Rune. “I have hot news!” Soph ran into my room, her eyes twinkling with excitement and hidden adventure in the crease of her brows.“What’s going on?” I sat upright, while Kimi shifted to the side. “It might be over for Caden as we speak!” she announced. Kimi and I exchanged glances, trying to figure out where Soph was heading with her announcement.“Caden? What did he do?” I raised a brow. “What did he not do?” Soph laughed, covering her lips with her palm. “The most sinister and the most recent was what he did to you. I can’t explain everything right now because Caden is being escorted to the meeting room. Remember that priestess from the festival? She’s here too.” I despised Soph for distorting the news and giving it up in bits, but I understood exactly what she was talking about and what was about to happen.“Was Caden under investigation?” I asked and she nodded. “That’s why the priestess came. She’s about to expose his treacherous behaviors. If you’re interested in witnessi
Rune. I blinked once. Twice.I racked my brain as I watched Kane, trying to make sense of what he’d just said and why he wasn’t telling me it was a poor attempt at a joke since he wasn’t one to crack jokes. “You’re serious?” I raised a brow at him and received a frown in response. I scoffed and got up from the bed, maybe I hadn’t heard him clearly, maybe he didn’t just accuse me of making Caden lie about the curse.“Just so I understand, you’re telling me right now, that Caden said I put him up to this?” Kane’s silence told me I was right, and that was in fact what he’d just said. “Where is he? Where’s Caden? I need to hear him say those words with my ears because this is by far the most ridiculous thing I’ve heard all week, and you know very well I’ve heard a lot of ridiculous things this week.” I released a breath and placed a hand on my chest. “This doesn’t even make any sense, because what was I supposed to gain from that? There was no one more heartbroken than me when he told
Rune. As I suspected, the envelope on the bed turned out to be a letter from an unknown sender, but in a different handwriting. My fingers trembled as I held the open letter in my hand. I stared at the written words but I was unable to assimilate them over the sound of my heart beating rapidly. It felt like some sort of ploy to get me wrapped up in trouble again, because why would anyone on my side with direct access to the pack house send me anonymous letters instead of pulling me to the side to tell me everything I needed to know about who was after me, or who I wasn’t supposed to trust. It didn’t feel as though whoever was sent the letters was on my side, but it also brought to mind who the mastermind was, if they had this strong of a connection with the wolves working in the pack house. I didn’t bother with trying to look for who must’ve sent it like the last time because by now, I knew I wouldn’t find them, and it would only be a waste of my effort, and judging from the thin
Rune. I quickly headed downstairs, to the kitchen, where I was met with Marian and Soph. Kimi had gone for her training. They’d all been waiting for me and had gone to the kitchen from the living area because they thought Kane and I were about to get into an argument, according to Soph.I guess they weren’t the only ones who thought so, because I noticed that the omegas were walking on eggshells around me when I stepped out of the room, with their heads bowed. They had no idea we fought last night, and we were in the process of giving each other some space. “I’m hungry,” I announced with a sigh, ignoring Soph’s words, and Marian jerked to her feet, eager to give me some food. We had our breakfast at the dining area, over a conversation about Caden and everything that had been going on in the pack in the past days. “I went to the human market the other day, and on my way back, I heard a few wolves talking in hushed voices about wolfsbane and…” Marian paused and put her index finger
Rune. “I think you should be more focused on what we have to do!” Soph cried, but I was more focused on how to find Kane.“That’s why I have you.” I wiggled my brows at her and she rolled her eyes with an annoyed puff. “I’m not the one who was falsely accused.” As her words sunk in, I realized she was right. “I fear you’re not taking this as seriously as you should,” she paused, “what are you going to do when you find him? What are you going to tell him?” She asked. I blinked back at her, my mind blank. Just a few seconds ago, I had a list of things I wanted to say to him, starting with an apology, but when I thought about it, I remembered I was annoyed at him for a different reason entirely. I sunk back into the chair with a sigh. Even though I was untouchable right now, clearing my name was supposed to be the first thing on my list, because nine months was a long time, and no one could tell what would happen in that time. I was untouchable now, but what if I was framed for some
Rune. I took Soph’s advice and tried my hardest to stay away from Kane, which felt like the hardest thing I ever had to do since we shared a room and couldn’t even talk to each other. Yes, I was still mad at him for what he did, but over the past four days since that night, my anger had died down and I was only mostly annoyed that he didn’t try to apologize to me.Looking on the brighter side, it meant Soph was right about Kane staying away from me since he thought I was angry with him. Our situation made it easy to have the meeting for the mission and how it would go down. Myself, Soph, Kimi, and everyone involved, were counting the hours till the m would be set in action, and as the day drew closer, my heart beat faster. I didn’t think I’d be capable of going through with it, but every time I voiced my concern, Soph and Kimi would calm me down and tell me everything would go according to the plan. Their words helped, but just a little—at least until they left and I was alone wit
Rune. “Rune, are you okay? You don’t look too good.” Soph pointed out. I raised my eyes from my empty plate to meet her narrowed ones filled with concern. “Huh?” I widened my eyes to appear brighter, “I’m fine. It’s just that…” I gulped hard. “Just what? Don’t tell me you want to back out when we’re just hours away from doing this,” she said, referring to the mission. I sighed. “No. I don’t want to back out. I can’t,” I sucked in a breath. “Then what is it?” She probed.“I might’ve reconciled with Kane last night,” I bit my lower lip in shame. Soph’s eyes widened, along with Kimi’s. Kimi was up to date with everything, including the plan to put a little distance between myself and Kane. “He came at me unexpectedly. I tried to stall but it didn’t make sense to keep being annoyed after he apologized.” I explained. Soph sighed, rolling her eyes. “This is what I hate about wolves in love.” She barfed, rolling her eyes again while I froze. Wolves in love? As in I was in love with
Rune. We didn’t get caught. At least up until we infiltrated the dungeon. It wasn’t by any means an easy task, but with the rigorous planning, we were able to go in undetected. The dungeon was nothing like I imagined it to be. Surely, it was an underground building with huge iron rods here and there that made up most of the building. With cells that were equipped with silver doors making it impossible for the wolves held inside to escape even in their wolf forms. It was dark and eerie, and the overall stench of the place could send normal humans into a heart attack, but I had expected it to be smaller and tight. “What are you looking at? Keep moving!” The hefty guard in charge barked at Soph and me, causing the tray in my hand to falter. Soph and I disguised ourselves as serving guards for the prisoners, and thankfully, we found a way to situate Aaron at the first gate and Rodney at the second gate, or else it would’ve been impossible for us to make our way in. The guard in charge