I will tell you this man has
nothing to do with what’s happened to me.  Get off his case and step away.  I’m
not playing, sister or not.”

“You’re fucking kidding me!  You’re going to take
his side?  This is the guy that left you and you were balled up in the fetal
position night after night as you cried yourself to sleep.  This is the guy
that told you how you weren’t a one night stand to him but what does he do?  He
never comes around again.  I’m taking you home.”