“I don’t know.” I stared at what I would need. The runes I would have to carve. And I decided. “I need to talk to my mom and Wendy.”
“Wendy?”
I nodded. “I need these runes carved into the door frame.” I pointed at the four runes. “One on each side. Here and there.” I pointed to the door in my closet.
“Do you think this will work?”
“I don’t actually know.” I stood. “But there is only one thing to do.”
Toya looked at me with a serious look. “This isn’t something you wing, Amy.”
I shrugged. “Most of the magic I do is me winging it.” I tucked the book under the covers and headed for the door. “Come on. Let’s check to see if lunch is done, and if my mom has everything we need to even attempt this spell.”
Toya got up from the bed and followed me down the stairs. Shannon was sitting at the table with a calculating look on her face as Morgan read a report. My mother was banging around in the kitchen and there was a thin woman sitting with her back to me as I came in. I stopped dead as her scent hit me. Toya bumped into my back. “Amy?” Her confused words hit my ears, but my wolves were howling in pain. I could barely hear her over them.
A snarl worked its way out of my throat before I could stop it. Morgan and Shannon paled as the thin woman shook. I stomped the rest of the way into the room, a savage growl ripping the room as the fragile woman faced me. “What the fuck is going on here?” My words boomed. Morgan shook once before steading his hands.
“Amy?” My mother came around the corner and she saw my face. Her face snapped to the bone thin woman, and I watched as something akin to hope flashed on her face. “Oh.”
“I asked a fucking question. What the fuck is going on here?” In a flash, I was next to the woman, and the saltiness of her tears hit me first. I spun her around and my mouth dropped open. Her face was hollow, eyes sunken in, cheeks concaved, and her once full mouth was chapped and thin. I grabbed her as gently as I could. “Why?”
“She…we all were commanded to keep silent about it. She has been commanded not to speak at all.” My mother walked closer to me. “Amy-”
Another growl ripped through the room and everyone was silent except for my ragged breathing. “Who did this?” My eyes snapped to Morgan, and he refused to meet my eyes. Nix pushed past me and fur rippled down my arms. “Beta Morgan. I asked you a fucking question. Who did this?” My command ripped through him and he screamed.
“Amy!” Shannon cried, but I held up my hand.
“I’m waiting.” I snarled.
He really tried to fight the command, but I was too strong. He bit through his lip, trying to stop the answer, but his wolf folded. His ragged voice finally ripped through the room. “Alpha Vince…and Beta Derek.”
I turned back to the woman in my arms. “I’ll fix this Lynn.” Then I ran out of the house.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Iran through the town. My vision had narrowed down to right in front of me. People called, but I ignored them. Nix and Megan were both standing at the barrier. Nix had receded enough for me to take control. But they were pressed against the edge of my mind, hackles raised, teeth bared.
Lynn was ours. We brought her here. Nix snarled, and I nodded.
How dare they do this to her?Megan snapped her jaws.
I rounded the corner and the pack house loomed at the end of the drive. I sprinted up the driveway and slammed into the door. The growl I released ripped through the house and everyone froze. The omegas all dropped to their knees and a few doors slammed open upstairs.
I panted in the doorway, then I drew in a breath as footsteps started down the stairs. I screamed at the top of my lungs with all the anger in my body. I felt my hands shift into my claws, my fangs descended, and my eyes shifted. “Where the fuck is Derek?”
Brandon came running down the stairs and slid to a stop when he saw me. “Amy…”
“Bring me Derek.” I screamed. He flinched at the venom in my voice.
“Amy.” He looked around, and I could see the tremble in his hands. I watched as his eyes glazed over, and soon Alpha Vince was coming down the stairs.
I snarled again at his smug face. I pointed at Brandon. “The only reason I am not mad at you is because you were at school. If I had any fucking idea you were involved in this, I wouldn’t fucking look at you again.”
“Amy.” Vince started, but I let out another bloodcurdling growl. He raised his hands, and I watched the color drain out of his face when he realized how close to the edge I was. “Come to my office.”
I snapped my teeth at him. “You fucking dare try to appease me? You were a part of this sadistic fucking game. I call for a Cath Báis. I want Derek’s head.”
Vince’s mouth dropped open. “You can’t…” But he saw how serious I was.
