I threw my head back at that.Very true. I think she is just restless.
“Shecan hear you.” Nix snorted out as she ran. We caught a whiff of someone from Vince’s pack, so she went the opposite way. Within minutes, someone was chasing us. “Oh, this should be fun,” Nix took off.
She ran through the trees in winding circles. Every so often, she caught the scent of another wolf. Vince’s trackers were out in full force. She had all of them on her tail after her second circle, and she was playing with them. By the fourth time around, she had scouted a downed tree and chuckled to herself.
Megan. She called to us.Pump out our scent.
Why?Megan hopped up and ran to the clearing. I followed behind him.
Because. Nix laughed.We are going to have a little fun.
Megan did as she asked. The smell overtook the clearing, and the trackers picked up their pace. Nix started a new circuit, and when we came close to the downed tree, she forced a shift. One second Megan was next to me, the next, Nix was beside me.
Hide in the tree as I hide our scent.Nix snuffed the candle and sent a push of air from us, shifting the scent away as Megan climbed into the tree.Stay still.
The trackers ran by and then froze. “Where did she go?”
Another skidded to a stop. “I…don’t…know.” He whipped around in confusion.
They searched the area, and came back with nothing. “She couldn’t have just disappeared.” Another said, but one tracker laid down.
“Who cares?” I recognized the voice as Thane, one of the guards I used to help train. “I’m going to be honest. We all know he is searching for Amy, and I, for one, ain’t going to be the one to turn her in.”
“Thane, you can’t say shit like that. We have a job to do.”
Thane just laughed. “Do what you want, but we all know Amy is the one in the right. Brandon chose Shannon in frontof their entire neighbourhood. How is she supposed to move on from that? We are all not stupid enough to believe Brandon actually stopped fucking the pack bike. Shannon does whatever he wants.”
“Thane for fuck sakes.” Another called.
“You can yell all you want, Clark, but I’m right and you know it.” Thane stretched his back.
“It doesn’t matter. Vince is our Alpha. Not Amy.” Clark settled next to Thane. “I know she has helped us, and she is the best Alpha I have ever met, but we have a job to do.” Clark looked out at the trees. “She took pack members. We need to get them back.”
“What if they don’t want to come back, Clark?” Thane shot up while the rest just watched. “What if they left for a reason?”
Clark shook his head. “If they had, they would have cut ties with the pack.”
Thane snorted. “You and I both know if a wolf severs its pack bonds without another to take its place, they become rogue.” Thane shook his head. “They are probably waiting until they find a safe place to run to.”
“Vince is really pissed about Rick taking off.” A third tracker tossed out. “He must have known some things Vince didn’t want to get out.”
Clark snarled. “It doesn’t matter. Vince is our Alpha.”
“That’s right.” A dark voice trailed from the trees, making everyone freeze. Vince slipped out of the trees and walked right up to Thane. “I am your Alpha and to say that I’m disappointed would be an understatement.” He lunged, snapping Thane’s neck and dropping him to the ground. “The brotherhood doesn’t allow traitors to live.” The other trackers snapped into formation, while Thane struggled in pain while his wolf worked to heal the broken neck. “What Alpha Amy has or hasn’t done is none of your business. Just that I am looking for her and missingpack members. Do your job or die.” Vince turned. “Like Thane here.” I wanted to jump out and stop what I knew was coming. But I felt someone holding me here. I knew if I left, I would die. I held my breath as Vince ripped his head from his body. “I told you to search the forest by the school, not here. The others have arrived. Let’s go.”
I stayed where I was for a long time, staring at Thane’s body, my body trembling with the rage that was coursing through me. How fucking dare he. Thane was a good wolf.
Clark is dead. Nix’s voice was low and murderous.When we get control of the pack, we will make sure all the wolves that supported Vince blindly will be dead, right along with him.Nix looked at me.We have to go.My rage kept building until I started to scream. Nix came to my side and pressed me into the ground, then she laid on me.Amy, calm down until we get back to the cabin. If we are stupid about this, Vince will trail us back to Carly.
That worked to snap me out of my anger. No matter how pissed I was, I wouldn’t risk our pup.He killed Thane.
Nix looked at me, and she nodded.Yes, but we have people to protect, and the fact that the goddess, or our grandmother, held us here makes me think we are up against more than Vince and his trackers.Nix pushed up.He said the others are here. That means the brotherhood is here.
More reason to go kill them all.I cut in, but she just shook her head at me.
You aren’t seeing this clearly, and I get it. You were friends with Thane. I liked Thorn, his wolf. But killing high ranked wolves might be a good idea right now for you, we can’t keep getting lucky. They probably have Verity with them, too. We can’t fight magic and wolves at the same time.I scoffed.Not without any backup. She looked at me.Let’s stick to the plan.Head to our father’s pack, remove the threat of the rogues, and then get in place for Vince and his brotherhood.
I stared at her for longer than I should have. Megan decided for both of us. She snuck out of the log and started a winding path back to the cabin. We kept our scent off and froze every few seconds, just in case someone was close enough to spot us. I wove a spell that created lookalikes for Megan and sent them in every direction.
