Chapter 395

We made it back to the house, and my mother was ecstatic, dancing her way to my room. We shut the door, and she twirled. “Where do I go?” She turned to me and I just gave her a look. “I know I’m going to the cabin. I just mean how? Won’t the pack notice if I don’t leave?”

I waved my hand. “I’ll use magic to pretend to drive you away, and I’ll leave your car at the airport and run back. Just pack your essentials and we will go over.” I kissed her temple. “But let’s be quick.”

“Why?” She sat on my bed, and I pulled out black clothes. She just lifted her eyebrows. “What are you going to do? Rob a bank?”

I laughed. “I need a shower and descenting spray.” I rummaged through my bathroom, but my mom stood and went into my closet. “What are you doing?”

“I put the extra spray in here, foolish girl.” She came out with a bottle. “Now tell me why.”

“Rick.” She just twirled her finger.

“Rick what?” She handed me the bottle, and I put it on my counter.

“When he told me to go home for the day, he told me to go for a run.” I looked at her, but she was just staring at me expectantly.

“Rick hinted that something was going to be happening in the woods today. Or tonight.”

“How do you know? And why didn’t he just say that?”

“There are cameras in our offices. I don’t know where, and I don’t know who watches them. But Vince knows stuff he shouldn’t.”

“So that’s why you told me to not say anything about Alannah being pregnant.”

I nodded. “There is a whole disgusting reason behind that; I’ll tell you later. Go pack. We don’t have a lot of time.”

She stared at me. “You feel something?”

I stopped and let myself feel whatever I was feeling. And then I nodded. “Something is happening. Something important that I have to see or stop. Something.”

She pushed up. “Then I better move.” She walked out of my room. She called back to me, knowing that Morgan had set up microphones in here to listen. I found the cameras a long time ago and got rid of them, but we pretended I didn’t see the sound recorders. “I’ll be ready to leave in five minutes. I’m not taking shit from this fucking house. Just get me to Toya’s pack.”

Then there were a few slamming drawers and packing. I took a shower and descended myself. Then I dried my hair, putting it up into a slick bun.

Are you ready? I called back to my wolves. Nix fluffed her fur and settled down on the ground.

Yupp. She called back, and I laughed. Megan looked at her, confused.

You look ready to sleep. Megan snorted.

I am. She cleaned her paw. I’m not the one going out into the woods. You are.

Megan turned to me. What?

I nodded. Nix is known. We need obscurity, not notoriety. It’s your time to shine. Sneak in, find out what is going on, stop whatever we have to stop, and then get out. Quick, easy, and silent.

Megan stood, fur standing. I can’t, I’m not ready.

Nix chuffed out a laugh. You are a warrior. A gamma. Silent, strong, and deadly. Stronger than most betas and low-level alphas. You can kill Brandon without even losing a drop of blood. You are ready.

I nodded and came over to her. “You are ready. Don’t doubt yourself now. We trained for this, remember?”

She stared at me for a few seconds before nodding. “I got this.”

I winked and then turned to get dressed. My mom came in with a bag and shut the door. “Do we need groceries?”

I bit my lip as I tried to think. I waved her off. “We should be good for the night. If not, I’ll bring some stuff over.” I kissed her.

“Go on ahead. I’ll be right there with some extra snacks, and then I’ll seal the closet so no one can come through until I come back to the house.”

My mom nodded, and then walked to my room, opening the door. “Let’s fucking go. I never want to see this fucking pack ever again.” Then she slammed the door, walked into my closet, and disappeared into the cabin.

I crept to the kitchen and called out to no one. “I’ll be right there. I’m just grabbing something to eat.” I grabbed a bag of food and crept quietly back to my room and into my closet. I dropped the bag inside my room, my mom gave me a thumbs up, and I closed the door. I sealed my closet and then turned, mumbling the words to create a body double of my mom and her bag. Then we both walked down the stairs and out of the house.