I groaned in frustration. “Let me just tell the whole thing.”
“Okay.” My dad waved his hands at me. “I promise not to interrupt.”
Thoth sighed. “I’ll stay silent.”
“Okay, so the day that mom got her divorce.”
“DIVORCE.” My dad yelled.
I leveled him with a look, and he raised his hands. “Sorry.” But I could tell he was ecstatic about the information.
“Yes, mom got a divorce.” I looked at him and raised an eyebrow, and he winced and then nodded. “As I double checked with Rick before the divorce, he told me to go for a run. Really emphasized taking the time to connect with the trees.”
“He needed you in the woods.” Thoth cut in, but I just nodded.
“I made a deal of driving my mom to the airport.”
My dad furrowed his brows. “You said she went to the cabin.” I just turned to glare at him. “Sorry.”
I laughed. “I created a connection from the cabin to my closet here.”
“What?” Both men asked this time.
I sighed and just dropped my head into my hands. “I swear I will answer any questions you might have, but I’ll never get through this if you both keep interrupting me.”
My dad sighed. “Give me a second, then.”
“What? Why?” My dad started opening drawers, and then I heard Thoth do the same. “What are you doing?”
“Getting a fucking paper and pen, cause I know I’m going to have a ton of questions.” My dad slapped a notepad on the desk and clicked a pen. “Okay go.”
“Okay.” I sighed. “I sent mom through my connection in my closet. But I used my magic to make a copy, and I drove herthrough the pack to the airport. I sent the jet on a trip to the other coast, so it looked like she was going to Toya’s old pack. Then I shifted and ran back home.”
“I-” I snapped my eyes to Thoth, and I heard a whispered sorry and some scribbling.
“I just hit the edge of the pack lands when I felt something shift. Something felt off, and we ran towards it.” I could feel their eyes on me, like an almost physical feeling, but I closed my eyes to remember. “I crouched down and slipped through a bush and I saw them. Vince, Morgan, Brandon, Rick and Verity. They had a little boy, and they were trying to drain him, but I had gone to his house the Friday before and gave him enough strength to last another week.”
“What the fuck?” Thoth whispered, but I ignored him.
“Vince was pissed because Verity had said the kids were ready to harvest, but they weren’t. Not anymore. Rick was prancing around, flirting with her, talking about how he was ready for this to be over.”
“What to be over?” My dad couldn’t help it and I just smiled.
“Vince told them that if you drain your own child, it will not only give the man the power from his child but also the mother. It’s why Morgan wanted mom to have his pup, and why I can only assume Brandon was so pissed in my last life when he thought the pup wasn’t his.” I opened my eyes. “They are harvesting powerful females for more power. They said they needed it so that when they killed the king, they’d have enough power to become the next one.”
I opened my eyes to see my dad scribbling more notes. But his face was pale. He looked up and saw me watching. “Are you sure?”
I nodded. “I’m sure.” I leaned forward. “Verity and Rick kissed and then she took off. The guys were talking, and I stood. I figured I had the upper hand and I had seen everything I neededto see. But somehow, even with Nix, Megan, and my magic, Rick caught me.”
“How?” Thoth jumped in and this time I threw my head back and laughed.
“You two can’t stay quiet, can you?” I wiped my eyes from laughing so hard. “It’s comical.”
My dad blushed. “I want to defend myself, but I can’t say anything.”
Thoth sighed. “It’s the first time I have gotten to speak with you. I’m a little…excited.” He snorted as my dad glared at the other side of the screen. I could hear the smile when Thoth spoke next. “She’s a beautiful woman, Gav. Any man will be lucky to call her a mate, Goddess given or chosen.”
Even I could hear the interest in his voice, and I blushed, but my father just growled. “You keep your paws to yourself.”
