The door to the breakfast area opened and an odd feeling washed over me, along with a smell. It was like a gamey animal aroma mixed with pine trees and freshly fallen snow.
Brayden froze, not even looking at whoever had just walked into the room. “Go get Maddy and run,” he said softly to me and then stood.
What?
He gave me his back and faced the incoming man.
I stood as well, turning to peer behind Brayden, and then froze, my eyes raking over the dude before me.
Holy steroid monkey.
The guy looked like Vin Diesel with a black mohawk and brown beady eyes. As he moved, his muscles moved with him. He wore a grin that I didn’t like.
“Silas,” Brayden said with a growl, and shock ripped through me.
‘Go,’Brayden’s voice infiltrated my mind and I gasped.
Step three of changing a person into a werewolf: Tell someone you can speak into their mind!
I backed away from the table, my heart hammering in my throat as I looked for a back exit to the room. Brayden said we couldn’t shift in front of humans, so I was pretty sure they weren’t going to kill each other right here, but they might go outside or in an empty room and do it.
For a wild second I thought of just getting in a car and going home, leaving this whole crapshow behind. But the thought of leaving Brayden to be hurt by Silas tied my stomach into knots. I needed to get Maddy. Finding a door along the back wall, away from the entrance, I slipped out of it and then took off running.
I’d stepped out into a hallway and ran left, momentarily disoriented. Once I got my bearings I booked it back to the area where Brayden and I had left the hotel room. I didn’t glance at the number but I knew the general direction and I’d bang on every door if I had to in order to wake Maddy and get Brayden help.
I knew he said to get Maddy and run, but there was no way in hell I was going to do that now. Silas could injure him before the fight and then he’d never get his little sister and Maddy’s fiancé, August, back. I knew Silas couldn’t be killed, but Brayden said nothing about having such protection.
I was halfway into my sprint when Maddy appeared before me, farther down the hall. Her hair was a mess and she wasn’t wearing shoes.
Maybe Brayden woke her with his mind speak thingy.
I waved her towards the breakfast room behind me. “Hurry, Silas is here.”
Maddy closed the distance between us and shook her head. “No, my orders are to get you out of here.”
I reeled back in shock. “Get me out of here? Your brother is about to be attacked,” I growled.
“Brayden can take care of himself. If Silas gets a hold of you, it could ruin everything. I have to follow Brayden’s orders.” She reached out and grasped my upper arm, yanking me away from the breakfast hall and towards the exit. I went maybe two steps before shrugging out of her grasp.
“Ruin everything how?” I snarled, feeling my wolf come to the surface. It was an animalistic and wild feeling, one I couldn’t control.
She chewed on her bottom lip and I crossed my arms in front of my chest, making it clear I wasn’t leaving until I knew what the hell she was talking about.
She stepped closer to me, eyes yellow. “My brother thinks you could be his reincarnated dead mate, Lena. She was a very powerful wolf, which would ensure we win the pack back next month. I must keep you safe at all costs.”
Laughter burst from my throat, I couldn’t help it. It was the most ridiculous thing I’d ever heard. Vampires, sure. Werewolves and fae… I could handle that. Reincarnating mates was where I drew the line.
“Why would he think that?” I was still laughing but the stern look on Maddy’s face cut the laughter from my throat.
She glanced behind me, bopping anxiously on her heels. “For starters, you threw yourself between Brayden and Silas that night you got bit.”
“I like animals!” I argued. “Brayden was injured.”
She nodded. “Secondly, your wolf’s coloring is grey. Like Brayden’s. Lena was a Greywolf too.”
I shrugged. “I’m sure lots of wolves have grey coloring.”
Maddy shook her head. “Some wolves are just grey in coloring. But Brayden and Lena areGreywolves, beings with a deep magical power that is unparalleled to even the Fae Lords.”
