Seventeen
Seraphina trampled out of her car. When Juniper had called her crying, it was time to kick into high gear.
Because Juniper with more than two tears maximum at a time was unprecedented.
Unfortunately just as she got to the door, Raphael pulled up abruptly.
She frowned at him, before glancing at her boyfriend who motioned for her to come closer.
With a quick shake of her head, she pushed into the front door and hurried up to where Juniper was.
Knocking lightly as she heard the men open the front door, she heard sniffling.
oh god, it's worse than she thought
"Juni, it's just me," Seraphina whispered gently.
When no response came she let herself in and locked the door to avoid the men barging in. Not that a little lock would stop them.
Swiftly coming into the bathroom where Juniper was sat besides the door, Sera frowned.
"What happened June bug?" Seraphina wrapped her arms around her friends shoulders.
June didn't say anything, only pressed her face tight into her friends shirt. Her tears were hot against Seraphina's brown skin.
Juniper's breathing steadied and the nymph saw she pressed the heels of her hands into her eyes.
"He hates me. It's my fault and now I don't know what to do," she rasped.
"He doesn't hate you, babe. Just take a deep breath," Seraphina reached and grabbed a cup in the sink and filled it with water.
Allowed the shadow demon hybrid to take a sip Seraphina continued, "It's okay to be upset and worried about your relationship, Juni. That's completely normal."
"Not for me," Juniper croaked back immediately.
"Well he's not a normal guy," Seraphina offered. They both heard knocking at the bedroom door.
Juniper groaned loudly, lying sideways on the bathroom floor.
Seraphina was stumped, she'd never seen Juniper like this. But she does suppose this is a high stress situation involving her mate.
"Do you want me to stay?" Seraphina asked gently.
Juniper shook her head no, sitting up with her messy hair. Pouting up at her friend, "Thank you for coming. You can stay with Phoenix if you want to hear us argue or something." She wiped at the snot at her nose.
Seraphina laughed a little despite herself and hugged Juniper tightly before taking a deep breath.
Unlocking the door, she was greet with a pacing Raphael. Closing it behind her, she stared up at two berserkers since Phoenix was nearby him.
"Juniper is very upset," Seraphina started slowly. Raphael brushed his hand through his hair, stressed.
"She's been upset with me before," Raphael tried to make himself feel better about the situation.
Seraphina shook her head, "Whatever that was its not this. She's been angry at you before. Juniper is upset and not necessarily at you. I don't know if you've noticed but Juniper is one of the three- content, irritated, or angry. Anything outside of that realm is stressful for her. And since she's crying on the bathroom floor I'd say it was pretty stressful."
"She's crying?" Raph's eyes widened drastically.
Sera nodded and decided to let him handle the rest. She looped her hands around a tired looking Phoenix as Raphael grasped the bedroom doorknob hesitantly.
"Can we wait outside in case she needs me?" the nymph whispered to her berserker who nodded immediately.
When Raphael first entered the large bedroom the first thing he noticed was that some of Juniper's things were packed.
His heart sank into his ass.
"Juniper," he stepped closer the bathroom where he could smell her. "Mate?" he grunted as he was desperate to hear her voice even if it was to scream at him.
Hearing shuffling, Juniper slowly opened the door. Her hair was curly again, having showered and it laid against a large long sleeve shirt that went to her knees. The extra long sleeves covered her dainty hands, she had one hand pressed to her mouth lightly. The other was wrapped around her waist.
"Hey," his voice almost cracked and he quickly cleared his throat.
She nodded at him, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner." Juniper pressed her hand tighter to her mouth while leaning tightly against the doorframe.
"No baby," he shook his head as he combed both hands through his grown out locks. "I shouldn't have gotten so angry. Look at me," she was keeping her eyes trained on the floor.
He reached and held her face with his hands, pulling her attention to his eyes.
"I handled it all wrong. I wish I knew sooner but it wasn't my decision to make."
Her lip quivered a little, "You're not mad at me?"
"No," he breathed out and pulled her into his chest. He rest his chin on her head as he rubbed her back. She fisted the shirt he wore.
"My dad used to scream at me when he would get really mad. Then he'd go weeks without talking to me after that. I just don't want you to stop talking to me," she mumbled into his pectoral.
"I'm sorry."
Juniper didn't do anything but inhale his smell, her tiny body compared to his own finally relaxed.
"Why'd you pack your things?" he asked quietly.
"I didn't know if you'd want me to leave for a little bit to think over everything," she picked at a thread on his shirt.
"Juniper," he rubbed a hand over his face as he sat heavily on the bed. He pressed his hands to her hips and brought her to stand between his legs.
