Matefinder by Leia Stone

carrying your child and when the baby is born you will see. If only werewolf
mates can produce a child, then how am I pregnant with yours?”
                    She ran from the house crying.
    The next scene showed Genevieve
having just given birth to twins, holding a small baby girl and a boy. The
babies were wrapped in a fuzzy blanket. Vincent was there, he held them and
stroked Genevieve’s hair. “I’m sorry I didn’t believe you. They are mine. I can
see it. They smell like me, too.”
    She gazed at Vincent and smiled. “I
want to name her Ruby, after my grandmother, and I want to name him Cole, after
your father.”
    “I love you, I love them,” Vincent
said as the scene faded.
    The next scene showed Ruby growing up
at varying ages, five and then twelve, and then when she met her mate. It
seemed that when she shifted with her mate for the first time is when her Matefinder
abilities manifested. Then it showed her wedding day. It showed her changing
from wolf to human but also casting spells with Genevieve, her mother. She was
some sort of Hybrid. It showed Genevieve arguing with a vampire and being
killed. Vincent tried to defend her honor and was torn apart by the vampire
coven.
    Ruby explored her new abilities
finding mated pairs but was sad not to have her mother’s guidance.  Then it showed
her pregnant and also having twins. She held the babies wrapped in her arms
while her mate caressed her face; tears shown on her cheeks. “I want to name
her Aurora, and his name will be Drake, after you.”
    Her husband looked at her “Are you
sure it has to be this way? I’m an Alpha, I can protect them. I will keep them
safe.”
    Ruby’s eyes glowed yellow. “I’ve seen
her future and mine. We must have them turned human before the first full moon.
Then they will go live with Beth. She is my best friend and she is human. We
will have a high priestess wipe Beth’s memory. She and her husband have been
trying to conceive. They will think the babies are their natural children. The
priestess will fix her own memory so that no one ever finds out. I’ve seen it
and it’s the only way to keep them safe.” Ruby cried openly as her husband held
her.
    The next scene showed Sylvia performing
a ceremony on the twin babies. Sylvia looked at Ruby. “You know the price of
turning wolf pups into humans?”
    Ruby nodded boldly. “The children’s
mother must take her life before the first full moon after their birth.” Ruby’s
mate wasn’t present.
    Then they were brought to Beth and
her husband’s house and a spell was cast to wipe their memory of the fact that
the twins were not theirs.
    Ruby was captured by a werewolf pack
and a dark warlock on the way back from the ceremony. They did horrible things
to her. Tortured her, starved her, and forced her with magic to tell them who
their mates were. The wolves started changing innocent children. Ruby’s mate
and his pack showed up to free her and her mate’s head was torn off. He died
protecting her. When her pack freed her of the magic chains binding her, she
ran outside and looked at the moon. Not yet full. The pack that had taken her
was still fighting. She walked over to the Alpha of the pack that captured her
and sealed her death. “I challenge you as Alpha of Wide Rim pack.”
    I knew what was next. I didn’t want
to see her beheaded. I ripped my hand away from Sylvia, crying, and broke away
from the vision. Kai caught me as I fell back. Sylvia ran over to me and held
me for a long time. Kai seemed to understand I was okay and that Sylvia and I
shared something intimate. It was a long time before I could speak.
    “Ruby, she was my mother,” I croaked
out.
    Sylvia nodded and stroked my hair. “Genevieve
was my best friend. I would do anything for her and Ruby. That explains why I
would wipe my memory. Now I remember it all. We were trying to protect you and
Drake. Your mother, Ruby, she was a powerful seer. She could see the future.
She showed me