Changer's Blood (Balancer's Soul cycle) (50 page)

As the door finally shut, Kara turned around and her face
glowed
bright red. Knowing
that
Connor wasn’t listening Sarah
asked quietly “Kara
,
what are you blushing for?”

Kara’s
new silver eye
s looked up at her
. “Brother
,
just confirmed that we are now mates.
It’s
just…
”
Kara became quiet.

“Is
there
something wrong with that?”
Ha, I should know how embarrassing and thrilling it is to become a mate
to someone you love
;
with all your heart
.

She shook her head. “No, but…”

Sarah
stepped up
and
pull
ed
her into a comforting hug.
She didn’t shy away.
As
Sarah
stroked her back
she
said “I know exactly what you’re going through. I felt the same way when I found your brother.”

She looked up at Sarah
softly and had a hint of a smile on her lips. “Can I
borrow some of your clothes?”

“Why not? We practically wear the same size.”

Sarah touched Kara’s
nose with
her
right index finger. “While you were
transforming,
Connor asked me to
sneak into
your house and bring a change of clothes.
Jenny never knew I showed up.
Go ahead and take a shower. I’ll bring you a ch
ange.” She let go and allowed Sarah
to step outside
the bathroom
.

Hearing the door open,
Mark peek
ed
his head around the corner
to look down the hallway
. Sarah
waved him off and he went back to the kitchen.
She walked into her
room
,
jumping over the fallen door.
Connor can fix it later.
She took off her large night shirt and
put on
her
black p
anties, bra, black shorts and her sleeveless shirt. She
found the bag
that
she
made from
Kara’s
house
and went back
to the bathroom
.

T
he shower
began warming up and Sarah
knocked on the door, handing over fresh clothes.
She
then
left her to do her thing as she
walked into the front of the house. Walking around the corner Connor asked
calmly
“How is she?”

Mark
began
wash
ing
the table
from last night
’s ordeal
while
Connor stood over the stove
,
c
ooking quickly. Sarah
felt him using his control over
Fire
to cook the food
slightly
faster
and more thorough
. She
sat down at the table
and sighed
. “She’s just a little nervous about everything.
Everything is all so new to her.
Kara’s new senses must be a little overwhelming.
”

She
felt
Connor requesting entry into her
mind. “
Was it because I said
mate
?”

Sarah
looked up at him as he tossed the
fluffy
eggs on a big dish.
“Partly, but this is her fi
rst day in
a whole new
life. She’s just feeling everything is on a
…
new level
.”

He glanced at
Sarah
as he put
three packages of frozen hotdogs into the boiling water.
“Well we will be there
to help her
through the transition
.”
He broke contact with her
and asked
“Mark, I was wondering
,
when we are done eating can
we get started on Kara’s training?”

Mark put a few pieces of toast in the toaster. He turned saying “Only if she’s up to it.
I won
’
t push her any longer for a little while.
She
h
as a lot to deal with right now
and she won’t forget yesterday’s trial of pain
.
”

With that settled, it remained
relatively silent
ex
cept for cooking food and the running
shower.

Twe
nty
minutes later the shower cut off. “It’s about time…” Connor said.
Sarah
stood and walked to the bathroom door and knocked.
“Kara, are you decent?” And Kara
allowed entry for
her
only.

She had on her pink t-shirt and blue jeans. Her hair was st
ill wet as she tried brushing out the knots
. Sarah
walked behind her and took th
e brush from her left hand. As Sarah
brushed
the
sandy blonde hair
she
only hit two
large
tangles. Kara
continued staring at herself in the mirror
as
the knots were
worked
out
. As
Sarah
finished brushing out her hair she finally spoke. “Now that I’m calmer, my eyes don’t look
too
ba
d. I think I look even sexier
.” Sarah
agreed and
they
stepped out
of
the bathroom
soon after
.
Together they
walked into the kitchen
,
smelling all kinds of different cooking aromas.

Kara stepped through
the hallway
first saying “The newest Changer has
finally
arrived!”
Her new silver eyes examined the room.
Then she sniffed. She realized her sense of smell was stronger. She seemed to like it.

First
the
silence
was deafening
, then laughter
came
from everyone in the kitchen.
Kara
,
you certainly know how to change the atmosphere of the room.

