Do You think I Care? by Cheyenne M, Jen Q (interesting books to read for teens .txt) 📖

way. So I think that he stays behind.” I looked at James, he looked dazed as he sat leaning against a tree. Summer stood over him staring through him as though reading his mind. Honestly that wouldn’t surprise me, she seemed to be part witch or some sorcerer.

“Well I can understand your concern over the matter…”

“No, he stays, I can’t take any chances.” I interrupt him, I can’t let there be mercy in an instance like this. Someone could get killed.

“Excuse me though, James has a very bad temper. He could turn his hate on you if you keep him from this hunt. I’m only looking out for the well being of the future negotiations.” He looked at me as if waiting for me to kill him for speaking.

“What do you propose then? ‘Cause frankly I’ll tie his ass up and make him stay. His temper could be more dangerous with us than if we leave him here.” He looked over towards James, and at the same time Summer’s head snapped up. I noticed her eyes were black and she was staring off into space. She shook her head and came over to us.

“There is one thing I could do.” She said her voice was like glass, delicate and sincere yet stern. I nodded waiting for her to continue. “I could trance him….” She looked at me.

“And by doing that you would be keeping him under control or what? What I mean is what kind of trance are we talking? Are you controlling him or sedating him so to speak? ‘Cause there are many types that I know of that much.” Markus looked at Summer then at me.

“It would depend on you.” He said “It’s your pack’s safety that is on the line therefore you choose. However, if you want we could even put him under your control. If you think that would be beneficial.” I thought about it… Having him under my control could prove dangerous to him. I was still angry therefore, it is possible that I might put him in danger. In the long run, this could cause future ties between the two packs to become damaged.

“No. Not my control” I couldn’t help but notice the look of relief on Markus’s face. I smirked maybe I should’ve just said it to scare him. Nah that would be mean and we didn’t have much more time to lose. It had been well over an hour already. Though we wouldn’t attack till dark, I was anxious to get going. “Jake!” he came over to my side “How you feeling?”

“A little weak honestly, but I’ll live.” He just smiled at me and tried to reassure he’d be fine, but I called Alexia over anyway.

“Call the pack together…. We are heading out after I heal Jake.” He started to object, I put my finger to his mouth. “Notta! I’m doing it and you can’t say shiz ya hear? Then Summer here will put Venator boy over there under your control” he looked suspicious but I shook my head.

“Alright then it’s settled, Summer you know what to do. “ she glanced at Jake then at me and walked over to James. Hmmm girl don’t talk much.

“Let’s go Jake.” I pulled him to the side, made him lay down.  I put my hands on his head and his ribs above his heart. I then proceeded to press energy into him, oh the  perks of being a healer. It only took once and he was fine. I helped him stand and made sure he had his balance. Then took him over to Summer so she could do whatever this was.

“Ok Jake stand here” she said pulling him next to James who was strapped to the tree. Okaaay then I wondered what the hell that was all about. Also wondered how this was all going to work.  “Ok now close your eyes and concentrate on my words… concentrate on being in control of James.”

“Okay I am” James said as I began to wonder if this was all a hoax. I’ve never had to go through all this extra stuff for a spell.

“Do not worry Shaniqua I know what I am doing. My magic is different than yours. I will not hurt your friend. I swear on my life.” Then she chanted off a long spell and then shook Jake awake.

“Dude! He was asleep?!” So weird. Then I looked to Jake “How you feel?” He shook his head then yawned. I looked at Summer. “what’s going on?”

“Do not fret, he is just waking up. He will be fine”

“Woah!” Jake looked stunned and confused. “this is so weird. I don’t know how to describe it but it’s like I know I am controlling him”

“Dude that’s cool and weird, but have fun with that ON THE WAY!!!” I said shoving him toward the vehicles. “You guys figure out what to do with him, and then follow us. We need to go” I motioned looking back at Summer and Markus. They nodded.

“Ok Ok Shaniqua, chill!” Peter said “We are going!” I growled at him, I was getting damn impatient i didn’t want to sit here any longer.

“yeah let’s go” I jumped in and called it good, they started the cars and pulled out as soon as the other pack loaded up. The last thing we needed was them getting lost on the way. “Kay go.” I grumbled.

“Calm down big sis. We will be fine.” Jordan put an arm around me. I took a big breath.  

