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Chapter Forty-eight
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Orion
I hated this place. The sooner we left, the better. I placed a kiss on Rose’s head as she peacefully snuggled into my side. I should enjoy my time in bed with my mate molded into me, but instead I am lying awake, racking my brain trying to figure out what the hell is going on with this place.
Without looking, I reached my arms behind me, patting until I found my phone on the bedside table. I was never one for phones because, in the pack, I could just mind link anyone I wanted. This technology just felt cold to me, but in the current circumstances, it was a necessity.
I may not be able to figure out what was going on in this pack just quite yet, but at least there was something I could do at this time of the morning. I typed up a message and hit send.
Z TimeI am so sorry that I didn't post a new chapter on Thursday. I didn't like the flow of the chapter and ended up scrapping over half of it.
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Rose“Sorry about this.” I breathed out as Iris and Talon met us at the border. Iris was glowing; she was settling in with her mate well, from what I could tell.“You know you aren’t troubling me.” Iris grinned at me, but I saw Talon roll his eyes. Iris may not be bothered, but Talon was. I’m sure babysitting was not his favorite thing; in all honesty, it kind of reminded me of Alastor showing me around Black Moon when I first arrived.“It’s not like we will be doing it for much longer,” Matt grumbled from behind me, immediately followed by a small yelp. I shook my head and sighed. I knew Pru had jabbed her elbow in his ribs.“Yeah, you all will be going ho
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Rose “Come on, Lorraine!” I grasped at my sister’s wrist. “Please, just listen to me!” “Rose, don’t you realize how crazy you sound? There is no way that Luna Emma had anything to do with the disappearances.” Lorraine shook her head from side to side as she stepped away from me. “Lorraine, I am being serious. You know something is going on in your pack; remember you reached out to me?” I followed her. “I know I did, but the Luna of my pack wouldn’t put us in danger like that.” Lorraine sat down at her vanity and began to brush out her locks. Her eyes flashed up to mine in the mirror. “How can you expect me to abandon my pack?” “I’m not asking you
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Rose Leaves crunched softly underneath my feet as I paced the edge of the Red Spruce border. I had gotten my sister and Austin out and even managed to smuggle out Zara, her mom, and her son. They were safe in Lunar Lake, but I wouldn’t be able to smuggle out every member of Red Spruce; it was impossible. “What now?” Pru’s voice pulled me back into reality. “I don’t know,” I admitted, a bit defeated sounding. How was I supposed to know what to do next? I had been haphazardly winging it since we got here. Everything we had done and found out was by sheer coincidence. “We got people out, so that’s something at least.” Matt offered our hollow victory. “That’s not what we came to do, though.” Orion leaned up against a tree, his blue orbs following me wherever I wandered. “But…what can we do?” Pru’s voice shook slightly, but into words what had been plaguing me for a while. What could we do? I was supposed to come up here and figure out what
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Rose “You aren’t allowed to be here. This place is the sacred property of the pack.” Beta Zachary stomped through the rows of graves towards us. An angry vein throbbed at his temple. “No one told us that we were not allowed here.” Orion crossed his arms across his chest as he instinctively stepped in front of me. “You should have never assumed you were allowed here!” Beta Zachary threw his arms in the air. “Why would we not be allowed here?” Matt asked as he stepped up beside Orion. “Y-you aren’t allowed here.” Beta Zachary stuttered out; the more he spoke, the more he reeked of utter bullshit. “Are you sure you just don’t want us sticking our noses into the history of the pack?” I asked as I threw my hands on my hips. ***Rose.*** Orion’s voice slipped into my mind, warning me not to push, but I couldn’t resist. “Why is it that the previous Alpha’s headstone is lying in a pile of rubble? You would think that the previou