"I don't want you to leave."
"I don't want to leave, I just think you need to think about this longer."
Raphael shook his head, "I don't need to think about it."
"No, you do Raph. This... this is a big thing that obviously bothers you!"
"Fuck, it is a lot Juniper. There hasn't been a female berserker since- since fifty years ago!"
"And no one knows but your guys and Sera and Warren, my dad kept it from everyone. I don't have any berserker qualities other than durability."
He groaned lowly as he mulled over the information. "We just have to be careful."
Juniper nodded slowly, allowing Raphael to pull her into his lap. "I'm sorry I got angry," he gruffed a little reluctantly. He doesn't remember the last time he'd apologized to anyone before Juniper.
"You're allowed to be angry and yell, it's what we do. I just didn't like that you made me talk about it with everyone listening," she huffed as she rest her chin on his shoulder.
Raphael nodded slowly.
"If you do it again I'll crash your car."
He looked down in surprise, seeing her completely straight face. No hint of sarcasm to her words.
"Noted."
She pulled away and turned to face him, her eyes darting down from his eyes to his lips.
He watched as she'd leaned in a bit, he groaned lowly and met her halfway. Their lips meshing together.
Juniper gasped at the sheer pleasure the simple action brought her, her arms looping around his neck swiftly. His hands climbed up her back, fisting the material of her shirt.
After a moment they both moved, finding a rhythm as Juniper straddled him. She quickly challenged him for control over the kiss, drawing a growl from his chest.
He gripped the back of her neck, tilting her head to gain more access as his tongue pushed past her lips.
Juniper nipped at his tongue before twisting her own around it, he yanked her closer as he sucked on her bottom lip.
After a long kiss, Juniper pulled away to try and catch her breath. Raphael pulled her back in not even a second later, greedy for her taste.
Juniper moaned quietly, sitting up on her knees so she was a little taller than him. She once again pulled away to breathe and Raphael kissed down her jaw to her neck.
"Fuck," he snarled in a raspy voice. Juniper gasped as he nipped at her throat.
Juniper reached down, fisting his shirt and pushing him to lie down. She smirked as she leaned over him, her hair falling around them both.
He reached and cupped her face, taking in how pretty she was. She rest her weight on his crotch and her eyes widened.
"Damn-"
"Shut up," he groaned as his dick twitched underneath her cunt.
She scooted up a little to spare him as she thought to herself before taking a deep breath. He felt a wave of seriousness fall over them once again.
"The witch," she started. Raphael's gaze cut to her, "The future she saw-" Juniper felt herself choke on the words. This was too much to keep to herself anymore.
Raphael immediately sat up and combed his fingers through her hair.
"She said I'd have a baby," Juniper whispered. Her eyes were trained on his face to gauge his reaction as her words grew hoarse.
"That my mate and I would have a baby," she corrected. "It'd be a boy," she rasped.
"And he would take over and renew the power and reign of the berserkers. That he'd be unstoppable and some people didn't like that. Especially the coven that the witch was apart of."
Raphael felt as if he'd gone into shock as he absorbed the information. His gaze dropped to her stomach and back to her face.
He gripped her oversized shirt, tugging it up slowly to run his fingers over the scar those people left on her. When they tried to 'gut' her.
"They weren't trying to gut you, were they?" his hands shook as anger almost blinded him.
Juniper fought the tears gathering in her eyes, she was tired of crying. She despised it.
"No," she finally sobbed. "They-They thought I was already pregnant. T-They didn't do any per-permanent damage."
She covered her eyes before he could see her cry but he stopped her, "Juniper." Emotion cracked at his voice.
"I wouldn't let anything happen to you," he forced her to look at him. He pressed their foreheads together. "I wouldn't, I swear."
She nodded with her eyes squeezed closed tightly, sniffling.
"I wanted to figure this out before finding you. I wanted it all to go away," she admitted in a small voice.
"I'll make it go away," he promised.
Juniper nodded once again, her lips quivering before he kissed them again lightly.
"I'm sorry I couldn't tell you," Juniper turned her face away from him to lay her cheek on his shoulder.
He thread his fingers through her hair at the base of her skull, brushing his lips against her ear gently.
"You told me now, it's okay," he brushed his nose over her cheek to inhale her scent. It was one of the only things that keeping him from rampages. The demon in his mind was frothing at the mouth for the blood of those who threatened not only Juniper but his unborn child. His unconceived child!
"We'll figure it out," he insisted.
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what do weee think?? are things starting to add up with how juni had been acting?
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