The Blood Moon Twins – Chapter 20
CAULDER
\tBefore I could say anything, my mother began glowing from her rage. “This is not a discussion we are having right now. I suggest you go.”
\tWinslow chuckled and shook his head. “Think about it, Caulder. You can come back to the city of magic, and I can teach you to reach your full potential.”
apons for an attack.
Adira. No need to get violent.” With that, he shifted away,
ther, who was still glowing and ready to attack. I didn’t understand why she was so angry with Winslow. He was the one who she agreed t
nything to either of you?”
wanted to make a deal with Caulder.”
\t“What kind of deal?” he asked.
e Council of Magic contain that creature,” I said, stepping up.
deals with them.”
ll Remy everything that was going on.
e, and I had no idea how long she had been standing there.
father turned to me with a frown o
be in that same danger? My mother had only said that there were those out there that would attack Remy to either stop the prophecy or start it, but she didn’t mention who those people were. If the council was a part of
to work with us because they wanted something. They knew there was strong magic here, and they wanted to control it–to control us.
irst, it was my mother’s magic, and now it was mine. It made sense now. That was why they had even agr
g to go check on your mot
as watching me closely, but she wasn’t saying anything.
” I already knew the answer to the question, but I didn’t want her to
s.” She wanted to say more, but she was hol
ignored her question. She was being kept in the dark, and she knew something was amiss. I kept expecting her to say something or ask me to tell her what was going on, but she just continued staring at me.
tension. I couldn’t tell Remy everything, but I needed to give her something.
anything.” Her voice was even, but that almost worried me more. She was missing her normal excitement.
before.
e on the surface, but I could feel that she was hiding how she truly felt.
ged my shoulders. “Mom doesn’t want m
uch, but do you want to?”
it meant just one less thing to worry about, but now I wished I had trained more. I wanted to be stronger–I needed to be stronger.
would be beneficial, but you heard them. The council can’t be trusted. They put a target on Mom’s back.” And they could put a target on Remy. The thought made my stomach churn, but if I knew more about the council and more about magic, I would understand
y know who you could trust these days.” The way Remy spoke just didn’t sound like her, which worried me. She was
time with each other, we could stop whatever this tension was.
to bed early. I’ll see you later.” Remy waved as she w
but there had to be a way to get the information to her without breaking the deal my mother had made. This secret was starting to push a wedge between Remy and me, and I wouldn’t stand idly by as she p
\t-
\tREMY
so he could save me and the world, but I didn’t know what from. Was that creature that powerful? I had expected Caulder to tell me everything the moment everyone was gone, but he was specifically leaving out details. I thought he of all people was on my sid
on, especially with that vampire lingering about the pack. Were vampires threatening us, too? I didn’t get a bad vibe from Blade, and vampires had never been a concern before, so maybe it was just weird timing that Blade show
on, and even if he was unrelated, I could make sure there wasn’t another threat to the pack that was being missed because everyone else was too busy keeping their secrets. I could be u
rabbed my bag and pa
, and I was careful to avoid all of the creaking floorboards. I went straight to the window Caulder and I snuck out of the night before our party.
ed on the grass outside. I kept my shoes off until I made it to the forest, easily avoiding the guards on patrol by listening to where they were.
t met up with Blade, but his scent had fad