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Rose “What happened to your father?” As the words dripped from my lips, I saw the fear flicker in her eyes. I had touched a sensitive nerve clearly, but something about the way her throat clenched told me that it wasn’t just the pain of losing a parent. “W-what do you mean, Luna Rose?” Luna Emma wasn’t fast enough to hide the truth that lingered in the muscles of her face. “How did your father come to pass?” I glided past Luna Emma and walked towards her desk. “Why does it matter to you?” Luna Emma was hot on my heel; she was so close I could feel the warmth of her breath dancing across the back of my n
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Rose I gasped as I came back to the present and stumbled back from Luna Emma. I felt Orion’s hand at the small of my back, steadying me. “You saw something, didn’t you?” Luna Emma’s eyes fell to the ground. “I did. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.” I shook my head. “No, it’s fine. What did you see?” “When Alpha Jasper found out about Colton.” As soon as the words left my lips, Alpha Daughtry’s shoulders dropped. “What about Colton?” Matt asked curiously. I looked at Luna Emma, trying to gauge if I needed to speak up, but as soon
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RoseWe swept the Red Spruce territory, checking every home and piece of land we could imagine, but we needed help finding Luna Emma or Colton. We knew where Alpha Daughtry was. Surprisingly, he acted like an Alpha should; he was shepherding his pack, ensuring they were alright and keeping the bubbling emotions of fear at bay. I may not have thought much of the man, but in those moments of evacuating his pack, he had a glimmer of redemption, but I knew it wouldn't be enough at the end of this ordeal."Where have we not looked?" Orion groaned as he shoved a handful of hair out of his face. Sweat was starting to drip from his nose because of our widespread search. His eyes scanned the horizon as if the answer would magically appear."What about the graveyard?" Matt questioned with concern in his eyes. I gave him a slight nod in reassurance. "We haven't checked there. There's no shelter, so it wouldn't be an ideal place to go, but then again, nothing about this place is ideal." Orion gr
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Rose The seconds that ticked by felt like an eternity as I watched Pru; her body was frozen in place like a statue forgotten by time. The only slight movement I could detect was her chest's slight rise and fall as she breathed. Matt was going to kill me. I paced around Pru and the demonic crystal; the only noises were the distant water drip and my footsteps. Round and round, I went circling Pru and that crystal. I felt like a vulture circling a dead carcass and shivered at the thought. I stopped before Pru and dropped to my knees, "Pru? Are you okay?" Of course, she wasn't answering me. I don't know what I expected or secretly hoped for. Dread started to claw at the edges of my mind. I felt a brush of warmth caress my mind. It was Delilah. Even though we had not been in sync recently, she was letting me know she was there and that I wasn't alone. "Thanks," I humbly whispered out loud as I stood up and stepped back. Delilah did not answer me, but I felt her warmth as she stayed nea
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Orion I watched as a sea of confused faces streamed past me into the forest. Children, women, and men filed past me. Each one was more oblivious than the last. I couldn’t believe this was where we were at now. I had never even thought about potentially evacuating my pack, but then again, I had never tried to kill them all. There is no way we could have asked Iris to try to convince Alpha Avi to have Lunar Lake house any more of the Red Cedar pack members. After the magic was snuffed out, or maybe even contained, what was going to happen? There was no way in hell I would just leave Alpha Daughtry and Luna Emma in charge of their pack. I doubt there was any hope for them. If their pack members didn’t kill them first, we would have to report them to the council. Realistic
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Rose The sun lazily crept through the curtains of the packhouse, shedding a golden pool onto a fruit bowl on the countertop. I sat at the kitchen bar, staring at a bruised banana, tapping my fingernails on the counter. The noise echoed throughout the empty room as my heart chaotically hammered away in my chest. It had taken everything in me to walk away from my mate and come back to this house. He was on the other side of the border; he was safe, for now. Matt and Orion were helping evacuate the oblivious pack members. None of the villagers knew the truth; they just knew that they were being forced out of their homes and evacuated into the woods. Eventually, the truth would be revealed, and that is when the shit would hit the fan. All the stability of their pack would
