Marked in a Vision by Mary Goldberger Read Free Book Online

laughed, “Do not worry about Jay; he will find his mate, and she will come when he least expects it .  He is very much like his father.” At her words, Stan looked into the eyes of his mate, and although he would never give h er up for anything in the world, he h ad hoped that neither one of his son s would have to go through it too.
    Stacy cleared her throat, “We need to ask you two a personal question.”
    Stan looked at them, and with a nod of his head, invited them to continue.
    Jacob looked warily at them, and then said bluntly , “Is Michaela your g randdaughter, and not your daughter? ”
    Cass and Stan gasped, and Stan’s eyes narr owed on them both.  He was an Alpha and a friend , and they respected him greatly but they needed to know the truth.
    Cass said honestly, “It is true; she is our granddaughter.”
    Stan sa i d sternly, “Cass!”
    Cass looked at him, and then continued, “They should hear the truth from us instead of rumors.  Michaela is th e daughter of our only daughter and Jason from the Shadow Pack .”  At the name of the pack, Jacob growled for he heard some rumors about the Alpha of the Shadow Pack, and none of it was good.
    “You have heard of them, Jacob ,” Cass asked, and at his nod , she continued, “You should imagine our surprise when Cat came home with the son of the Alpha of the pack.  At first, we did not wa nt to accept their mating for we heard the stories too, but after some time, he showed us that he was nothing like his father.  Also at that time, we learned some awful truths about his father.”  Cass stopped there as she drew in a deep breath.
    Stan took up where she left off, “We wanted to understand the Alpha so we did some research, and Jason helped us out a lot for he knew things that I don’t think his father knew he knew.  We learned that Jason’s mother had the ability to see into the future; she had the vision they said.  He mated with her hoping that she would help achieve his goal of becoming head Alpha for many packs.  Unfortunately, she had thought he was her true mate, and when she discovered he was not it broke her.  She lost her ability although no one understands why.”
    “I have my suspicions on that one,” Cass interjected.
    Stan continued, “The Alpha learned about her losing her ability but when he learned she was with child, he thought maybe the ability would pass down to him.”
    Stacy said quickly, “It only passes to the women of the line.”
    Stan nodded his head, “Yes, but the Alpha did not know this at the time.  After her death, he treated his own son horribly until he came of age and left eventually settling here.  When they discovered they were with child, they were so happy although Jason was ver y scared at the same time.  Michaela was only a few months old when her parents died an attack by rogues although I believe to this day that Jason’s father was behind it somehow .  Fortunately, Michaela had been with her uncles at the time so she was saved , and that was ten years ago.”
    Jacob frowned, “He has not tried to take the child?”
    Cass shook her head, “At the time, we believe that he thought she was a boy because of her name.  Now, we think that it is possible he knows the truth.”
    Stan said stonily, “We have had people spying on us as we come and go.  Before I can send someone to check them out, they have gone by the time my pack gets there.”
    Cass said hesitatingly, “We also heard rumors that he looks for others with his mates’ abilities—that can see the future.”  Cass was surpri sed when, at her words, both Jacob and Stacy paled.
    “Are you sure?” Jacob asked with a hint of fear in his voice that Stan looked at him.
    “We heard that about twenty -five years ago, he find a young woman who was marrie d and having her first child, and she had a similar gift as his wife.  He took them into his pack although they were human, but, and we do not know if this is the truth, we heard that