It sounded ludicrous in her mind, but it was her destiny. She was born to do this task. She would not be injured. She had a job to do, and she needed to complete it with all haste.
“Sienna…” Someone was calling her name. A hand was on her forearm.
She flinched as she came back into her body and found herself facing Jezebel. No one else was in the nursery.
Jezebel’s brow was furrowed in concern. “You have to go,” she whispered.
“How do you know?” She let Jezebel help her to her feet.
“I don’t know. But I’ve seen it. Just now. You have to go find Surge and fulfill the prophesy.”
Sienna’s breath hitched. “Prophesy…”
“The lion will tell you everything. Only you can see him. No one else can. It has to be you. You have to go alone.”
Sienna slowly nodded. She knew what Jezebel was saying was true. She glanced at the closed door to the nursery,wondering how long she’d been in here and why Jayce hadn’t found her by now.
Turning back to Jezebel, she asked, “How will I get away without Daddy knowing?”
Jezebel pointed toward the window.
Sienna took a deep breath and nodded. When this was over, her Daddy was going to spank her bottom so hard she wouldn’t be able to sit for a week, but that didn’t change the fact that she had no choice. She had to accomplish this mission for the good of the pack.
At the sound of voices in the hallway, Jezebel glanced over her shoulder and tugged on Sienna’s hand. “Hurry.”
The two of them rushed to the window, unlocked it, and pushed it open.
“Can you shift on your way through the opening? If you can, you’ll land easily on your four paws. Head east. That’s all I know. Everyone is in the house now. The Alphas will not see you leaving. I’ll stay in here until someone opens the door.”
Sienna gave her new friend a brief hug. There was no time to waste. “Thank you.” She knew Jezebel was also going to get the spanking of a lifetime, but it couldn’t be helped.
Sienna stepped back a few feet, took a deep breath, and rushed toward the window. She’d never attempted anything like this, so it scared her to death, but somehow, she managed to shift in the air and landed on all four paws just as Jezebel had suggested.
Without glancing back, she took off running as hard as she could toward the east. It seemed like a miracle that she’d gotten away. There must have been a tremendous amount of commotion in the house for no one to notice her or sense her leaving, especially Jayce.
Of course there would be pandemonium in the house. Nineteen people were crammed in the small space. The sevenwomen were probably talking over one another to tell the Alphas what all they’d witnessed during the bizarre group vision in the clearing.
Sienna ran harder, knowing she couldn’t thwart her mate for long. As soon as he realized she was missing, he would follow her scent and track her down. How was she going to get away with this?
As she ran, she glanced around, trying to absorb her surroundings. Somehow, she would need to find the spot from her vision, the one where she’d met with Surge.
It didn’t take long for her to know instinctively she’d arrived. She stopped running and shifted into human form, panting with exhaustion.
For long moments, she simply looked around, the hairs on the back of her neck standing on end. Waiting. Where was Surge?
And then he bounded into her space, coming to a stop so close that her dress billowed out around her from the movement of air.
She trembled, but she was not scared. She smiled at him. “You’re here.”
He shifted, surprising her. He had been in bear form in her visions. His expression was tight, his brows drawn together. “Is this what you predicted, Little one?”
She nodded.
“Why are we here?” he asked.
She frowned. “You don’t know? I thought it was your idea.”
“Not at all. I felt compelled to come. I was on my way toward Elias’s house with Thorn when some force told me to separate from him and send him alone.”
