The old man sighs. “I don’t like the idea of a remnant witch here.”
“Me neither,” says Lysandra.
I don’t blame them. Who wants to keep a natural enemy anywhere near? I see Elena frowning, exchanging looks with the tawny wolf. Is she worried about a witch being around?
“Let’s send people to search for her in the Sou—” But before she can finish her sentence, Liam is loudly growling next to us, making everyone jump. I never heard him so angry before!
“I will take care of it! Let me look for the witch!”
His voice is echoing in my mind, but he is obviously talking to the Alphas. Why is he so adamant about looking for that witch? Damian and Nathaniel both put on the same surprised expression. Obviously, they didn’t expect this. They stay silent for a while, but none of the other Alphas dares to speak as the three brothers keep exchanging looks for a while, obviously mind-linking. Eventually, Nathaniel sighs.
“If you want, Liam, you take care of it. We have our hands full as it is with this mess anyway... Just ask if you need help. Don’t take on a Witch by yourself.”
“...Understood, brother.”
He looks enthusiastic about this, but I’m a bit worried. If this witch helped us, whoever she was, is it okay to try to find her? But I can’t say it here. I will talk about this with Liam later when things cool down.
After that, the Alphas keep talking, mostly about the casualties and damages. I exchange a look with Elena, who isn’t listening.
“Is your friend okay?”
“Yeah, he injured his leg, but it’s going to heal quickly. I’m more worried about the rest of my pack... We lost some people, so I want to go there soon.”
“Why don’t you go now?”
“My Alpha wants me to represent him here, seeing what the other packs will do. It’s only the White Moon and Opal Moon Wolves to clean the mess up there now, so we got to make sure we will get some help.”
Saying this, she looks to Nathaniel, and their eyes finally meet. I can guess he is asking her if she’s okay with his lips, but she soon shifts back, her eyes to the group.
“Nathaniel will help you.”
“Nh.”
Her response is a bit odd. Why is she hiding so many things now? Not shape-shifting, avoiding Nathaniel... I bet he doesn’t know she can mind-link other Alphas, either. I don’t want to put my nose in a business that isn’t mine, but I feel concerned whenever Elena’s involved. Is it because I know we are related?
While I’m lost in my thoughts, the Alphas are done talking. The Sea Moon Alpha, whom someone called Patrickduring the conversation, draws back his wolves. He nods in my direction, and with that, the Sea Moon Wolves head back to the South.
Lysandra turns to Damian. “It was nice, making peace to kick some blood-sucker’s asses. But don’t think I’m going to get nice with you dumbasses because of that.”
“Just get the hell back to your turf, Jones,” growls Damian.
It seems like the short-lived alliance is over... And the Purple Moon Wolves have no intention to behave well because of what happened, either. Lysandra sends a kiss in Tonia’s direction, who answers with a growl, before their pack leaves. Right when I think they will now talk with Elena, I notice she and her pack members are gone already. I didn’t even see them leave!
“We are not on our turf either, we should go,” says Nathaniel. “And then, Nora, maybe you can explain to us how you mind-linked the whole werewolf population of Silver City.”
Oops. I had forgotten this detail.
“Okay, I really wouldn’t want to be you right now...”
“Gosh Liam, shush. You are not helping at all.”
Chapter 8
I refuse to shift back to my human form while still on the fighting ground and win some extra time to think about an explanation to give to the Brothers. Of course, Liam kept mind-linking me all the way to the apartment, though we both acted like nothing happened. Damian seemed too busy to notice anyway. He stayed silent, but I could tell from his frowning that he was busy mind-linking other people as well. Maybe Nathaniel, since he didn’t come with us.
Aside from all of Liam’s restless questioning, I’m more worried about what to tell his eldest brother. I know Elena asked me to keep what she had found about us a secret for now, and honestly, until it was confirmed, I didn’t want to talk about it either. But now, everyone heard me call for help, even all the way to the White Moon’s Clan Northern territory. How do I explain this...?
Once we reach the building, Liam and Damian first go to the apartment downstairs to take a shower and change. Bobo, Tonia, and I aim to do the same in mine. We ruined the cars with all that vampire blood, and truthfully, it’s one of the worst smells I ever experienced. I use lots of shampoos to take it off my hair and cleanse my wound, too. Once in my human form, I realize it’s not that bad. Just a clean, about five centimeters long cut, and not too deep either, the bleeding already stopped. Silver does sting...
