Meg POVWhen I went to meet Quinn at the building site I knew that he was going to be there by himself today that is why I decided to shift and let Willow run taking what I have been calling our special shirt with me. I could tell that he was feeling lonely before I even got there. Willow picked up from Ash that it was that he was missing April. Like Levi and I the two of them have always been close siblings. That is why after that mind-blowing sex on the office desk, which was what I had been coming here for in the first place, I suggested that we go and meet up with April and Kyle. They had been gone for about five weeks and were to be at the last of their pack stops before the final stop at the old site of the Four Corner pack lands. They had taken and driven out to the furthest pack that they were going to be visiting so were making their way back. They were going to be backtracking a little because they had wanted to leave the pack that had taken in the former Beta family last.
Kyle POVWhen I got Quinn’s call saying they were at the nearby dinner, I felt so relieved. I have been on edge the whole time we have been here and it only got worse after that interview with Brooke and the findings from the tests done on the tarts that April took to the clinic. From what the results said there had been wolfsbane baked into the crust which can harm us in large amounts but in smaller quantities, slows our healing down. That is one of the reasons it is added to alcohol so that we can at least get a nice buzz going when we want to. It is also used when surgery is needed so the surgeon will have the time they need without the patient healing or waking up too soon. So the wolfsbane alone wouldn’t have done much to any of us. It was what was found in the cherry filling that was scary. There had been a combination of two poisons the amounts of both would have been enough to kill three large adult human males. There had been both arsenic and cyanide. From what the doctor tol
Quinn POVAs we pulled up in front of the packhouse I could see that worry on Kyle’s face. I may not have known him for long but I recognize that look. He is worried about his mate. We were quickly greeted by Alpha Graham and Luna Sara and ushered into his office. This can’t be good if we jump past most formalities. As we entered the office Meg and I were asked to sit. Alpha Graham sat at his desk and pulled Luna Sara onto his lap. Kyle did the same with April at one end of the couch and I followed suit with Meg in my lap.“Kyle since you did the interview I’ll let you take from here on filling in Quinn and Meg.” Alpha Graham says.Kyle tells us about this plan that the Council had arranged with Beta Bruce. About how Kyle and Brooke were to take over as Alpha and Luna of Four Corners but things had gotten messed up when Kyle ended up in the hospital instead of with the Council. It would seem that the original plan was for Kyle’s Uncle to believe that Kyle had been killed with his paren
April POVMeg and I have joined Luna Sara at one of the training sessions that she runs for some of the younger girls. It is not as much as fight training as a self-defence course. The group ranges in age eight to twelve.“So what made you start this group?” I ask her.“When I first met Graham there wasn’t much of any kind of training done with the girls. Graham never thought that it was right and had tried for years to get his Dad to start training the females the same way the males are but he would never go for it. Graham’s Dad was old-fashioned in his thinking. He didn’t see the point in using his men to train women who didn’t need to fight in the first place. So as soon as Graham took over as Alpha we set up this program. We knew there would be some pushback from some of the older members. You know how some of the older generation is about change. That is why we introduced it as a self-defence course. It was weird that no one seemed to have a problem with the girls learning to def
Brooke POVThey caught the idiot. He was told to wait until there weren’t many people around, so what did he do? He takes the shot in the middle of the girls’ defence training. It is so hard to find good help these days. I hope Alpha Graham skins him alive to get information out of him. Not that he’ll get much the idiot doesn’t know who hired him. He was just given instructions which he apparently couldn’t follow. He won’t be missed. So now I have to improvise. From what I was told about the drug the little slut should be out of it for at least another three maybe four hours. It’s enough time to get her delivered to Jake. I don’t know why my Kyle is still playing this game. Pretending to care about her like he loves her or something. I thought by now he would have been on board with getting rid of her. And I still haven’t figured out what went wrong with that tart. Kyle had been sitting in the little bitch’s room the whole time and if it had just been him I would have gone in and got h
Possible Trauma TriggersQuinn POVI stand staring at the car in the ditch. I can feel the rage and sadness pouring off of Kyle from where he has slumped to the ground. I feel a warm tingle spread across my back just before I hear the gasp from Meg as she sees what we are looking at. I know I need to go down there and see if my sister is OK but I can’t get my feet to move. I can hear Alpha Graham shouting out orders to his men. Two of them are making their way down to the car. I held my breath as the men checked the passenger compartment and started forcing the trunk open. When one of them turns and shakes his no indicating that they found nothing I don’t know if I should be happy or even more frantic. There are so many possibilities for the car being empty. Did Brooke ditch it to cover her tracks? Had she already dropped off April and then had the accident but got out? Were both women in the car and then got out? But the question for all those is where are they now?“Search the area.
Kyle POVI don’t know how to describe the emotions that went through me when I heard and saw April as she made her way onto the road. I was running towards her before she even started to fall. I held her to me the same way I had when I had run to the clinic, Goddess that was only six hours ago. The whole trip back to Alpha Graham’s pack I held her tight rubbing my hand in small circles on her back. We’ve been back at the clinic for about an hour now. April is in a room on the second floor with only one door in or out. It helps the nerves to know that Brooke has been placed in a cell but I’m still not leaving April until she wakes up.Quinn and Meg left to call Alpha Shane, I could start calling him Uncle Shane since he had been repeatedly telling me to do so the whole time I was there. Quinn was going to fill them in back at Twin Moon about what had happened. I was thinking about the things that Dee had told us about Jake replaying that last interview in my mind. This Jake fellow must
Quinn POV“What is it? Do you guys know what this means?” One of the Council members who hadn’t been part of Avery’s retrial asked.“That is the same isn’t it?” Asked the one who had interviewed Meg that day.Aunt Mona nods. “Yeah, that is the same as Heather’s mate marks.” She says as she places her phone on the table after pulling up pictures of Heather and the twin’s marks.Aunt Mona went on to explain all the things that they had uncovered and everything that had happened over the years related to the curse on our bloodline.“So you’re telling us that somehow this guy who started all this crap has been influencing this group of people somehow.” The first Council member asks.“I really couldn’t tell you. All I know is that image is the same as Heather’s mate mark and this guy was a manipulative bastard. From what we found he would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. He litter tried to fight death.”“We need to get up there and figure out what the fuck is going on. If what Brooke