Big Bad Wolfie

   ***Maria's POV***

  We're walking back across the territory to get to the master house and I'm still riled about how stupid Lucas was. I mean, he's kind of known for being impulsive, but he doesn't just go around jumping people.

  I sighed again, shaking my head. They dragged him down to the cells we have in a separate building with the other warriors and spitfires. And I didn't do anything to stop them. What could I do? He was in the wrong, and I can't just ask them to let that go.

  Now, if they try and hurt him or anyone else, I'm throwing hands, but we haven't had that problem yet.

  Thankfully enough.

  I was ready to drift off into my thoughts and plans and schemes and everything going on in my hectic head(including the stress over my mate. Or hopes, also about my mate), but Wolfie stumbling towards me slightly followed by a small high pitched squeal, kept me in reality.

  This squeal wasn't like the last one we heard, earlier today. It was filled with amusement and adrenaline and maybe even joy. The screech of a little girl having a blast.

  I looked down to find Gummy Bear, a little girl who's real name is Cassie and is also one of the most adorable beings you'll ever meet. I freaking love her. She's called gummy bear 'cause, she's sweet and loves to eat the things. Though this leaves her hyper and bouncing around all the time. So it wasn't exactly a surprise to find her a giggling mess clinging to wolfie's leg.

  "Well hello there," he greeted down at her.

  A smile grew on my face.

  That was so cute.

I wasn't expecting him to react that way.

  She looked up at him and grinned. "Hi."

  Aww — "AH, agndgn OoF."

  A jumbled mess of a grunt or a yell or whatever just came out of my mouth, tumbled from my lips when a large mass rammed into me at full speed and knocked me to the ground.

  I let out a huff of air. "What the heck?" I said breathlessly. I craned my head up to see who was still sprawled on top of me. It was Dylan, a thirteen year old who is often tasked with looking after Cassie with his twin sister, Stacy. They're both her older cousins.

  He looked up to meet my eyes with a small groan, also having his breath knocked out of him by the impact. "Oh, hey Mari," he said with a silly grin after recovering a bit.

  "Hi, where's your sistAHR —"

  "EEEK," Stacy hollered as she stumbled out of a full on sprint to avoid falling onto us as well. Though, she only tripped over Dylan and rolled into a tree.

  "Found her," I sighed.

  Dylan cringed, "you alright Stace?" He called out.

  Stacy rubbed her head. "Who me? Yeah, I'm totally fine. Never been better," she grumbled as she dusted herself off.

Dylan," I spoke

glanced down at me,

  "Get off of

laughed, "sorry," he said helping

I chuckled "what are

"Chasing that little monster around!" Stacy hollered furiously,

at her cousin's accusing finger and jumped over to my

head but still had a grin on

"Mari, Mari, look!" She screamed as she

I gasped. "You got

beat me to the punch, jumping up

I grinned widely.

But boo

next few

particularly. .

all their lives, but now they're for real. And. . . It's not pretty watching them learn how to use them. Especially when their actually quite a bit faster and stronger than the average fully

know why it happens, but it makes things A LOT harder

And don't even get me started on

having to take care of the twins when they discovered

They

  Twin telepathy.

  Of

only between the two of them when they were younger, but that's all they needed to put me

It was terrible.

never tell when

I later learned, they were

But after a month it all calms down and they get the

buzerk, so they're gonna have a real fun time taking care of her. Almost as much fun as I had taking

Yay,"

your cousins trouble?" I grinned

She let out a loud giggle and said, "no," while

smiled and winked at her, "good

over her heart dramatically. "Excuse us?" She gave

of you can talk. Do you remember what you

"Oh yeah," Dylan

They both made eye contact and smirked, most likely reminiscing about all the crap they pulled over their little link. They haven't quite figured out how to do it

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah,

They chuckled.

loudly, and the chuckles went quiet. The twins glanced his way but immediately turned back

Cassie. "All right Gummy Bear, time to go with your big cousins," I

hiding her face in my hip. "I don't wanna! All they wanna do is keep me all cooped up inside!" She