When I sat down to write the chapter, I originally considered doing it in Gracie's POV. I even wrote a scene, but I decided Meena needed to tell her story more (by the way, that's the last Meena POV you'll be getting in Stormy). Anyway, here is what I wrote of Gracie's perspective. I wrote this before I wrote any of Meena's POV so everything is out of sequence from how it appeared in the final version. For example, Sean never phased, and Claire and Quil hadn't left yet for the hospital when the vampires arrived.
Gracie’s POV
Nate froze and turned to Meena. “Do you recognize the scent?”
“No,” she replied.
Nate looked at his pack. They immediately started heading for the woods, taking their shirts off as they went.
“What’s going on?” I asked Meena.
“Vampires…from the smell of it, they recently fed on human blood.”
“Can I help?” Gabe offered to Nate.
Nate looked at Ryan’s retreating back before he slowly nodded. “Can you stay at the house? I don’t want to leave everyone unguarded—”
“Quil?” Claire called out.
“—And if the vampires come back this way, you and Meena can use your powers against them until we finish the job.”
“Claire?” Quil questioned.
“The baby’s coming,” she announced.
Pandemonium broke out. I saw Brady stiffen and turned around, his eyes immediately going to Kayley who was holding Quil’s hand.
“Brady,” Nate said. “Go with them to the hospital, but keep in contact with Gabe. If anything happens and Gabe can’t get a hold of me through our Alpha connection, then you'll need to notify me.”
Brady nodded and grabbed his shirt. I heard Nate mutter something to Meena about how Brady was going to be useless in the field anyway. I could understand that. The Atearas were Brady’s family now. He’d want to make sure they were looked after.
The rest of the pack disappeared into the woods, Jason Pachena looking especially excited. Nate kissed Meena quickly before he hurried after his pack.
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