Valko shook his head.“Farkas only said he found them.Some secret way to reach the humans and set up an exchange.”
“Where was he meeting them?Where’s our Fae blood?”Iskah yelled, her voice echoing off the steel walls.
Valko shook his head violently.“All I know is Farkas...the humans...they...they have a plan.”
“What plan?”Iskah demanded, her wings on display again.
“I don’t—”
Before the rogue wolf could finish his sentence, Iskah raised her hands.The room quaked around them as the scattered and packed dirt rose from the floors, off the walls, and down from the ceiling.It all merged and became one dark cloud above Valko’s head.
Chanin and the others' gazes stayed riveted on the gathered dirt.He had to admit that Fae’s earth power was remarkable.
Valko stared up at the mound over his head.“No!”Valko screamed.
As if waiting for that moment, Iskah flicked her wrists, and her hands aimed toward Valko.Immediately, the cloud funneled into a dusty stream into Valko’s open mouth.
The man’s body flailed and jerked in the chair as, ounce by ounce, all the dirt in the room filled his mouth.His throat bulged unnaturally from the force of the torrent that soon expanded his stomach to a great degree.
Quickly, Valko’s thrashing stopped as he suffocated under the weight of the dirt, his body exploding.
Flesh and muddy blood showered them.
“As we agreed.I questioned Valko until he had nothing else to give.”Iskah faced them with a shrug.
Chanin wiped the filth from his face.He didn’t fault her for killing Valko.He had agreed to her coming here because he knew she needed the right to avenge the two Fae teens.He’d want to do the same if the situation were reversed.“You could have just snapped his neck, Iskah.”
“You kill vermin your way, and I do mine.”She stepped away from the puddle of Valko around her feet.
Chanin shook his head as he noticed that the two Fae in the room didn’t have a single drop of filth.Fae.
“Chanin, I know you are a competent and powerful leader of your people.I trust nothing like this will happen again.”
“Never,” he growled.
“We need to find Farkas,” she declared.
“My pack is on it.They will find him.But it’s time we pull in the others from the council.”Chanin didn’t doubt the Fang Warriors would sniff his cousin out.However, now he knew things were more pressing since something backdoor was happening with the humans.They could never be trusted.
“I agree.”Iskah nodded.“Once I return to my lands, I will call a meeting.”
Chanin led the way out of the container.“I will get you back to your people.I can provide you all a place to rest for the night.”
Iskah came out behind him.“We can provide our shelter.But if you could direct us to a wooded area near a stream or lake, we could settle nearby.”
“I will see it done.”Chanin guided them toward Raul’s establishment.
When they arrived, Chanin saw two of the Fang Warriors, dressed again in jeans, outside guarding the entrance.
He waved Boris over to him.“Once Iskah and Keijo have eaten, get them to the southwest border by Tail End River.”
“I’m on it, Alpha.”Boris agreed.
“Iskah, that area will provide you and your people a narrower area across the Drahk territory in the morning.”
“Thank you, Chanin.”Iskah met his gaze, communicating so much in her stare.
As leaders of their people, they understood the weight of that role.
