Chapter 133-1
Troy
“You’re asking me to share secrets of my pack within the first month of my leadership,” Elonso said with narrowed eyes. “You must not think very kindly of my intelligence.”
I schooled my features. The video chat was going about as well as could be expected. London was, as always, on my side. After everything he’d seen and experienced recently, I knew he would
be, but he also had reservations. I could tell he hadn’t forgiven me for Lunessa, but it wasn’t my
fault the witch hadn’t stayed.
Elonso, to his credit, hadn’t immediately decided to clutch at Claudine like a lifeline. Whether he
liked it or not, Morven would have influenced him. I just didn’t know how much.
“I am not asking you to reveal the secrets of your leadership. Simply what you know of Morven.
You were not under his spell. I’m sure you’ve gleaned a few things.”
“And how are Cindy and Janelle?” he said casually as he leaned back in his chair and stared at the
camera.
“Cindy is welcome to leave whenever she wishes. I am not holding her against her will. As for Janelle, I won’t send her back to her death, and you damn well know that’s exactly what will happen if I return her,” I said in some frustration. “Claudine will take your pack, Elonso. She will take all the packs. She wants absolute rule.”
Elonso did not bat an eye. “So says you. I’ve learned enough under my predecessor’s rule to know that we alphas are not always honest with each other. Having said that, I will concede that Morven had hoped to co-rule with Claudine, so there was some plan under way. At least, until Morven had his hands on Kiana again. If the whole plan hinges on her, my vote is to kill her and be done with it.”
“I will not let one crazed wolf take my mate,” I snarled.
“And I won’t let your feelings sacrifice thousands of wolves,” Elonso snarled. “You want to be allies,
Troy? Stop thinking with your d**k. I’ll send whatever information I think is relevant shortly.”
The screen went dark, and London blew out his breath. “If I had to wager a guess, I’d say that Morven did a number on him,” my friend said slowly. “He is not wrong.”
My body stiffened. “I won’t let anything happen to her.”
“I know, and I’ll help you with that, but I’m just saying that I understand where he’s coming from. I
also know that Claudine has had enough time to solidify her plan. I’ll wager if we kill Kiana, she has
a plan to resurrect your mate from the dead.”
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Chapter 133-1
That was an unpleasant thought. “If you’re right, we should just wave a white flag now.”
Chairm
“I didn’t say we just roll over and give her our bellies,” he muttered sourly. “I’m saying that the road ahead of us is going to be difficult, even if we all ally against her. She might have found things easier with Morven’s help, but I suspect her whole plan doesn’t back on it. Even with Morven dead and Elonso on our side, we need more. We need to know what she’s planning. That’s the only way we can counter it. We need someone on the inside. My contact within her territory went radio
silent months ago. I suspect she’s dead.”
At that, I raised an eyebrow. “Do you have a contact in my territory?”
“Yes, just as you have one in mine. As long as you aren’t planning anything shady, I doubt we’ll have a problem,” he said without missing a beat. “I will admit that my contact didn’t exactly give anything away. Either she didn’t know, or my flow of information was filtered very carefully. What
about yours?”
“I have two contacts who proved long ago to be unreliable. They kept giving conflicting information, and I became too distracted to do anything about it,” I admitted. The traitors in Morven’s camp were also just as useless, and they also went dark, probably about the same time Janelle cast her spell on the wolves.
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