Chapter 190-2
I stared at her. “She stole their magic?”
“If you had any understanding of how our magic worked, you would be terrified. We thought holding that much power all at once might kill her. She did something impossible.”
“She and Kiana both,” I muttered as I stared down at my mate. “There were witches mixed in with the coven who were working against Claudine. There’s one in the prison cells.”
“I’ll find her,” Janelle said quietly. “There were holes in that circle that let us come through. Their
betrayal helped.”
Saul finished his examination of both Lunessa and Kiana and returned to us. “They’re sleeping deeply, but otherwise, they seem fine, and so is the baby. I’ll see to them again when they’ve awakened, but that may be awhile. For now, I’ll start seeing about curing some of the mutated
wolves.”
“You’ll need Finn’s permission,” Elonso cut in. “These next few days will be incredibly important to Finn’s success. We do nothing to this pack without his permission, even if it’s something that you
know he would approve of.”
Grimly, Saul nodded his head and started to leave.
“Can I go with him?” Amelia asked in a small voice. “Please.”
Nodding shortly, I watched as she ran out with Saul. She’d sustained plenty of injuries, but I knew she was still reeling from the shock that Finn was an alpha. It would hurt to lose her, but she belonged by his side.
I had no idea where Finn was, and now that he wasn’t my wolf, I had no business searching him out. We were guests on his land, and if he needed us, he would come find us.
It was a strange situation. The only transition of power I’d witnessed was Elonso’s, and we weren’t on his land. We were also, unsurprisingly, not invited, but if anyone knew what Finn was going through, it was Elonso.
Of course, Elonso had also planned to kill Morven and take over the pack. Finn just wanted his own personal nightmare to be over. I didn’t know if his taking over Indigo Peak was the answer or if it would only make things worse for him.
“You should talk to him. I know you want to get back to your pack, but you should reach out and let him know you’ve got advice. You took over a traumatized pack. Finn might need your help.” I took a breath. “And thank you for coming to help.”
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“Hey, I still think we could have just killed her and avoided all of this, but I’m glad it worked out At least I think it worked out.” Elonso frowned at her. “Do you know what she did?”
“Not yet. I guess I won’t know until she wakes up.”
As if she heard me speak, she shifted and groaned. Elonso quickly backed away and I crossed to Kiana in two steps and waited by her bedside as her eyes fluttered open. We locked eyes, and she
didn’t speak.
Something tore inside me when I saw the hesitation in that mournful gaze. We were free, but we
were not healed.
“Easy,” I murmured when she tried to push herself up. “You should rest longer, but I’ve got some water if you need it. Or food. I don’t know when you last ate.”
“You came for me,” she whispered.
“Always, Kiana. No matter what we’re facing, I will always come for you. You know that.”
“The baby…”
“Our baby is fine, Kiana. Saul already examined you. The baby had a healthy heartbeat.” I lifted the cup to her lips, and she drank greedily. Finally, her head fell back, and she stared mournfully at me.
“You did it,” I whispered and leaned down to kiss her forehead. “It’s over. Think of all the things we said we were going to do when it was all over, and rest, Kiana.”
“Are we over?”
“What?”
Her eyes closed, and panic took hold, but I didn’t wake her back up again. She needed to rest, and I needed to process what the fuck I’d just heard.
I’d failed her so much. What if she’d finally decided that now that it was over, we were better off
separate?
Too much history. Too much broken to fix.
Elonso cleared his throat. “Someone is approaching,” he said in a low voice. A second later, there was a tentative knock. Elonso opened it and a nervous female shifter stood on the other side. “The
alpha requests your presence.”
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