I bite my lip, hesitating. Is it okay to tell Bobo about her? I did ask Tonia yesterday, after all. But that she-wolf acted like she didn’t want anyone to know she was there that night. Before I can actually make up my mind, Bobo speaks first.
“Nora, I know someone else was with us. I felt a third presence, someone who was a stranger but not hostile. You didn’t mention it to the Boss.”
I realize Bobo knew something was off about this chase all along. Still, he never mentioned it to anyone before talking to me today. If not, Tonia or Damian would definitely have asked. I decide to tell him the truth. After all, Bobo has been siding with me every time.
“It was a white female wolf...”
“I knew it. What happened?” He asks, frowning.
“Alec caught me by surprise and threw me into the sea. I thought I would drown, but she came and pulled me out of thewater right on time. It was the white wolf I was asking Tonia about yesterday.”
“So, I was right. I thought I had caught her smell, but I thought it just came from Nathaniel.”
Does that mean he knows her? Tonia seemed to barely know of her existence. How come Bobo identified her smell so quickly?
“Bobo, you know her?” I ask, whispering.
He nods. “Her name is Elena. Elena Whitewood. She’s from a different pack than ours, as Tonia said. The Opal Moon Clan, a branch of the White Moon. She’s one of their fighters.”
Finally, I get more information about that mysterious she-wolf! “How do you know her? Tonia said she doesn’t really know her...”
“That’s because she and Nathaniel aren’t an official couple, so they avoid being together in public, usually. They shouldn’t even be together, being from different Clans. My sister isn’t really into gossip, especially when it concerns Nathaniel— she never liked him.”
I noticed that, too, a while ago now. Tonia and Nathaniel are polite to each other, but they never interact unless it’s necessary. She seems more comfortable with Liam or Damian, though I don’t really know why.
“...The other day really was a coincidence, I think. Even I only learned by accident that they have a relationship. I know Elena from another place, actually. She likes to go to clubs on weekends, and I’ve seen her around a few times.”
Oh, right, Tonia did mention that Bobo likes to go out.
“So, you met her at a club?”
“Not directly, but yeah, we have friends in common.”
“Then, do you know how I can meet her?”
He frowns, intrigued. “Why do you want to meet with Elena?”
I forgot Bobo doesn’t know we are mind-linked. I decide to tell him the truth, starting from when I heard her voice during my fight against Vince and everything else Elena and I exchanged after that. He listens, intrigued, but stays quiet until I’m done. I’m glad Bobo woke me up earlier. I feel comfortable sharing this with him, but for some reason, he is the only one I want to tell about all this.
“Interesting. So, you and she are probably related somehow...”
“You think she might have clues about my birth mother?” I ask.
Somehow that’s what I have been thinking about since I learned the truth surrounding my birth. The information Nathaniel found about my father and his wife matches what Alec told us about them belonging to the Gold Moon Clan. However, it also raised questions about my birth mother. I’m curious about her. Why didn’t I grow up with her? Why did my dad bring me to his wife instead? If that girl, Elena, has more information...
Bobo seems to be lost in his thoughts for a while, then sighs. “Maybe. I’m not sure, Nora. Perhaps Elena already knows why there is a link between you two. I can’t say.”
“Can you help me meet her?”
He scratches his head, thinking, but shakes his head after a while. “Not for now. I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to meet her in private at the moment. Nathaniel and the Boss will be watching you more closely from now on. But if Elena told you she will find a way to meet you, I would believe she will. Just be patient, baby girl.”
I smile unconsciously. So he picked up this nickname, too. He seems to read my mind because he immediately says, “Sorry, I hear it in my sister’s head all day...”
“Do you guys use the mind-link often? I didn’t think we could use it so easily in our human form...”
“That’s because we are closely related, and I’m very comfortable with my wolf form, so it makes it easier. Except for the Alpha, few people use the mind-link in human form. Too complicated.”
“You have to teach me someday. I struggled to speak to Elena.”
