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I shook my head. “Alice is already pis sed at us for all the weirdness today. If she finds out the mate bond didn’t work, she’s gonna lose her da mn mind.”
Xander narrowed his eyes at me.
“Then what do you suggest we do?”
My mind wandered to Lanie. Just like it had when we’d taken Alice to bed. I thought it was because she was in heat but was there more to it?
“You don’t think it’s because of her?” I asked Xander.
He didn’t need to read my mind to know exactly who I was talking about.
“We had mindblowing sex with Lanie, and maybe I was thinking about it with Alice, but we didn’t claim her. It doesn’t make sense.
“No, it doesn’t,” I agreed. “Is it because we took Alice as a second mate?”
Xander shrugged. “F uck if I know. This is all new to me.”
“It’s new to everyone.” I sighed and threw myself onto the bed rubbing my temples hard. “The High Council are probably the only ones with answers, but it’s not like we can ask Elder Aldon right now.”
“Yeah, considering you threatened him and basically called him a se nile old man.” Xander smirked.
“F uck,” I mumbled under my breath.
It was true, we’d pis sed him off royally using that loophole. No way was he gonna help us out now.
Ahard knock at the door pulled us both out of our thoughts.
“Enter,” Xander commanded.
AHigh Guard stepped into the office.
“Alpha Xander, you’re being summoned…by a High Elder.”
me.
Lanie
Braden had once again left me hanging, assuring me he’d tell me more about vampires and shifters the next time he saw It’s a very ugly story.
His words rang in my head, and I wasn’t sure how long I could wait for answers But I had to get back to Xander and Zane even if I was nothing more than their castoff mate. A means to an end with Alice. I walked to a stream where I’d stashed another set of clothes and jumped in, reluctantly letting the water wash away any trace of Braden’s intoxicating scent, The last thing I needed was someone smelling anything funny and asking questions. If the High Council had kept vampires from us, then there must have been a good reason.
And if they found out I knew, something told me I’d be in more trouble than my “mates” were willing to pull me out of.
I took a deep breath, steeling myself before I entered the house, and my heart caught in my throat when I saw who was waiting for me on the other side of the door.
Elder Aldon was standing next to a tall man in a pure white robe.
AHigh Elder.
ew they wore I’d never seen one in person before, but I knew they wore white instead of the High Council’s traditional black.
They both whipped around to look at me.
S hit.
“So you’re the one who is causing all this trouble…” the High Elder said.
Double s hit.
“You’re the one I’m here to take care of.”
Lanie s who don’t give a dam n if I live or die as long as they get to claim the “Take care of me? You mated me off to two shifters v she-wolf they actually wanted.”
Heat crept up from my neck to my cheeks as the words came tumbling out, “You should be taking care of them. They’re the ones who spat in the face of your whole mating practice and got us all into. this situation”
The High Elder cleared his throat, but I was on a roll.
“And while you’re at it, why don’t you take a closer look at those so-called practices of yours and ask yourself why you ever allowed something like this to happen in the first place!”
I wasn’t just angry at the Xander and Zane mating, I was also angry that we’d all been left in the dark about the Great Wars, and the other creatures who walked among us.
The High Elder had to be at least partially responsible for keeping the truth from us But I could tell by the look on his face that this was not a conversation he was interested in having.
“Shut your mouth, girl,” his voice boomed.
I shrunk back until I was pressed against the door.
His icy, gray-blue eyes flashed as his wolf surfaced.
YOU
are not a Luna, and you are barely even a mate.” His voice dripped with disdain. “The only purpose of she-wolves is to make pups and support your mates. So shut your mouth and remember that Xander We marched straight to the entryway to meet the High Elder. But when we got there, he was towering over Lanie, jamming. his bony finger in her face.
Hot rage coursed through my veins at the sight.
Lanie’s fear rolled off her in waves I could probably scent from a mile away, Deep inside me, Hunter clawed his way to the surface, eager to get his paws on the man who was berating Lanie.
Protect her, Hunter urged. Protect your mate..
“Ah, yes, here your mates are now,” the High Elder said in a cold voice. “Perhaps they will put you in your place.”
Acold knot twisted itself around my chest.
She’s in trouble, Zane said. We need to help her No s hit she’s in trouble, I replied, And I’m about to do something I might regret.
Propelled by my wolf and my own overwhelming desire to protect her, I marched straight up to the High Elder and stepped 1/2
between him and Lanie.
“Can I help you?” I asked, advancing on him and forcing him backward, farther away from Lanie.
What the hell are you doing, Xander?! Zane demanded.
Shh, I silenced him. Just back me the f uck up.
“If you have a problem with my mate, you can take it up with me first.
I turned around to face Lanie, and her eyes flew open wide. The smell of her fear waned, replaced by surprise and something darker and more animalistic.
Desire.
Distantly, deep in my soul, I felt the clawing of that other beast, the one who wanted to ravage Lanie the night we mated, the one who would do the same right here, right now.
Snap out of it, Zane said. I know what you’re thinking Of course, because he was thinking it, too Even here, under the scathing stare of a High Elder, I couldn’t keep myself from imagining taking Lanie again.
What the f uck was wrong with me?
The High Elder stepped toward me, his voice a low warning growl “Get your b itch in line, Alpha Xander. Her behavibe is improper for the mate of an Alpha and Beta.” He glanced over at Lanie again, and she grabbed my arm, squeezing it tightly Her touch sent a rush of heat straight to my c ock.
I needed to get my s hit together around her. And fast “If you don’t get her under control,” the High Elder said. “Then you will be to blame”
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lanie step forward “You motherfu-”
Before she could pi ss off the High Elder any more, I threw out my hand, catching her off guard and cutting her off.
“I wouldn’t say that if I were you,” I told her in a low whisper.
“What “What are you talking about?” She looked confused. “I didn’t say anything.”
Zane
Holy s hit, did you hear that, too? Xander asked me.
His heart was beating like crazy, matching the wild rhythm of mine.
Yeah what the f uck?
We hadn’t claimed Lanie like we’d claimed Alice, so why could we hear her inner thoughts? Can Lanie hear us? Xander asked the question I’d been wondering, too.
Lanie… I pushed my thoughts straight to her. Lanie, can you hear me?
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