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“That is not what I said!” Selene shouted angrily.
She was surprised by her own voice.
“Didn’t you?” Jackson asked coldly.
“No, Jackson,” she stated clearly, “I didn’t.”
“How else am I supposed to take it?” he asked.
“Exactly how I meant it!” she answered, “The Goddess made a mistake! There is no record of another wolf having two mates; it’s a mistake.”
“Or Alexander is using dark magic against Winter.”
Selene growled in frustration. She wanted to be patient with him, to understand where he was coming from. But the ridiculousness of his words was too much.
“I’m not making it up! There are reports—” Jackson began.
“What reports?” she demanded.
Jackson looked away from her, unsure how to respond. He didn’t even remember all that Holden had said, only that there had been reports of Summer using fae magic.
“Does my father suspect this?” she asked, stepping closer to him, “did he show you a report claiming that Alpha Alexander was using fae magic?”
“No,” Jackson answered quietly.
“Then who?” she asked, a barely audible growl under her words.
Jackson felt the heat of his anger rising as he witnessed how she tried to protect Alexander.
“I can’t tell you.”
“Why not?” she asked, crossing her arms over her chest as she watched him closely.
“It was shared with me in confidence.”
“Then you saw it? Proof of these claims, not just someone’s ideas or words?”
He growled.
She growled back.
“So desperate to protect your mate?” he asked venom in his voice.
Selene gritted her teeth.
“Yes, I am,” she hissed coldly.
Jackson’s eyes widened, and he felt as though he had been punched in the gut.
“You!” she shouted angrily. “Idiot.”
“Me?” he questioned.
“Yes, you!” she paced back and forth for a moment, calming her frustrations. “You go around claiming that an Alpha is using fae magic. There will be consequences.”
“Then I should just sit back and relax while he manipulates you and tries to take you away from me?”
“No one is manipulating me!” Selene shouted. “And I already told you, I’m not going anywhere!”
“If he’s using magic, you might not have a choice,” Jackson said firmly.
Selene growled again, this time letting her frustration out by hitting the sandbag closest to her.
“He isn’t using fae magic! He can’t!”
“How do you know?” he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
Letting out a frustrated sigh, she closed her eyes to think.
‘If I don’t find a way to prove it to him, he won’t let this go. But if I tell him, I am breaking my word.’
Selene looked up at him once more, he was angry, but below the anger, she saw the hurt and the genuine love he held for her.
‘He is my mate. I have chosen to spend my life with him. So I can trust him.’
With a resigned sigh, she approached him.
“I am going to tell you something that you cannot tell anyone else,” she began, “I gave my word that this would remain a secret.”
“Between you and Alexander?” Jackson asked icily.
“Shut up and listen,” Selene growled.
Jackson took a deep breath in an attempt to calm down, it didn’t do much, but he nodded for her to continue.
“I know that Alexander isn’t able to use fae magic because I know that it can only be used by someone possessing fae blood,” she said quietly. “The person who told me this was my father.”
Jackson felt his anger slipping away as it was replaced by confusion.
“How would he know that?”
“Knowledge passed down from alpha to alpha. I wasn’t supposed to hear it, he was teaching Axel, and I kind of snuck into the room,” she answered with a small smile, “he caught me and made me promise to keep it to myself. But I am trusting you to keep this a secret. Because you are my mate.”
“What else did he say?” Jackson asked.
“I don’t know. He made me leave. But I didn’t need to know, so I didn’t ask any further.”
For a moment, neither of them said anything. Finally, she was sure he was processing and would understand.
‘Holden is a wolf of Spring; all they do is gather information. He must know something Alpha Wyatt doesn’t,’ Jackson thought to himself.
He shook his head and turned away from her.
“Alexander must have found a way around it.” Jackson sighed.
“Are you kidding me?” Selene’s irritated voice demanded, “Are you that desperate to make him into the bad guy?”
“It’s not just me!” Jackson shouted back at her, “I told you there are reports of fae magic in Summer!”
Selene felt the frustration in her rising to a boiling point.
‘Who is whispering in your ear?’ She wondered to herself as the frustration grew. ‘Why are you so convinced of this?!’
A brief memory flashed a mischievous smile and sparkling eyes into her mind.
‘Alice…she must have seen the simulations too,’ she sighed to herself. ‘Damn spy,’
“There is no fae magic!” she shouted, no longer worried about hiding her irritation. “Summer uses technology. They have simulations and lights and mirrors! It isn’t magic! Alexander runs simulations using fae creatures from our history books! It’s a damn training exercise!”
“What?” Jackson asked. He hadn’t heard anything about fae creatures before.
“I am telling you, Jackson, stop saying these idiotic things before someone else hears you!” Selene snarled at him before turning away and storming off.
“Selene!” he called after her, the door slammed, and he was left alone once more with his thoughts.
***
“I don’t know why I listened to you!” Jackson growled, slamming the mug on the counter. “So much for Spring, always having the best information!”
“What do you mean?” Holden asked, showing concern.
Jackson looked over at the short man. For once, that Cheshire cat grin was not plastered on his face. Somehow, seeing the shock and confusion on Holden’s face made him feel a little better. At least he wasn’t the only idiot today.
“You made me look like an idiot,” Jackson grumbled. “Are there even any reports that Summer is using Fae magic? Or were you just messing with me?”
Jackson gave Holden a dangerous look that he was wise enough to recognize.
“I truly don’t know what you mean. I have been given the same information I gave to you, my friend.”
Jackson scoffed.
“Well, it’s wrong.”
“Oh?” Holden asked, his curiosity piqued. He tempered his voice to keep it from showing. “But my understanding is that there is evidence of such use.”
“What kind of evidence?” Jackson asked.
“Photographs of fae creatures within the Summer territories.”
“Pfft.” Jackson laughed. He didn’t know if it was the alcohol settling into his system that made him feel better or just hearing Holden make the same mistakes he had. “Those are simulations. Training exercises. It’s tech, not magic.”
“That’s a rather convenient excuse.” Holden offered, testing the waters of Jackson’s willingness to share information. “One easily come up with by a man as tricky as Alpha Alexander. I’d say the possibility still exists that they are using fae magic.”
“Summer isn’t using fae magic,” Jackson stated, rolling his eyes at Holden’s insistence. “They can’t.”
“And why is that?” asked Holden carefully.
“Only someone with fae blood can activate fae magic.” Jackson sighed as he took a drink.
“Curiouser and curiouser,” Holden whispered to himself.. A dark smile crept onto Holden’s face, unseen by Jackson, who focused entirely on his mug.
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