“That she does.”
Connor smiled as he looked at his hyper sister.

When the meal was finally cooked,
they
ate.

Fifteen minutes later the table
sat as
clean
as
the
pantry
. Suddenly Kara stood up, lifted her shirt and stared at her stomach.
It was bowed out slightly. “Wow, now I understand what you mean about not feeling full…” She rubbed her belly then started la
ughing. Kara looked at all of them
and asked
in a
chirpy
voice
“So what is next on our list?”

Connor gathered all of the dishes and put them in the sink as Mark said “First
,
we need to talk.”

Connor brought two chairs and put them in front of the fireplace
,
but facing the
couch
.
He
and Sarah
sat in the chairs while the other
two took the sofa. Connor and Sarah
paid quiet and close attention to Mark as he talked with his mate that
actually
had
survived the transformation.

Mark started
the conversation
. “First off I need you to tell me about what you’re physically feeling
at this very moment
.”

She sighed while keeping her silver eyes glued to his. “I feel really well. Nothing is hurting or throbbing anymore and even my muscles don’t feel tired.”

“That means the virus is
almost
finished with
taking over
your
normal human
cells.
To expedite your transition I did pu
mp
in quite a bit of my blood through the wound in your chest. I didn’t want you to suffer long.
” He scratched his chin. “Ok now I will tell you how your abilities work. You don’t have enough nutrients stored
to do a full transformation
yet, but you can do a few partial manipulations. You have yet to achieve your final weight and that helps with a full body transformation. You’ll need to eat a lot more, ok.” Kara’s eyes didn’t budge as she listened.

Mark began guiding Kara in the use of her powers. “The first step in altering your body is to imagine every detail
and aspect
of your
normal
body, in your mind
’
s eye.
Next you need to focus on a certain aspect of your body and change it.
F
or instance when you need to grow
out
a tail
,
you
mentally
focus on your
tailbone and imagine to add more vertebrae until you grow a proper tail.
When you are finished altering the image, your body will automatically alter its structure to your desired modification.” He stood and stepped back a step. “Remember; focus
on what you desire
. Now give it a try.”

Kara glanced at Sarah
and then to
Connor
before r
eturning her gaze to her love. Sarah
watched
Kara’s eyes
take on a unique setting
and knew she
started
concentrating because Connor gets the exact same look.

Her black pupils
began to glow softly at first and then
Kara’s eyes started getting steadily brighter
. She raised her left hand and Sarah
could see her
fingernails starting to grow,
curve
and hook slightly
.
They sharpened
to a point
and looked opaque. Her fingernails became full
-
fledged claws. They looked exactly like Mark
’
s wh
ile he’s in
his
wolf form.

When the light in her eyes died
,
she flexed her fingers and tested the sharpness of her clawed index finger on her blue jeans. She poked a single hole in the knee of her jeans; it went through the material like nothing was there.

Mark started laughing. “Very good
,
Kara. I think you’ve been paying more attention than I realized. Now to reverse the process, imagine the claws coming back and becoming
regular
fingernails again.
Only hair and feathers can’t be reabsorbed.
” As he said it, her eyes li
t
up again and her claws vanished back to
well ma
i
n
tained
nails.

One thing was for sure, she wouldn’t ever need a manicure ever again.

“That felt weird.
” Kara giggled as she looked at her nails.
“
Hey I wonder if I can…” Kara trailed off a
s she talked to herself. H
er
new
silver eyes stay
ed
open as she focused again.

When her eyes starte
d glowing again the
bones
in her index finger
began
breaking. She was intently looking at her left hand again. At o
nly the tip of her index finger,
Sarah
saw her skin moving. The skin wasn’t moving as
she
first thought. Kara’s skin at the tip of her finger started turning white as something behind it
began
push
ing
its way out
.

Suddenly
a bone broke through the skin. P
ure white and not a single drop of blood was shed as the sharp bone pierced its way out
like the miniature horn of a bull
.
Sarah
could hear a specific bone in her
finger continuously breaking
.
A
nd for every crack, the bone grew. It s
topped when the bone became three
inches long and the tip looked needle thin. She said while smiling “Well what do you know?” Kara touched
and c
a
ressed
the long and exposed bone with her right hand.