Amethyst (14 page)

Amethyst sat stunned said nothing, she got up
from the chair turned to Rain, and said, "There is an envelope on
your dresser made out to Markus, and Silver, and it contains two
thousand dollars as a wedding gift. I thought you wanted to see me,
because of it. I did not keep it a secret that is why it sits on
your dresser."

Rain moved towards Amethyst looked her right
in the eyes and said, "I saw it; I know it was not a secret if it
had been you would not have put it on my dresser for me to see."
His lips moved towards her, and she backed away.

"I need a little more time Rain." Amethyst
walked out of the door and headed off to their room to be by
herself.

Rain walked out the office and out the front
door, and sat down on the steps. Smitty walked over sat down. "Rain
I know something is really wrong with you, and Amethyst.

"I think I have lost Amethyst, Smitty. She
has shut me out of her mind I can't seem to reach her. I lost my
temper, and smashed the bedroom door. I said some nasty things to
her." Rain put his head into his hands, and rubbed his
forehead.

"I suggest if you want things right try
courting her," Smitty said.

Rain looked at Smitty. "What like give her
flowers?"

"Yea; flowers, jewelry, candy buy her some
gifts." Rain looked at Smitty, and his face began to crease with a
smiles.

"Tell everyone I'll be back after a while I
am heading up to Spring Water to do some shopping. Do me a favor,
make her a jewelry box."

Smitty smiled his eyes twinkled, "sure Rain
I'll do that he whispered."

Rain picked out two dozen white roses tipped
with purple. Then went to a jewelry store picked up a bracelet he
liked had it engraved with the date of their mating. Then walked
into a women store, purchase a pair of shoes size six, a denim jean
skirt, and three tops all in different shades of lavender, and had
them gifted wrapped. With purchases in hand he headed back to the
house.

He sneaked up to the front door opened it
slightly looked in discovered Willow at the stair case placing
flowers down the railing for the wedding tomorrow. He walked in
said, "Willow where Amethyst?"

Willow looked up and smiled, "She is in the
basement with Fire."

If Amethyst tries to come up stairs delay
her." Up stairs he placed the shoes, skirt, and tops in his side of
the closet, then placed the box with the bracelet in it on her
pillow. Then he ran down stairs grabbed four vases headed up stairs
placing a half a dozen roses in each vase. He set one on his
dresser, one on each end of her dresser, one on her night table on
her side of the bed. Smitty knocked walked in, handed Rain a
jewelry box he made special for Amethyst per Rains request. The box
was set in the middle of her dresser.

Smitty looked around smiled, "Now you got the
right idea Rain, do you think you went over board?"

"Do you think I did Smitty?" Rain asked with
a frown on his face.

Smitty laughed," no Rain it's just right
considering the rift you have to over come with Amethyst. And
Smitty walked out with a big smile on his lips. Once Smitty was out
side Rains rooms, he laughed then thought, "Amethyst is not going
to know what is coming her way if Rain has anything to say about
it. He will have her defenses down in no time. Then his alpha will
have a smile on his face once again."

Rain went down stairs to the basement, and
found Amethyst helping Fire and Silver putting up decorations. They
were hanging a large paper bell from the ceiling in the center of
the room. Markus was busy setting up the bar, and stocking it.
"Pend must be up stairs with Kelly' he thought. Markus and Silvers
house was finished right down to the furniture, but Markus refused
to let Silver see it until after they were mated. Rain offered to
help, but decorations were done once the bell was hung.

Guests were arriving, and shown to their
rooms by Willow. Storms room was kept vacant; he had a habit of
showing up at the oddest times. Rain half expected him any moment
he knew about the wedding he said, "he'd come." Storm seems to
enjoy being the last one to arrive, and usually after dark. "It was
a privacy thing with Storm," he thought to himself. They were close
he knew more about Storm then any one else in the world. When they
were kids they worked as one unit at what ever they were doing.
They new exactly what the other was thinking and how they would
react to situations. It pulled them out of more jams then Rain
cared to think about when they were young!" They had gone their
separate ways when he reached eighteen. Storms view of life and his
had changed, each wanted different things back then.

