When the game started, the women laughed so hard that they were afraid their pack mates would think they lost their minds. When the smaller ones discovered that they really could disappear and reappear they were blinking like crazy. Children were disappearing and reappearing everywhere. Eventually, the older children got, the younger ones under control, and the game really got going. The look on the men's faces was priceless each time a kid disappeared on them and then reappeared elsewhere. Katia could not stop laughing over the look on Nathan's face each time it happened to him. Once he saw where the children reappeared he would look to see what she was doing. Of course, she was sitting innocently watching the game. When she saw him looking over at her she would sweetly wave to him and go back to speaking with Rhea or Amara. She was helping to hold the little ones that were not old enough to play but their parents were volunteering. A bathroom break had just been called because some of the younger pups were having accidents.
The women were ready with drinks and snacks as everyone was returning from the restroom. Some of the smaller children had accidents on the field and returned in fresh clothes. The many adults who had volunteered for different tasks to help ensure that no one was overlooked and wandered off. The children chattered excitedly while eating their snacks and taking a short rest. Dalia had declared this part of the game half-time. She explained that some of the human sports, like football, had this time in the middle of the game, and they put on shows. Dalia told them about how Nathan had taken her to one of those football games one time, and she was fascinated by the cheerleaders. She had gotten some of the women together and they made little skirts and sports tops. The skirts barely covered their backsides so they had to wear special panties called lollipop pants.
Katia had decided against participating in the cheerleading show. She did not want to display that much of her body with all the scarring. Selene, as did Hera, Theia, Evelynn, Rosie, Mama, and Yanylla, surprised everyone and agreed to do the show. They had gone into the woods to change their outfits, and when they came running out of the woods onto the field, Katia was covering her eyes and peeking through her fingers. She did not want to be a witness to their mates killing them over their outfits. Most of the men had not returned from their break and did not know what was happening in the middle of the field. The cheerleaders were out there screaming and yelling some kind of special poems or songs. As they did this, they danced and jumped around. Their skirts were flying up in the air showing the lollipop pants. As the men started returning all but the cheerleaders became quiet. The cheerleaders continued to dance, yell, and jump around like crazy people. Lorn, Kelp, Zeus, Hyperion, Cronos, Eric, and Cade, came to a complete standstill, watching their mates perform like young college girls. Luckily all of them did not look their age but like they were in their twenties. That was one of the perks of the supernatural world, long lives and slow aging. Long lives meant immortal or almost immortal, so they had to age at a slower rate. Katia thought who wanted to be thousands of years old and look it. She continued helping with the children and watching her family jump around like monkeys. Laughing because that is exactly what they looked like out there. She was able to snap some pictures of them. She got a good one of Selene jumping in the air doing what Dalia called a split. When the men had enough of what Katia was now calling the monkey show, they carried their perspective women off the field and wrapped blankets around them.
Nathan came running over, bending down. He whispered in her ear, "Thank you for not performing in that outfit and show. However, I would like to see you in one of the outfits one night."
Blushing Katia retorted, " I could not wear something that revealing in public. I have too many ugly scars. Maybe one night, I will wear one for you." Nathan inhaled her scent and breathed into her ear, "You are beautiful, and your scars make you even more beautiful. They are badges of survival." She shivered as he placed a kiss on her neck where his mark was. She reached up and caressed his face, saying, "Go get them, Wolfman."
Returning to the field, Nathan was grinning to himself. His mate was still standoffish, but she was starting to tease him and relax more with him. Cronos and Hyperion wanted to know his secret to keep Katia from the foolishness they had just witnessed their mates participating in. Nathan said truthfully, "I would like to claim she did not perform with the others out of respect for me, but that is not the case. She did not take part because of the number of scars on her body."
