Chapter 340

Only to run face-first into another fucking door.

“Ow.” My eyes snapped open, and I rubbed my forehead. “What the fuck?” I placed my hand on the wood and tapped on it, making sure it was solid.

“What?” Toya came up behind me. She peered over my shoulder. “Is that another door?” I nodded. “Well…” She nudged my back. “Open it.”

I puffed out my cheeks. “If I don’t come back, I’m blaming you.” I opened the second door quickly, slamming it against the wall.

“What the fuck!” Wendy screamed.

“Holy shit, it worked,” I whispered as I stared at my friend.

“It worked.” Toya clapped behind us.

“Amy!” Carly came running, and I opened my arms. “Hi baby.” I hugged her to me and then pushed her back as I crouched down. “Have you been a good girl for Aunt Wendy?”

Wendy smiled and nodded. Carly bounced. “We played board games.”

Wendy sighed. “She beat me every time.” I chuckled.

“Good.” I looked up. “We have all the stuff here. We can hand it through, but we will have a guest with us at the cabin for a while.”

“Who is it?” Wendy leaned against the wall.

“It’s the sad warrior.” Carly looked up at me. “She is sick.”

I nodded. “Exactly right.” I booped her nose. “But now that we have this path, we have some rules.” I pushed her back a few steps so that she was on the cabin side. “Stay over on this side unless there is an attack. Then you can come to hide on this side. But never, ever come over here, unless you have to, okay?”

Carly nodded. “I know. I’m not safe over here without you.”

“Right again.” I smiled. “Okay. Can you go sit on the bed while we bring stuff across?” She smiled and ran back to my bed and crawled up into it. She took a deep breath, and I knew she was smelling my scent mixed with her dad’s. She crinkled her nose. “What’s wrong?”

“Your scent is wrong.”

I chuckled. “Smart kid.” Toya came back with the first bags. “Here, Wendy. These are the bags your mom left for you.”

“Thank you!” She grabbed the bags and headed back to her room.

Toya left again as I watched Carly curl up into my bed. I walked over to her and stroked her hair. “How are you doing, Car?”

She snuggled her face into a pillow. “I’m sad, but I’ll be okay.” She looked up at me. “Can I have this pillow? For the shirt you gave me.”

“Of course, baby. You can have whatever you want from here. The blankets, the pillows, anything.” She jolted up.

“Seriously?”

I just nodded. “Did your daddy tell you about the sad warrior?”

She nodded. “The room next to Toya’s is for her. He said she will need to feel safe because of everything she had to go through.”

I furrowed my brows. “There’s a room next to Toya’s?” She nodded. She hopped up and grabbed my hand, pulling me down the hall. We stopped at a door I had never noticed. “What the…”

“My daddy made it that way. Unless you have a reason to come here, your head won’t see it.” She opened the door, and I went to walk in, but Carly pulled me back. “Daddy said no one but the sad woman should enter, so she feels safe.”

I crouched down and kissed her head. “You are so smart.” She smiled, and then I headed back to the closet. Toya had dropped a few of my bags in the room, and she was coming through with her stuff. “That everything?” She nodded.

“Yeah. We just need food and Lynn.”

I nodded. “I have a plan for that. I’m going to go grab Lynn and bring her to her room.” Toya just nodded. I looked down at Carly. “There is a hamper with your dad’s clothes right there. Why don’t you bring it to your room? Then you can come back in here and take what you want. How about that?”

Carly bounced over to the hamper and grabbed it. “Thank you.” Then she was gone.

I smiled as I walked back over to my bedroom and crouched next to the bed. “Lynn?” She cracked her eyes open. “I’m going to take you away from here. Somewhere safe, okay?”

“Swear it.” Her voice was ragged.

“I, Amy Maclean, swear I am taking you off pack lands away from Derek, where you can stay in peace.” Her eyes filled with tears, and she nodded. “Before I can take you there, I’m going to need some of your blood.”

“Why?”

“To add you to the protection spell. But I promise, as soon as you get there, you will be safe.” She nodded and held out her wrist.

I looked around and grabbed the first thing I could find: a dish I used to hold my jewelry. I dumped out the few rings I had in it. “This might hurt.” I shifted a claw and sliced her wrist. I watched her blood fill the dish, but something was wrong. “Why aren’t you healing?” I hadn’t cut that deep.

Her voice was soft. “Wolfsbane.”

Fuck.