Chapter 46 – Grandma

LYRIC

We had only been back a week and already King Kellen was sending me out on a mission again. Taking me away from my son yet again.

Even when I was pulling a heist and working for Miko, I had never spent this much time away from him.

I understood, I was the link between those who knew Shadow. The person who knew the workings of the underground more than most. Still, I didn’t like the idea of leaving him again, especially as the threat to him was increasing. And especially as I saw firsthand what Shadow could do.

The evidence of his power was probably still scattered around the Golden Circle pack's border, and it still lingered in Jonda. The black veins that plagued her had almost vanished, fading to a deep hue of pink. Not fully gone but receded. Still, she lay unmoving, the child in her womb growing and Rhett by her side.

It didn’t look good for the female.

Supposedly, once marked by her mate her wolf was meant to emerge. There is yet to see any evidence of that. Truth be t