“It will take four years for us to come back to the pack. But we can also take summer trips, just the two of us, around the world, but in reality, we are just coming back home.”
My dad shook his head. “Although I would love to have you both every summer, Vince has spies. Every Alpha does.”
My mom turned to my dad and grabbed his arm. “What about here?”
“Here?” My dad looked around and smiled.
“Yeah, it’s off every pack land by a long stretch, it's hidden unless you have been here before. It has everything we need to train Amy.” She grabbed his hands. “We could do it, can’t we?”
“I could probably get away for a month.” My dad looked hopefully at us.
“We could as well.” My mother beamed up at him.
“But why four years?” My dad turned back to me, almost missing the timeline.
“A degree in computer science takes four years. I can learn about coding, streamline programs and I can only assume, use the knowledge I learn legitimately and apply it to say hacking.”
My mom and dad froze. “You are a genius.” My father finally broke and ran over to me and picked me up. “You are honestly one of the smartest people I know.”
“Hacking? Why do you have to learn how to hack?” My mother’s voice had us freezing.
“Dad asked me to learn. He thinks Vince has something to do with the attacks on the pack.”
“Attacks?” My mother waved her hands. “Sit.” My dad dropped me. “Explain.” We both sat on the couch and looked at each other.
“So, a lot happened this summer…” my dad started.
“I gathered that.” My mother waved her hands again. “So why don’t you explain it all to me?”
“So, I went there.”
She held up her hand. “You went there, found out you had powers, and started training to use said powers.” And then she glared at my dad. “And you restarted the training I had in place for YEARS to train female warriors. What else happened?”
“Well…” My dad rubbed the back of his neck again.
“Dad was under a spell.” I jumped in.
“What? How is that even possible?”
“Well, it seems like my grandmother wasn’t the only witch who fell in love and mated a wolf.” My dad tried to smile and failed miserably.
“There was a she-wolf…an unranked she-wolf. Who used your necklace in a spell to make dad infatuated with her? It only worked for a few minutes each time, but he was close to falling for it when I got there.”
“What?”
“It was magic, not how I truly felt.” My dad tried to comfort her.
“What happened? What necklace, and who is the she-wolf?” My mother listed off the questions in quick succession and I wanted to laugh.
“Ainsley…are you jealous?” My dad smirked, but she just backhanded his arm, and she turned back to me.
“After I noticed something was wrong, I worked to get my power under control. My great-grandma helped me. And-”
“Wait, the dead woman?” My poor mother was trying her best to understand everything, but she was lost when it came to powers. “I’m used to Carl and his gifts, so I’m a little lost, but people coming back from the dead should be off the table, right?”
I laughed with my dad. “Think more like spirit. Her spirit helped Amy.”
“You got help from a fucking ghost?” She came over and sat next to me.
