Megan tilted our head and chuckled. “Amy didn’t even know I existed until you taught her magic. Without you, I would have stayed hidden, like last time.” Megan lifted our hand and snagged his. “Never apologize for something you couldn’t help.”
There was a knock on the door. My dad squeezed my hand once before he dropped it. “Come in.”
Toya’s father came in with a few other Alphas following behind him. “Bad time?”
“Not at all.” My dad gestured to the chairs. “It’s a little tight again. Not like at the Agora.” He chuckled. “This is my daughter, Amy. Amy this is-”
I stood. “I know.” I smiled at each man. “I’ve met everyone in this room when I was younger. It’s good to see you all again.”
“You have grown up.” Alpha Tim smiled.
“I have indeed.” I gave them all a quick bow and then I settled back in my chair.
“Okay.” My dad clapped. “Amy, why don’t you start at the beginning?” I looked at him. “What happened after you left here?” I opened my mouth to start, but there was another knock. My dad turned towards the door, and before he could say anything, a man came in. He was huge, taller than any man I had ever met. Nix snorted.He’s a little shorter than the king.I drew in a breath and shushed my wolf. She snorted out a laugh, but I turned to my dad. “Thoth? I didn’t expect you to show up.” He sounded surprised, but my lungs stopped working. My head snapped back to the man so fast. His face was covered by a mask. He turned and froze. “Thoth?”
That got his attention. He cleared his throat. “You told me you were coming back here with the Alphas. I figured you wanted to have a meeting to plan our next steps.” His voice was low, butthe mask had a voice changer built into it, because his voice was warped. He turned to me. “I didn’t know Amy was going to be here.”
My dad waved him in. “Ronnie, grab him a chair.” My dad nodded beside me, and Ronnie smirked.
“Of course.” Ronnie left and came back with a chair. He slid it next to me and then gestured to it. “Thoth.”
Thoth took a breath and then shimmied his way through the chairs, taking a seat next to me. He looked over at me for a long second before he shifted his gaze to my dad. “You were just starting?” He prompted.
My dad shook his head. “Not me. Amy. Go ahead, darling.” I turned to him. “Start when you left here. I already caught everyone up to speed about what happened before you left.”
I nodded, and I started talking. I had just gotten to my heat, and how I dealt with it alone when I got a message. I pulled out my phone and kept talking. But my voice trailed off when I checked the message from Rick.
“You went through your heat alone?” Alpha Tim asked, pulling me away from my phone.
“Yes. I had someone I thought might help.” My words were distracted. “But he wanted to wait for his true mate and he didn’t want me to resent him later.” The Alphas all nodded their heads. I slid my phone back into my pocket and tucked that information away. I told them about Nina and Nadine. About Vince. Brandon. And finally, I got to the end. “They call themselves the Brotherhood of Blood.”
Thoth stiffened beside me. But my dad furrowed his brow. “Who does?”
“Vince, for one. But I think it’s the people who started all of this before the old king died. Someone named Garith.”
My father, Ronnie, and Thoth froze. Thoth slowly turned to stare at my dad. “Did you say Garith?”
I nodded. “I know the name, but can’t place it. It’s like something is making me forget. And it isn’t until the name pops back up that I remember.” I shook my head. “Rick found emails between Garith and Vince. It looks like Garith started this all. But I don’t know where I know the name from.”
“He’s my father.”
I laughed. Because that was ridiculous. I would have remembered if Garith was my grandfather. My dad talked about him enough. “Come on.”
My dad just shook his head and looked at me. “Are you sure you heard the name Garith?”
I nodded. “I’m sure.” I pulled my phone back out. “Rick found this.” I handed him my phone, and he clicked the email. His eyes darting back and forth over the screen as he read.
“This can’t be real.” My dad whispered to himself. “My father was killed by the king.”
Thoth shook his head. “No, he wasn’t.” My father’s head snapped up.
“What did you say?”
Thoth sighed. “The old king had started the council by the time your father was acting up. He was sentenced to death, but it was the council’s duty to enforce it.”
I looked around the room. And I saw a ton of faces that I was unsure about.Nix, go to Loki and ask if I can use magic in front of everyone here.Nix took off as my father kept staring at the phone.
“The council?” Toya’s father turned to Thoth, who nodded. “They seem to be popping up more and more.”
