Remy stared at the vial. She suddenly didn’t feel very hungry at all. “You’re giving me a exit, a choice.” If she didn’t already love Arden, she would now. Jumping out of her seat, she threw herself at him. Tears streamed down her face. “Do you know how much I love you? You are giving me a choice, and that’s the best gift you could ever give me.” She placed kisses all over his face before planting a big lip-smacking one on his smiling mouth.
She had no idea what she was going to choose, but she loved the fact she had a choice. She loved Arden for going and finding something that gave her a choice even when it would go against what he wanted.
Remy needed time to think about what she would do. “Let’s go see your brother Griffen and his mate.”
“You’re not going to take it?”
Remy could hear the hope in his voice and she even liked it, because she knew he still wanted a child with her. “Not right now. I need time to think. Let’s go see your brother.”
His eyes scanned her face before he nodded. “Have you had enough to eat? I’m ready to go when you are.”
“I’m not hungry. Let’s go.”
* * * *
Pet, as Griffen had called her, lay on the bed, deathly white, her eyes closed. They snapped open as Remy reached the side of the bed.
“Remy, Arden told me you’d visit me today.” The woman’s voice was husky, and it sounded like she needed to drink an entire bottle of water before it would get better.
“Hi. Nice to meet you.”
“Do you really mean that? Or are you just being nice to me because Griffen told you he would kill you if you said one nasty thing that upset me?”
Remy laughed. That sounded like something Arden would do for her. “No. Trust me, I’m not afraid of the Wolfens.”
Pet smiled, and then it froze on her face as she stared into space. Holy shit, Remy had seen that look a million times before. She waited patiently until Pet came out of the vision.
When her eyes cleared Remy took one of her hands. “You’re a psychic. Did you see anything interesting?”
Pet avoided her eyes, and Remy got a sinking feeling who the vision was about.
“If I tell you, it may affect your decision.”
Remy knew instantly what Pet was talking about. “Tell me please.”
“If you don’t take the wolfsbane, she will look just like Arden, except she will have your blue eyes, and she will be the biggest daddy’s girl. He will be wrapped around her little finger.” Pet smiled, and it was big and bright. “He will never leave you.”
Remy wiped at the tears that slid down her face. “How do you know what you saw won’t change?”
Light but strong fingers squeezed around her hand. “I know, and you know it too.”
Remy nodded, and she knew she wasn’t going to take the wolfsbane. She’d known before they arrived there that she wasn’t going to take it. “Thank you.”
Pet’s smile shone. “No one’s ever said that to me before.”
Remy leaned over and hugged Pet. “Thank you. I was already not going to take it, but what you said helped me to know I’ve made the right choice.” She kissed Pet’s cheek. “We need to get you a new name. Do you have anything you like?”
“My mum’s name was Lena.”
“Would you like to be named after her?”
Pet shook her head. “Ava said it was up to me but it might get confusing. I never knew my mum so I don’t know how it would be confusing.”
“Did Ava mean if you want to try and find out about her, and that you might want your own name so you feel like your own entity?”
Pet stared at her. “I think I know what you mean. I know words and learned the meanings to things so I knew about my visions, but a lot of the time I don’t understand. What do you mean about me feeling like a different entity?”
Remy explained as best she could and Pet asked more questions. “Why didn’t you ask Ava what these mean?”
“She’s the only other person who visits me. I don’t want her to stop.”
“You aren’t scared I will stop?”
“No. I already know we will be friends.”
They spent the day talking and getting to know one another. Remy tried not to feel too much pity for Pet as Remy would hate for someone to pity her. Remy knew Pet wanted a friend, not someone to feel sorry for her.
After hours of talking Pet seemed to be drained, so Remy was surprised when she said, “Tell me about the new zombies.”
Remy debated for a moment if she should tell her but didn’t see any harm in it. “A huge number of them attacked us. I’m surprised no one was killed or severely hurt. Arden was the only one they seemed intent on killing. They were stronger than the others I’ve dealt with and looked more alive but had a deeper drive to do what their mission was.”