Chapter 461
“Ben, this is amazing!” Trevor, a pack warrior, claps me on the back as we step through the main doors.
“It’s not done, but it’s good enough to house everyone.” I shrug and look around for Marge and Maggie. Spotting them with a group of younger witches, I call out, “Marge! I need your help.” And jog over. “Can you help get everyone settled? I need to get back to Elara. I don’t know what is taking her and Brianna so long, but my wolf and I don’t like it. Use any of the rooms you need to, but the biggest fireplace is in the main living space p>
“Of course, Beta. I’ve put a call out to the townspeople to bring over supplies. We’ll have everyone fed and tucked in by the time you bring our girl home.” She pats me on the chest as I move on to my next task.
I need to find Marietta. I don’t think witches have mates the same way wolves do, but there is definitely something between her and Brianna. I won’t leave Marietta behind when I can use all the back up I can get right now. It takes an irritatingly long time to find her. The crowd in the new packhouse isn’t that big since we moved several people over to the pack hospital for observations. Or maybe I’m just impatient to see my mate. It’s been almost four hours since I watched her jump into the only intact window of the old packhouse and there hasn’t been a check-in or mind link of any kind since. I don’t know if I am being blocked or if she’s just focused on her task and I’m afraid to reach out. The one thing I have learned with magic is, you can’t interrupt a caster in the middle of a spell or working. The concentration break requires them to start over from the beginning and if she’s been doing anything magic related I don’t need it to take another four hours for her to come back to me.
“We need to go check on them.” I rattle out as I find Marietta huddled with some of the older witches in their group. She nods, turning back to the witches.
“He’s not going to be very understanding, but we need her to talk to us. We need to know what she felt or saw, anything she remembers.” They nod at her as she stands to follow me.
“What was that all about?” I ask. She’s tall so I don’t have to slow down my large strides for her to keep pace.
“What Juliette just did isn’t normal. We need to know if she is hiding something or if her chaos magic has control over her instead of the other way around.” Copyright 2025 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions
“You think they will be able to get her to talk about it?” I question striding down the dusty path leading towards town.
“With her reaction to Jason, I am hoping so. It’s possible whatever that was broke the hold that has been keeping her quiet. I’m not sure. This girl is an enigma, even to us Let’s go see if our girls found.
anything in the ruins of your house.
I snap my eyes to her. It’s the first hint at whatever they are, but I’m not getting side
tracked. I’ll have plenty of time to be nosey later.
“We’ll get there faster if I shift and
carry you I pull off my shirt. I’m going to l let my wolf get me there in half the time whether she agrees to come along or not. I pull off my shorts before looking over at her.
“I’ve never ridden a horse, let alone a wolf.” She scoffs in a teasing way and I laugh.
“We won’t let you fall, you are important to our end goal.” I wink and she rolls her eyes.
“I’d zap your smart ass if it wouldn’t waste time you are also important to our end goal. Let’s ride” She waves her hand in the direction of Elara and Brianna. Ishift quickly, get her settled just past my wolf’s shoulders and take off.
Marietta squeals at the movement and winds her fingers in our fur. I can feel her lay
flat against our back to keep from flipping off backwards.