Chapter 41-1
Troy
“Irene,” I said in a stern voice. “Release her.”
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I felt Irene’s arm waver, but we both knew she didn’t have the power to go through with her threat.
Instead, she released Cam..
Claudine drew herself up to her full height. “And here we all thought your witch was powerless,”
she hissed.
Clearing her throat, Cam brushed herself off. “She is,” she said before offering a soft smile.
“My father said you were so powerful you could command the wind with your pinky. But for now, that is all you can do.”
Irene tossed her hand experimentally and frowned. “And now it appears that I cannot even do that.
I hope you found whatever it is you are looking for. I am now defenseless against the other
witches.”
Narrowing my eyes at Claudine, I snarled. “Give me one damn good reason why I shouldn’t kick you and your witch off my land right now, and don’t you dare tell me that she was acting of her own
accord. I saw you signal to her to attack.”
“I will not apologize. It was a non-lethal attack,” Claudine smirked. “I know what you did to find your
witch. You know how far I’ll go to avenge mine.”
To my surprise, it was Kiana who stepped forward. “Irene, was the attack lethal?”
“No,” Irene admitted. “It was not. I also understand where Alpha Frost and Cam Lee are coming from. They are mourning, and they want answers. I do as well.”
Kiana continued. “Cam, it seems like you have history with Irene. Will you be able to handle your
magic around her?”
“If I could trust that she was not responsible for my father’s death, I was hoping to ask her to mentor me while I am here. She isn’t wrong. I am not the witch my father was, and if I am to keep my place with the pack, I need to be stronger and faster.”
Irene nodded in agreement, and I relaxed. It hadn’t occurred to me that Claudine or her witch
would consider Irene a threat.
Kiana had stepped up beautifully.
“In that moment, he was a hero. I succumbed to this girlish notion that I was facing a
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happily-ever-after and he was my knight in shining armor.”
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Was there any truth to that? If it was a blow intended for me, it hit the target. I couldn’t look at her now without thinking that.
Cam offered to stay with Irene, and we drove Claudine back to my home. After a tense dinner
where she had far too many questions for Kiana, I was finally alone with my mate.
“You should let your wolf out tonight, give her a chance to run before the other alphas arrive.” The
moon had risen and peered through the window invitingly. My own wolf stretched longingly inside
I fully expected Kiana to say no, but she nodded. “You’ll stay with me? No hunting games.”
“Just a run, and I will be there every step of the way.”
There was a small stretch of land right outside my home that was off-limits to the other wolves.
Before Kiana, I never used it. No point in me being alone, but I knew how protective Kiana was of
her wolf. After what had been done to her, I understand.
But she let her wolf out around me. Only me.
Kiana shifted first, and she stared up at me, her beautiful, honeyed coat gleaming in the moonlight. Her eyes remained human for just a moment before she blinked and was all wolf.
Carefully, I reached out and stroked her fur. She was so scarred, it hurt my heart to see them, but she was a survivor. “You’re safe with me,” I told her. “I will always protect you.”
The wolf trusted me, but would Kiana?
Her wolf howled for me, and my own shivered before I undressed and let him out.
Immediately, he raced to his mate’s side and sniffed her over, Nuzzled her.
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