"That was probably the n." Dev muses. "I''ll stay here, you guys go. Let''s check in...say an hour?"


    I nod. "Get Marietta down here, I am not above letting her work with ra to forcefully get answers out of him. And have Brianna check in on Juliette. As much as I don''t want to think it, she could still be a part of this somehow." Jason growls, "I know man, but think this through. She was terrified of us not twelve hours ago, and now all of a sudden she''s curious and asking questions? The only thing consistent is her reaction to Drake''s name. What happened since breakfast? Something''s changed, and I feel like we''ve been set up."


    "She''s the bait, nothing more. Juliette had nothing to do with this." Jason assures.


    "I hope so. Dev''s right we need more answers, let''s go."


    We get outside, get out of our clothes, pack the drawstring bags and shift. My wolf is loving the feel of the forest. I feel like we don''t run half as much as we used to. It''s always in small bursts of time.. I need to let him out more. We both feel better.


    "So what''s the n with the witches when this is all over?" Jason asks.


    "Not entirely sure. ra and I have talked about it, but right now they are in as much danger as we are and we don''t know how long they will need the assistance. We''ve talked about a couple options. Why?"


    "My mate is a witch, d*ckhead. What the f*ck am I going to do if she decides to join up with Brianna and her Coven and they move as far from here as possible?"


    “Sh*t man. I don''t know. But that is worst case scenario. She may not want anything to do with covens when this is all over. We don''t know what she was doing before Eliza''s goons took her."


    “Has Brianna or Marietta talked about sticking around?"


    "Not to me, but they haven''t talked about leaving either. They actually moved another group of witches into the packhouse the other day. think all the rooms are pretty much full now. I think many will stay if offered a


    in


    loves the kitchen Pack Mnie


    witches. Her and Marge have learned a ton of helpful recipes that work for wolves and humans. They only had a couple of kids with them, but they seem to be doing just fine with the pups. Everyone is trying to keep as much normalcy as possible for the little ones."


    "You are as much an Alpha as ra is. Listen to you talking about moving in people and taking care of pups.” Jasonughs. Copyright ? 2025 Miss L Writes and


    Ember Mantel Productions


    "F*ck off." Iugh at him as we


    dodge trying to shove him into a tree. "In all seriousness though. You can take her home to Silver


    Crescent, you can stay here if that works out better for the both of you. You know Jeremiah and Rayna will support whatever you need to do for your mate. So will we, But don''t make any decisions yet, we still have to figure out this bullsh*t first and end this attack. We may all be taking shelter in Silver Crescent if this goes sideways."


    We get to the waterfront and it looks exactly the same as thest few times we explored here. Jason and I shift, get dressed and search for the weird scent trails ra and I found thest time we were here.


    "What the hell?" Jason walks off in


    the opposite direction of the cave I was hoping to explore. If my theory is right, Juliette put up the blocks. that kept us out before, but now that shers mated to Jason, wonder if he I has special privileges?


    "Jay, what''s up? I want to see if they are still using this cave." I''m slow jogging to


    catch up to his pace.


    "Don''t you smell that?"


    "What? I get the faint trails that are fading, maybe a week or so old. What do you smell."


    "Burnt...something. Come on."