The day ended with a big dinner for everyone,
and Amethyst was tired out. Rain smiled, "she had taken more
interest in the conversations at the table, and had even joined in
on several of them." Rain was busy with last-minute details only he
could deal with. Amethyst had gone to bed, and he was still up. He
sat wondering if she liked the bracelet, and the flowers. Then
smiled to him self, and thought, "How could she have not liked
them? He could have tried to reach her mind, but chose not too.
Rain wanted to give her privacy, and time to heal as she had asked
him too."

Amethyst opened the door to her bedroom. The
room was filled with beautiful roses. Four vases filled with six
roses each. She took one out of the vase, and put it to her nose
then placed it to her lips. Replacing the flower back into the vase
she walked over to the bed noticed a small box on her pillow. She
picked it up unwrapped it, opened the lid. Inside were two gold
hearts, and the date of their wedding was engraved on them. She
smiled, placed the bracelet on her arm. She walked over to her
dresser to get a night gown out, and noticed a hand made, hand
carved jewelry box. She picked it up ran her fingers over the small
delicate rose designs. Then opened the lid, inside was a small note
that read, "Made especially for Amethyst Walker." She closed the
lid set it back on her dresser and her eyes filled with tears. She
undressed completely. Slipped the night gown over her head let it
fall to her knees. With tears running down her cheeks she crawled
into bed took Rains pillow pretended it was him, and cuddles it.
Between the cuddling the pillow, and the tears she fall a
sleep.

Rain was just about to head out of his office
and up stairs when in walked Storm. He sat his butt down in a chair
across from Rains as he sat back down in his office chair. Storm
was six-foot three, black hair like his, and matching blue eyes.
His face was more like his fathers, and Rains more shaped like his
mothers. It was easy to tell they were brothers.

Rain I have news for you, I purchased some
land west, and slightly south of your land. I am going to build a
house. I contacted the Lycan registry, and let people know a new
alpha house is up, and open to anyone. Storm never gave Rain a
chance to speak five words. Rain had to admit his brother was
committed. It took him long enough to come around.

It was well past three in the morning when
Rain and Storm went to bed. Rain had not had the chance to tell
Storm he was mated, but would later that day. Storm was too excited
about purchasing some land south and west of Rains. Storm had
contacted the Lycan registry and put word out he was opening a new
pack. A wolf with dusty brown hair named William Bartel was now his
beta. And a young couple also joined his pack by the names of
Samuel and Apple McKinnon.

Rained walked into the bedroom a small light
was on, and Amethyst who usually was turned away putting her back
to his side of the bed was half on his side, and cuddling his
pillow. The bracelet he had purchased for her was on her wrist.
Rain smiled, and thought, "She liked it." Rain slipped off his
clothes, and slid under the sheet pulled Amethyst into his arms. He
held her tight to him and wondered if she finally forgave him. His
last thought was Smitty had been right!

The dream began with Amethyst in her fathers
den. "He was talking to her about keeping money in the house, where
it was hidden. In side the lining was a piece of paper. The dream
seemed so real she whimpered." Then her father fading into a mist
and disappearing from her sight. She began to cry.

"In the lining her father whispered."

A voice in the dream was telling her she was
safe, but she didn't feel safe. And she could not see who was
telling her. She felt alone, and she wanted her father to come
back. She searched for him in the mist, but could not find him. She
would get glances of her father, and then he would change into
Rain. Rains face was smiling at her, his arms were stretched out to
her. She ran towards him, and his face became angry, then she was
running from him. The mist grew so thick she could not see. Voices
from all directions were calling her. Then the whispered words
again reached her ears, "in the lining."

Shortly before five in the morning Rain woke
to hear Amethyst whimpering in her sleep. Then she shivered, and
then began to cry. He pulled her closer to him and whispered,
"you're safe, and with me. I love you Amethyst, the words seemed to
relax her. Then suddenly she sat up in bed her eyes were wild her
face filled with fear, then smoothed. She jumped out of bed rushed
to her dresser grabbed the brief case, opened it, dumped the
contents out of it on to the floor and began pulling at the lining.
It finally gave away.

