86 - Ben


    Juliette jumps at his abrupt entrance. "For the love of the f*cking Goddess. I''m not going to hurt you." Jason grumbles heading straight to the couch, not looking at


    anyone.


    "You could have fooled me." She whispers, then shivers. I wonder if it is the matebond affecting her, or the fact that she stood up for herself.


    "I am thest person in the world who would hurt you or let anyone else hurt you." He mutters, settling in. It looks like someone got a nket and pillow ready for him.


    I look at ra and the other women in the room, giving them a silent ''let''s leave gesture.'' They need time together and they won''t get it with everyone from Brianna''s coven mother-henning her.


    The witches reluctantly follow, but ra stops in the doorway and turns to look at both Juliette and Jason. "This room will have protections on it, you are safe here, but that does not mean that you have earned our trust yet. You go nowhere unless you are escorted by Jason or another warrior he assigns and a coven member. These courtesies are because you are Jason''s mate, remember that." Juliette''s head snaps to Jason,ying on the couch with his arm over his eyes. He''s not sleeping, but maybe he''s hoping to avoid awkward conversation for now. His wolf won''t let him sleep much with her still in this fight or flight state."We have more questions for you and we do need to finish your check-up, but for now rest."


    We step out of the room, ra closing the door gently behind us. Two more warriors walk from the main entrance end of the hallway. Once they are in ce, she indicates for all of us to follow her. Copyright ? 2025 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions


    We make it to the main level and into the open living space just beyond the entrance foyer when she turns. "I have two warriors inside and outside and three more circling the perimeter of the packhouse. There are also extra warriors on shift running the perimeter and other patrol routes. If this is a ploy or distraction for your Ember and Ash witch to attack us, it will not work. I would like a coven member to be stationed outside the door since she seems to be fine with your kind. If she leaves the room in any other way than escorted by pack and coven members, she will be executed on site. I know what I said, but she is a threat, who seems to have single handedly put mind control on my underage pack members."


    "But, she is terrified..." Brianna protests.


    "As she should be. She was caught nting those Shadow Markers. Who knows how many more there are. Our underage wolves are vulnerable until we have them all and she''s responsible for their pain and suffering."


    "No! You don''t understand." Brianna holds up her hands and starts to pace. "She is a Green witch, yes. But she is also a Chaos witch. A hybrid. By simple nature she should not have that level of fear. Frankly, a majority of Chaos witches have an unhealthyck of fear. They don''t fear wolves. In fact they are typically our liaisons with wolf packs because of their ability to understand and work with your kind. Did you see her flinch? She was taught to do that, conditioned to cower. She is more


    powerful than Eliza, but has


    no idea. Eliza would not be able to pull off these Shadow Markers, let alone sustain them."


    I sit on the couch, I am mentally tired


    and it appears we are going to be here for a little while getting on the same page. "So what you''re saying is that on top of the assumed s*xal assault, she was probably harmed in other ways to make her afraid enough to follow orders, but not enough to break her mind so she canplete these intense Chaos spells?"