When the doorknob finally returned to the door and the feeling of being down the rabbit hole was over. “Are we sure we’re free, or are the wards teasing us with our freedom?”
“Very funny. It’s not that how they work. Come on, before it finds something else to do for it.” Both sighed with relief when the door closed behind them, and they could see the way out of the basement.
“Listen, I know it wasn’t your fault, and I’d like to thank you all your time today working on this.” Hayden gestured to the notes and his phone. “I need to get back to my territory with this.”
“Yeah, well, it’s a little e
April walked to the front of the library and, sure enough. Xavier stood there in all his brooding authority, intimidating anyone that would come near him. April learned a long time ago Xavier was no one to her, no matter how pretty he was. The man’s soul was black as pitch. Yet another enforcer, or bully, as she called them. This one got the nickname of Trouble because he liked to cause so much of it. “What do you want, Xavier? I’m working.” If she didn’t get him to tell her upfront, she could end up wasting hours on him for nothing. “Just came to ask you if you’ve seen any new wolves in the area and warn you against sheltering someone that’s interfering in town business. It’s not wanted.”
Frank Kilburn, Alpha of the Vagas Moon Pack, fumed because for hours now his wolves tried to find some proof that he could use to push the Twilight Wolf Pack and their annoying leader out of a region before they discovered what he was doing. He needed the white wolf back, too. What he kept finding was incompetence from his people and the people within the town. He’d sent his people into town to find some reason to make a claim against them for breaking the peace or breaking some law, even a small one. The police came up as useless. They wouldn’t bring Sapphire back and didn’t have the decency to even ask her if she was there willingly or against her will. Now Frank needed to find a time when he could snatch her back. While he was broodi
Sapphire listened to Hayden speak from Magnus’ phone. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. This was completely unknown to her. She remembered no one telling her about this. They weren’t just messing with the pack, but the town to feel the ramifications of his orders. She knew her uncle and grandfather had both pushed packs out of the region over the years. But she thought it wasn’t fair, but something that happened. So packs could grow and such. Now it was clearly something that was very wrong. Magnus and Hayden seemed so angry about it. The discovery outraged them, but she couldn’t get over her, not knowing of her involvement in this. She’d predicted nothing about the goddess or from the goddess. Sapphire wasn’t even sure about how she was supposed to achieve that. &
Cliff left the healer’s cabin and the smelly sickroom. His throat was still bandaged, but he could mostly speak now. As he trudged to the packhouse in search of Ivory and his chance at taking this pack from Kilburn. Cliff didn’t know who he hated more right now. Kilburn for threatening to take any chance of him becoming Alpha here or McDonnell for putting him through the ringer for the honour of some pathetic, weak omega. She wasn’t even pretty or smart. The twit had nothing much going for her. They forced Cliff to search out Ivory and he found her cursing the washing machine for some such misdemeanour against a load of laundry. She was all but crying at it in her frustration and anger. “What do you want? Can’t you see I’m busy?” “Yes, how is dying everything pink going for you?” Cliff stifled a laugh when he spotted a load of clothing in a basket with a distinct hue of pink instead of white. “Shut up. I think Sapphire booby trapped the washer
Sapphire heard Magnus’ steps on the stairs leading from the second floor. So she left her cold coffee on the table and walked out into the lobby to ask him more about what was happening with the meeting. What she didn’t expect was to look up the stairs and not recognize the man walking toward her. His eyes were pinned on her and she could see the amusement in them. She thought he’d go upstairs to take off his dusty clothes from riding his bike most of the morning. Now she felt dirty, but there wasn’t time to change. However, Sapphire didn’t think anyone would look at her if he was in the room with her. His hair was slicked back from his shower, and he wore a three-piece grey suit with a blue-grey coloured tie. He’d exchanged his boots for a pair of leather shoes. She didn’t see a single wrinkle anywhere on him. He was so impeccably dressed. Magnus fiddled with what she was sure was a gold cuff link that matched the gold watch on his wrist. Magnus claimed he was out
Hayden cursed himself when the alarm on his phone told him he was late for something. When he stopped at the light on the way out of town, he looked at it. Sure enough, he was missing an alpha council meeting. He’d never get back in time for it. At least the documents got through to Eric and Magnus. They should have enough time to at least read through it all before the meeting. He’d get there, but he’d be late. Hayden hoped it wouldn’t reflect badly on Magnus. He’d tried to get through the mountains of documents, and he didn’t expect to end up locked in the archives for several hours with no way to get out. Magnus knew, but said nothing to him. This meant Hayden didn’t know whether he was fine or in trouble when he got back to the packhouse and into the meeting. He’d not have time to
April waited for Lynn to finish up in the library before she locked up for the night. Thank heavens Xavier and his buddies didn’t return to harass her and Lynn further. But she still worried whether Hayden returned to his territory with no problems. With no way to contact him to check in with him, April walked over to the custom bike shop. She’d stop in there to see if she could get his number or have her number passed on to him. April couldn’t get the tarot reading out of her head. If he was her lifetime companion and elders forbid the joining April wasn’t sure what she would do. Thirty years ago, it would have been no problem. But when the Alpha of the Vagas Moon Pack mated with a witch, it was a disaster. She’d used some sort of magic to attract him to her, and that was the problem in a nutshell. Any trust went out the window.&nb
Magnus sat there and listened to his father introduce the business for today’s meeting, and he did exactly as promised. He moved Magnus up in the list of people presenting and reporting about what was going on in their corner of the pack. “Now Magnus, you said that you’ve encountered several issues that weren’t identified at the time we signed the documents to take ownership of the land? Can you elaborate on your current situation?” “Yes, first. We are settling in here well. But we found out at the nonaggression treaty with the local pack was, in fact, not what they touted it as. Eric here found several questionable clauses that all worked in the favour of the Vagas Moon Pack and their leader. We decided to not sign th