         Yeah he is right, I need to chill. I’m just worried and this took a long time. Way too long in my opinion. I was itching to get moving, I was so not one of those people who could just sit in one place for so long, I would literally go insane.

Finally, we were on our way. I knew it would take nearly an hour to get to the base of the mountain. Real original huh? Vampires kingdom on the mountain through a passage that no human would ever find. And if they came near they would be killed. That’s why the Mystic Society caused it to be a blocked off “danger zone”, so humans wouldn’t come on the territory. It was for their own safety, but that’s a long story. I was leaning against Jordan and eventually dozed off.

Jordan

She finally drifted off to sleep and I took a deep breath. She was way too stressed, especially when we didn’t know if this was even all true or not. It could all be a hoax, but I was taking the risk for her happiness, we all were. I wasn’t worried about being able to get out if the need arose that this was all a plot, I knew we’d be fine. But I’m not sure Shani would be, I do know she’d be furious then heartbroken. And I honestly don’t know how’d she would handle it, I know that she liked alex from when they were kids, before I even remember. So I was really hoping for her benefit that this would all go smooth. I’d rather see her kick some ass and get him back, then see her go in there only to find out he is really evil. And then she’d kick some ass, go home, and cry her eyes out. As her bro I can’t handle that. I honestly don’t know if any of us can handle her upset, hurt and crying.

“Calm down J.” Alexia put her hand on my shoulder. “It’ll be ok, even if this is all a hoax, we will work through it. That’s what family is for. “ she smiled and I tried to smile back, but it just wasn’t working with me. I was tense and worried.

What would happen if I couldn’t pull through with this? I could never forgive myself if she got hurt or anyone from our pack. This was a risk, but for Shani I was willing to try. I tried to focus on her breathing, and get my mind off of the situation or death wish rather… that we were headed into. I was getting nervous, because we were heading into vamp territory. That was something that wolves didn’t just do for the hell of it. Vamps stayed away from us and vise versa. That’s how it was; the only time we clashed was when it was necessary. For example, a territory battle or mating feud. So this was more than nerve wracking for all of us.

       “Ok guys we still got a ways to go. So rest up and try to relax. This is going to be stressful, but it will only do us harm to be tense, stressed, and worried.” Casey said. As always she seemed calm and focused. She never appeared to be worried or freak out about anything. Destiny would be the one to know if Casey was worked up about anything. No one ever figured out the special connection they had, but it was always there. On the other hand, if there was a person to freak out and get worked up, or to be irrational and not think things through, then it would be Xavier. He would get worked up over the smallest things. No matter what though, he was here for us and he only did what he thought was right. In any situation he would jump at a chance to get involved, he did not know how to let things go. However, we all needed each other and loved each other. Without every member of the pack we just weren’t whole. Thus yet another reason to only pray to God that this would be all settled and we would all be ok.

       “Yeah we know Case, the whole stay strong and focus. I’m sorry, but it really really hard. All our lives are at stake here, and we don’t know how tis is going to turn out. I can only pray that all will turn out. Especially for Shaniqua’s sake. Do you know what could happen to her if she finds out that Alex is a traitor? Do you know how that would affect all of us? And the toll it would take, God I don’t even want to think about it! It makes me sick, so as much as I appreciate the helping hand and I know you care and that’s why you say things like that. Can we just turn on some music and not talk? I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feeling by freaking out like this and you know I can’t help myself.” WE were all silent; I just stared at Xavier that was the longest statement I had ever heard him speak. Normally he was a man of few words, but strong words. Yeah he liked to get involved, but speaking was not his strong suit. He would rather knock someone’s lights out than actually talk to them. That’s part of the reason he was so violent in some cases… he didn’t like to “waste time” talking things out.

       “Woah man!” I said, still reeling from the fact he had spoken so much. I glanced at Casey and sure enough she didn’t seem the least bit fazed or bothered. “we are all worried, but there is no reason to get all worked up at each other. We need each other, especially now. Are you…”

       “Please J.” He cut me off and glanced back at me as though pleading for me to drop it. “I don’t want to talk.” I nodded and sat back as he turned up the music.

I let my thoughts take over, even though I knew that wasn’t a good idea. And I just listened to the song on the radio. I was just stressed and there was no use in fighting it. The next song that came on brought tears to my eyes. It was a song that I had listened to a million times over, but mainly to force myself through