Page 41 of Love in Unexpected Places

Thatwaswhat had happened, wasn’t it?It was obvious.For some reason, these mages had decided to leave the coven and reach out to the pack.

Lana looked up and noticed Sullivan.She smiled a little, causing Chance to turn.When Chance saw Sullivan, he gestured at him to move closer, and Sullivan did, eager to find out if he was right.

“It seems that your departure from the coven house left quite an impression,” Chance said.“Lana was telling me that a group of mages decided to leave the coven permanently, or at least until the leaders are taken care of.”

Lana shuffled her feet, looking nervous, but she raised her chin.“We don’t want anything to do with them anymore.I know we shouldn’t have waited so long and allowed them to do everything they did, but that’s over now.When you left, I knew we couldn’t stay.”

Sullivan had promised that whoever wanted to leave would be welcomed by the pack, but he hadn’t expected this many people to pop up.He wasn’t sure what Chance would do, but he hoped he wouldn’t have to break his promise.“There are a lot of you,” he said.

“I started talking with some of my friends, and they were as eager as I was to get our families out.I don’t want my children to grow up in that kind of place.”

“Well, they won’t have to,” Chance said with a smile.“I can’t promise that every member of my pack will be happy to see you or that they’ll keep their feelings to themselves, but even if you don’t find a place in our pack, the pack will support you.I’m sure some of you will feel more comfortable in town, and we can help with that.We’ll work together so that everyone is happy and safe.”

Lana looked like she was about to cry, so Sullivan quickly squeezed her shoulder.“You’re safe now, and so are your babies.”

She nodded, visibly overwhelmed.“I don’t know how to thank you.If you hadn’t talked to me, if you hadn’t left, I don’t think I ever would’ve had the courage to do the same.”

“But you did, and you’re here now.”

Sullivan glanced around.He didn’t know how many people had joined them, but he could already tell that with so many mages leaving the coven, the leaders would struggle.They’d have less magic to use in their spells and fewer people to order around.More importantly, they’d have fewer people to use against more packs and clans.Sullivan didn’t know if that would be enough for their side to win this war, but it gave him hope.

He smiled when Matty stepped forward and started cooing over the baby.Lana relaxed almost instantly, and it felt good to see Matty getting along with someone from the other side of Sullivan’s life.The two sides were meeting, but instead of clashing, they belonged.That boded well for the future, and now that the coven had lost so many members, Sullivan was positive that they could do this more than ever.

They could win the war against the coven leaders.