"Damn, sorry man, I forgot that my niece still worried over her scars and what others would think," Cronos said wearily. Most of her scarring was because her wolf was too weak to heal her properly. Katia's wolf was still immature, and they were unsure if Aza, or Wolfie, as Katia liked to call her, would fully mature. Her wolf did not have a chance at growing and maturing like most werewolves did. Katia and Selene's wolves had been gifted to them as infants. As a result of the torture and abuse the twins had suffered their wolves were forced to awaken and start healing them at very young ages. Selene's wolf was not as affected by what had happened to them as Katia's was. Katia's wolf had to force her first shift a the age of 12. She was being beaten and almost raped by her alpha at the time. The alpha had chosen Katia as his next mate. While waiting for her to grow up, he was training her for her role in his life. Nathan snapped him back to the present when he insisted that no apologies were necessary. She was quiet about her fears except with him.
Everyone was back on the field, and Cade ran through the rules again. A new rule had been made during the break: no disappearing. The women had anticipated that and changed the magic spell. Now, when the children blinked, instead of them disappearing and reappearing, their opponent would. The ladies could not wait to see the reaction of the males. They were all having so much fun and Katia wanted this type of life for all of their wolves and other supes. She had a plan to begin that dream, but that was a discussion for tonight, she reminded herself. She knew she had all the other females' support for the plan. She just had to get the males and other supernaturals involved on board. Dalia snapping her fingers in front of her face to bring her out of her thoughts got her attention. Dalia was trying to get her attention because Nathan had one of the kids cornered and was smirking because he thought he was going to tag the kid. Just as he reached out to tag him, the boy blinked, and Nathan disappeared and reappeared on the other side of the field. The look on his face was hilarious. He was completely mystified as to what had just happened and how. After about a half hour or so, the smaller children were getting bored with the game and found it funnier to just run up to one of the men and blink. Once the men disappeared and appeared, the kids would be laughing like little hyenas. Eventually, Cade called the game of tag a tie, and the alphas ran around trying to avoid being blinked to a different part of the field. They had spent the entire day playing with the children and relaxing as a pack and family. All three packs were blended into one big family most of the time. The children were disappointed when late afternoon arrived and their magical powers had run out. Nathan and Mark had promised them chocolate or vanilla pie with whipped cream tonight to help with their disappointment. It worked, and the pups rushed to get on the field for a headcount and return to their homes to prepare for tonight's meal at the fire pit.
Once the children were accounted for and the other adults had left to take them all home, Hyperion inquired, "Whose idea was it to give them little hellions magical powers?"
Their females glanced at one another and said nothing. "Ahhh, a conspiracy." Hyperion chuckled. "I guess I will have to take you home, mate, and flex my muscle to get you talking." He winked at Theia, who rolled her eyes, as Katia and Selene spoke simultaneously, "Eww, dad!"
Nathan and Lorn laughed at their women's faces as they were making the gagging gesture.
Talon looked confused at the twins and said, "I think you mean muscles, not muscle, Hyperion."
He winked at Talon, "No I mean muscle."
Mark leaned down and whispered in her ear, Talon turned bright red and snarled at Hyperion, "Not funny."
Hyperion laughed and announced that he and Theia would meet everyone back at the fire pit for dinner tonight. They all agreed and went their separate ways. The three alphas and their lunas returned to the cabin that they all had been sharing for the last few days. They had spent many hours since last night discussing ideas for the three packs and the best solution for them. Every time Katia was asked for her input she would tell them that she wanted to speak with all the pack members throughout the day and at tonight's dinner before she gave her thoughts on the matter. Nathan would smile and nod his head in agreement with her. It was like he knew something and was not letting the rest of them in on his secret. When they arrived at the cabin they all headed to their rooms to shower and change. The women were first to finish cleaning up, so they met in the kitchen to fix some lunch and speak amongst themselves while waiting for the men.
Selene was talking about the idea of putting together some of the elite warriors as a search and rescue team. Their main priority would be to search and rescue kidnapped children and adults. To go after and take down child trafficking rings. Any who are rescued and have no family or their family does not want them will be brought to Moon Touched and accepted here. If they are human, they will be introduced to the supernatural world. The only thing they could not work out was what would happen if anyone could not accept this world. How would they keep the person from blabbing about them to others? They did not want to become hunted or scientific experiments. It was one of the reasons they did not make themselves known to humans often.
As the men entered, Katia thought she could not wait to announce what she would like to do with all three packs and her ideas to protect as many innocent people as she could from monsters like Thomas.