One step forward

NOVA

I might have enjoyed Maren's dumb, open-mouth expression if I wasn't just as shocked as her. No, actually, the word "shock" couldn't describe what I felt at that moment. I sat in the van, bemused, observing what was happening outside as if it was some damn movie. I guess that my mind was too overwhelmed by Felix's bold statement to acknowledge that I was, sort of, the center of this mess...

The witches that sat behind me cringed in their seats, weeping in terror and mumbling that the wolves outside were going to kill them. Well, I couldn't blame them for being afraid. The two guards that were supposed to protect them lay knocked out on the ground, and their leader was in the hands of a seriously pissed Beta.

Maren fisted her hands, and even from a distance, I could see her mouthing a curse or two. I wondered why. The coven should value that amount of gold much more than a simple healing witch like me, but Maren seemed to be more than annoyed with such an outcome. Unluckily for he