Once he was gone, I sat back. I turned to my laptop and opened my conversation with Thoth and my father.
Nixthegoddess:I have the mainframe, the download just finished.
Deadmanwalking:That’s amazing! Send it once you get home. I’ll start going through it.
Thoth:Get out of there.
Nixthegoddess:Will do. I’m leaving tonight.
Thoth:Just leave now.
Deadmanwalking:Leave now.
Nixthegoddess:I have something I’ve still got to do.
Deadmanwalking:What?
Thoth:It’s not important. Whatever it is can wait, just leave. Now.
Nixthegoddess:You both know I can’t do that. Vince was draining all the pups. I can’t leave them to die. I need to remove the curse.
Thoth:Fine. Do it and then leave.
Deadmanwalking:Wait!
Nixthegoddess:What?
Deadmanwalking:Vince will know as soon as you remove the first curse. Then he will start searching for everyone. He’ll be able to move faster than you and you’ll be fucked. The removal of any curse is hard on the caster removing them, and you are already hurt.
Nixthegoddess:I can’t leave the kids to die.
Deadmanwalking:I’m not saying that either. You extended the time before, right?
Nixthegoddess:Yeah by a week.
Deadmanwalking:When is the mating ceremony?
Nixthegoddess:It’s been cancelled. Obviously.
Deadmanwalking:I don’t think so baby…My source close to Brandon said he’s agreed to mate Shannon, but Vince is against it. As far as I can see it, Vince will either cave and allow the mating ceremony to go ahead, or…
Nixthegoddess:Or what?
Deadmanwalking:He has a stand-in mate for Brandon.
I sat back in my chair and thought about it for a minute. It’s possible. Who else would be dumb enough to want to mate with Brandon? Vince wouldn’t settle for a random or unranked wolf, so there was very little chance that Shannon would get the ending she was so invested in.
Nixthegoddess:Who could be that dumb?
Thoth:Vince wouldn’t settle for just a random wolf, but with his position, and how Brandon just insulted you, he would be low on options.
I nodded. Thoth was right. Low options. Alpha, Beta, or Gamma female, that would also be out of options. I had an idea, but it was almost too ridiculous. There was no way I was right, but it would be amazing if I was.
Nixthegoddess:What about Nina, or Nadine?
Thoth:Possible. Their family is barely hanging on to any kind of standing. But both are Alphas.
Deadmanwalking:It honestly doesn’t matter. What matters right now is that we have a week to move and figure all of this out. Instead of curing them, extend their power for another week and then leave. He will just assume that Verity was wrong again and save us enough time to get into place.
