The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 68
ADIRA
“Before I start getting ready, do I have a few minutes to talk to Ginger?” I knew Rie was eager to have me get ready, but I still had the bottle of Cain’s magic in my hand, and I needed to talk to her about it. It didn’t feel like something that should wait.
“Is this about what happened last night?” Rie’s face fell. I’m sure Mason told her all about it. Mason was the head warrior in the Alpha Pack after all. All of the warriors reported to him, and I knew there were no secrets between Rie and Mason.
t me and the baby in.
t me a gift.” I held the bottle firm in my hand, as if it would just disappear if I let go of it.
make a difference with threatening the Council of Magic.
ame time. Come on.”
emony tonight. Ginger’s room was on the third floor of the pack house, but it was still a short walk to her door. I knocked as soon as we reached her room.
me in,
swung open on it’s own, and Ginger was reading a book in a chair in the corner of her room. She held up her finger as Rie and I entered the door. She finished the page she was reading before setting the book down.
all of these books. They’re quite good
hear about what happened last night?”
out of his restraints so easily. I would’ve said something. I thought the belladonna would have suppressed his powers, though.
d. She was going down a spiral and almost sounded like Dani
would have-”
. Cain left me something.” I held my hand out to her and opened my fingers.
went wide the moment she saw
ded. “I thin
Cain left you,” Rie complained.
me his powers, or so he said,” I explained. “He came to me when I was sleeping, and he said he and Freya were running away together to get the second chance they were desperate for. He wanted to leave me his powers to make up for everything he had done.”
e, slack-jawed. “No way. He gave you his magic? Is that something sorcerers can do?”
here was a way to take my powers from me, which is why he kept me alive when he kidnapped me.”
at piece of work took you too
r held out her hand. “Let me take a closer lo
he bottle looked completely different. It looked like a small glass case that was bursting at the seams with power. It seemed like it could crack at any moment from the sheer amount of power.
re you make a decision.”
k it at all?” Rie asked. “He could have poiso
oing to get the Council of Magic to back off, I need to explore this opportunity. Cain was clearly a really strong sorcerer, so with his magic, I might be able to back up a threat.”
your own. If you just get a jolt of power, it could hurt you.”
ay.
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MARK
vinced of it, either.
know Cain disappearing was a scare, but there seems to constantly be a threat. We can’t just stop everything we are doing because of these things happening. We have warriors looking for him still, but he seems to be long gon
ught about Cain and Freya making out, and it made me shiver. That was something I never wanted to imagine again. “Yeah, hopefully they never come
was an awful woman. Those two d
Adira deserves better.” It infuriated me that someone could look at Adira and not want everything to do with her.
Rie insist on us getting ready hours before the actual ceremony.”
se we want tonight to be perfect. You and Adira have gone through too much, and you deserve a night to be happy.”
ike a luna, and it made my heart swell with pride.
the way?” Scythe asked casually.
an interrogation.”
s mouth dropped open. “You already have the ring, don’t