Nightwolf by Karina Halle

Author:Karina Halle [Halle, Karina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Amethyst

I stare wide-eyed at Wolf.

“You’ve seen it before?” I ask, trying to comprehend what he’s telling me. “Wait, so you saw this thing, this Mara, right before your father died?”

He nods, looking pained. “And then I saw my father. I didn’t know it was him…”

“So…” I begin, putting it together. “So, you saw this demon, this premonition or visit from the future or whatever it was, you saw it before your father died. And you didn’t think to tell me that this was the same thing?”

His expression falls. “I didn’t think…I didn’t know for sure.”

Suddenly it hits me. I spring to my feet, ignoring the dizziness in my head. “Why the hell didn’t you tell me, Wolf? At any moment you could have said, ‘hey this same thing happened right before my father died, maybe it’s an omen that something will happen to your mother.’”

“I didn’t know it was your mother!” he says, raising his voice. “I didn’t know it was the same thing!”

“I could have prevented this! We could have stopped this!”

He shakes his head, brows coming together. “No. It wouldn’t have made a difference.”

“How the fuck do you know that? Or are you just telling yourself that? Had you told me, I wouldn’t have gone to Shelter Cove. I would have stayed home and watched my mother, I wouldn’t have let her out of my sight.”

“And for how long?” he counters. “Forever?”

“Damn right I would have done it forever! If it could have prevented this.” My hands fly to my mouth, realizing it all. “She’s going to die, isn’t she? Because your father died.”

“No,” he says loudly. “No, that’s not a given. They bring death and misfortune. You saw your mother from the future, but there is no indication that she was dead when she visited you. Just injured. It doesn’t mean she’s going to die.”

I’m barely listening. “You could have told me. You should have told me. She wouldn’t be here right now, I would have prevented this, I would have stopped this from happening.”

“What if life doesn’t work that way?” he says quietly.

“I don’t give a fuck if it doesn’t work that way, okay?” I throw my arms out, knowing I shouldn’t be yelling, but fuck it, I’m in the fucking hospital and I shouldn’t be. My mother shouldn’t be here! “You know what, just get out. Go home. I don’t want to see you.”

“Amethyst,” he begins, reaching for me but I move back.

“No. I’m angry, Wolf. I’m really fucking angry. If she dies and I could have prevented this…”

“You’re going to blame me forever,” he finishes, and there’s so much heartache in his eyes that I immediately feel bad.

“I’m going to blame you for at least a little while,” I manage to say. Because deep down I know why he didn’t tell me, because he didn’t want to tell me for no reason and scare me, because neither of us knew it was my mom.

But even though that’s the logical part of my brain

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