Chapter 522

I ran for what felt like hours until we got close enough to the caves I dropped down to my belly, and Erubus joined me. We inched under the bushes and then I sealed our voices around us. Even if we talked, not one soul could hear us. “Cut off your scent.” I whispered to him, and he licked my face.
“ I already did.” He shook his head and then leaned closer. “Did you use magic to create a bubble around us?”
I shook my head. “No…well kinda.” He laughed. “I used magic to make sure no one would overhear us.”
He tilted his head. “Then why are you s
till whispering?”
I opened my mouth, but Megan started laughing. “I don’t know.”
“Someone is coming.” Erubus pushed closer to the cliff, peered under the edge of the bushes, and we waited. We were right over the cliff face that looked down at the cave of the mouth. We could see the overhang, and the rocky terrain heading down towards another thick forest that lead away from the pack lands. If you ran long enough, you would reach human territory. Dangerous for wolves, worse for werewolves.
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Someone walked out of the cave and was pointing off down the hill “ She went that way.” He turned back to the cave entrance. No, I know the witchling went after her, but the tracker doesn’t fucking matter. The brotherhood is expecting us at Vince’s pack by the end of the week.” A few others stepped out of the darkness. Keep moving the explosives. Once the little alpha is mated to the whore, the brotherhood is attacking the capital. There are making their move on the Lycan king. ” He pointed to the giant crates stacked in the corners. “Those need to make it to the cars. Carefully.”
“What happens if the witchling catches the tracker?” One of the others asked. “Can’t we stay here?”
The first guy seemed to consider it. “I’ll ask, but the chances that no one else knows are slim.”
Another wiggled a phone in his hand. “We have her phone. The only text she sent was that a rogue spotted her.”
The first wolf held up his hand and dialed a number. “Yeah, the boys want to know if the witchling catches the tracker, if we can stay in the caves?” He held out his hands to the third, and the other man slid the phone into his hand. “No, she said nothing about the cave. Just that she was spotted by a rogue and she was going silent.” There was another pause. “I don’t know, man. They just want to know.” He sighed. “Okay. Tell the big man it doesn’t matter. Everyone is in place. We are moving the explosives tonight. We will wait here until the mating ceremony. Are you sure the king won’t show up?”
Erubus looked at me, but I was focused on the group. “Show up for what?” One of the men leaned over to ask the second guy.
“To the mating ceremony, stupid. Brandon’s mating the whore, and he invited the king, because he thinks he will show up and it will be the easiest way to kill him.” The second guy scoffed. “He’s as stupid as he sounds. He had the strongest she–wolf in his hands and he lost her for the whore.” The guy shook his head. “Pathetic. ”
The others nodded. But the first held up his hands. “No, just the guys talking about everything. Has the king responded to the invitation? I’d rather save the explosives if the idiot is right and we can kill him with silver.”
A voice rang out from the caves. “Even if he doesn’t show up for the ceremony, won’t the other witch be able to kill him? She said she had him under her spell, didn’t she?” A man stepped out that was missing an arm.
Erubus tensed. “Holy shit.”
“What? Who is that?”
“That man…was the head of the guard when my father was killed. He supposedly lost his life trying to give my father a chance to escape.” He vibrated with anger.
“Well, I guess we see how they got in that night.” I blew out a breath as I nestled closer to him, trying to soothe him. “Calm yourself. We will make them all pay.” He settled and eventually nodded.
“Yes, I understand. We will watch for the she–wolf here, and if we can take her, we will.” The first wolf walked back into the cave, with the others trailing behind him.
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Chapter 522
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I felt my stomach tighten, but a plan was forming in my mind. But first thing was first. I nodded for Erubus to follow me and then I shuffled away. I had heard everything I needed to. They confirmed that they were working with the brotherhood, which we had already figured, but it was nice to get confirmation from their mouths.
“Where are we going?” He whispered as we ran away from the caves.
“Hunting.”