“It’s probably my mom. Fill Leah in.” I looked to Maddy and then ran down the hall.
I didn’t make it in time and it went to voicemail, so I texted her back and forth a few times with small talk letting her know I was okay. After that, I texted Ronan, asking to get my shift covered tonight. There was no way I could go into work. I needed to keep an eye on Leah.
“Maddy can take you to see your mom and pack your things,” Brayden said from the doorway to his room as I sat hunched over my phone on his bed.
Oh yeah… I’d sort of agreed to move in, hadn’t I?
“And you?” I asked, chewing at my lip.
I couldn’t help but notice how his gaze went to my lips.
Brayden sighed. “I might need to take Leah to see the Amarok if Silas contests this.”
Silas’ wolf had bitten Leah, but Brayden had inserted his saliva into her wound and saved her, so he’d again have to ask the Amarok if she could be his wolf.
Leah was my best friend and I needed to be thinking about her safety. I wanted to share a thought that had occurred to me.
“Brayden, if Wren did restore Lena’s power and take on the curse herself, it could have wipedbothof their memories. Or most of them. Leah could be Wren… or she could be Lena with restored powers.”
Brayden frowned, reaching up to draw his thumb across his jawline. “If the Amarok or the Fae Lords sense the Greywolf power on her… assuming she has it…”
I nodded. “She could be taken. We have to bring her to the Elder Fae first and have her powers contained before she even has a chance to use them and tip anyone off.”
“And if the Elder Fae doesn’t sense her Greywolf power?” Brayden looked hopeful and a knife twisted in my heart.
“Then she’s your Lena,” I confirmed, ignoring the ache in my chest.
Brayden nodded. “Let’s do it. But we need to be quick. Silas could come back at any moment.”
If the Elder Fae didn’t sense any Greywolf power inside of Leah that needed to be contained, then it proved that Leah was in fact Lena and I was Wren. Maybe I’d tried to take Lena’s curse, and as a result we were now both stuck in the reincarnation cycle. It was the only thing that made sense.
Assuming any of this crap made sense.
“Averly?” Leah’s worried voice came from the living room and I suddenly felt guilty for abandoning her in her time of need.
I gave Brayden a small smile and then rushed into the living room, where Leah was sitting up, drinking some water.
“What’s wrong?” I asked her, taking in her slightly horrified look.
“I’m a freaking werewolf!” she said, and then grinned.
I let out a relieved sigh and chuckled. It was finally hitting her. My best friend who believed in every conspiracy known to man was finally finding out that one of them was real.
Supernaturals existed.
“Want to meet a fae?” I asked.
Her eyes lit up. “Hell yes!” She shot up from the couch and handed Maddy her water.
“This is going so much better than your change. That was a train wreck,” Maddy told me.
I nodded, unable to keep from smiling. “Agreed.”
Leah looked at Maddy. “Did she totally freak out? I can’t believe you didn’t tell me! I thought you had rabies.”
Maddy laughed, and Leah looked like she might explode with excitement. “So we’re going to see a fae?”
Brayden stepped into the room to join us, his mere presence making my whole body tingle. “We are. Your Greywolf power, if you have it, needs to be contained or when Silas comes back he’ll think you are Wren and take you to the Fae Lords to imprison you.”
