Chapter 33 Theon was taken by surprise. "You've had visions telling you to return to the pack?" he asked. Naomi just nodded. "Why have you been ignoring them?" he asked. Theon was clearly concerned. What he hadn't' told Naomi was that the pack had been suffering from a mystery illness for the last few months and no one knew the cause of the cure. Theon didn't want to jump to conclusions, but he wondered if her call to return and the illness were connected in any way. Was it a punishment on the pack because they had failed to win her back? "Do you know about the illness in the pack?" Theon asked. "Yes, and if you're thinking it's anything to do with me you are wrong" Naomi responded in a flat tone. "How did you know that's what I was thinking?" asked Theon "Because I thought the same thing." She shrugged showing signs of irritation "So I consulted an Oracle. Look I was pretty pissed at you all but if the two things were related, I wasn't going to leave you all to suffer. I'm not a monster. I may want to break every bone in my brothers betraying face but I don't want him to get sick and suffer" Theon felt a pang of guilt. Both for his thought about the coincidence of the illness and her visions and at being the cause of her anger towards her brother. "Sorry" he apologised "I didn't mean it like that. Who knows though, if the two of us being together helped Alex, maybe it could help the pack?" Naomi shrugged, "Maybe. A few weeks ago I didn't think there was any such thing as unbreakable mate bonds and here we are so can we really rule anything in or out anymore?" she looked a little despondent at the idea. She saw that Theon looked saddened by her lack of enthusiasm. "I'm just bothered by this idea of destiny and things and not being in my own control and it's going to be worse for Alex." Theon didn't respond, he could tell that Naomi had more to say so he sat and waited. "He's got a destiny. It hasn't been revealed to us yet but that's why Lottie is his Guardian as well as a seer, her job is to train Alex as he will have your strength and abilities and my power as he gets older and a destiny to fulfil with them. The idea terrifies me" she admitted. Theon reached across the table and took her hand. "When the time comes, we will all get through it together and until then we will raise out son to be a brave, strong and fierce warrior and we will give him all the skills he needs" He said reassuringly. Chimier 39 +15 Bonus Naomi was comforted by the warmth of his touch and the strength he radiated. That was one of the plus sides of the mate bond. Your mates touch calmed and soothed you no matted how frayed your nerves were. "I like that word" Naomi said smiling "Together" They sat there waiting for dessert, grinning at each other like idiots but Naomi couldn't get rid of this cold feeling in her stomach, like it was trying to tell her this was too good to be true and that there was danger coming. She tried to tell herself it was her overactive imagination but in her mind she felt Artemis become restless as well.