She screamed at Rain who had jumped from the
bed, and was at her side. "I hate secrets, they hurt, they destroy,
and they are filled with destruction! They make all rights so
wrong!" When finally the lining tore away there inside was an
envelope. She pulled it out. Her hands shaking, Rain took the
envelope, and opened it. Inside was a small piece of paper with a
telephone number on it.

Now Rain understood why she could not seem to
leave the brief case behind, why she always took it before anything
else when she ran. Subconsciously her mind would not let her leave
it behind. All the time he thought it was because of the money
inside, and it wasn't.

Rained looked at it then said, "We'll call
the number later in the morning it is to early right now. Come back
to bed Amethyst."

Amethyst turned and looked into Rains eyes
her eyes filled with tears and she threw herself into his arms.
"Rain, oh Rain I love you. I don't want to punish you any more; I
have missed you so much. My heart has bled enough for a life time.
I have cried enough in so short a time. Please tell me you still
love me, want me, and desire me?" Amethyst hung on to him as if he
was a life line for her.

Rains heart nearly exploded with love, he
began kissing her while his hand roamed around her back down to her
butt. Rain whispered, "I love you, I want you, yes for always."
Then he laid her on the floor and for two hours they made love,
once on the floor, one in the bath tub, and then ended up in their
bed with their minds open to one another. Secrets all revealed was
making all wrongs so right. Finally with their bodies saturated
with love and tired out they fall a sleep.

At seventy thirty Rain and Amethyst were
sound a sleep in each others arms. The door flew open in walks
Storm yelling, "Rain you lazy bastard get the hell out of bed.

Are you going to?" He stopped in mid sentence
when he realized his brother wasn't alone. "Oh; ah sorry I didn't
realize you were not alone," he said with embarrassment showing all
over his face. Rain sat up in bed looked at his brother Storm, and
frowned at him.

"Storm this is my mate Amethyst, Amethyst
this is my brother Storm." Amethyst pulled the covers up closer to
her chin, because she didn't have a thing on for one and two this
stranger was in her bedroom looking at her like he could eat her
for dinner.

Amethyst smiled and said," Hello Storm!"

"Storm head down stairs I'll be down in a few
minutes!" Rain suggested strongly. "So much for getting some sleep
this morning. I suppose two and a half hours is better then none at
all."

Amethyst laughed, sent Rain a message in her
mind, "to night you can sleep once I am finished making love to you
and driving you half out of your mind with want."

Rain said to her in his mind. "Promises,
promises, promise I look forward to your keeping them." He
laughed.

Storm laughed, "Take your time I would bro!"
Out the door Storm went. Storm stopped outside his brother's rooms
and wondered," when the hell he had gotten mated. And how the hell
did he find himself such a beauty. He had to admit she was
stunning." Storm was jealous of Rain but also happy for him. "Maybe
he would be just as lucky himself. He was 27 years old and ready to
settle down. Trouble is so far he hadn't met anyone who truly
interested him long-term. And a male wolf worth his salt wanted a
mate and a family, some day. That some day he wished was sooner
than later. Awe maybe one will drop out of the sky right into his
lap some day!"

Ten minutes later Amethyst and Rain were
sitting with Storm at the kitchen table. For a few minutes they
talked about how Rain had met Amethyst. Storm teased her about a
sister; she told him no such luck. Storm spoke about his land and
building a house, could use some help if he could spare a couple of
men, Rain said he could but it was up to the men if they wanted to
go down.

Storm teased Amethyst that if she ever got
sick and tired of his brother she had place to go. Amethyst just
laughed, "I will never tire of Rain, and some one has to keep him
on his toes. Love like we share does not get tire of one another."
Amethyst was radiant, all smiles she hugged Rains arm.

Rain smiled, but it was forced smile. Rain
was not comfortable with the suggestion that Amethyst had a place
to go if she wasn't happy with him. He would just have to make sure
she was happily mated."