Filed To Story: In the Shadow of the Past Luna (Lily & James)
Nick asked with obvious pain in his voice.
I frowned. “Yeah. I am sorry, Dude. I know how hard that has to be.”
Nick did not say anything. He just looked down into his now empty coffee mug.
“How much do you know about the Movement?”
I asked, trying to change the subject.
“Do you mean how much did I figure out from the messages?”
“Yeah.”
“Enough, I think. I know that James and Dr. Miller are a part of it. You, too. The Movement appears to be a group of wolves wanting justice for the crimes committed by my mother, Stephanie, and Sheila.”
“Close. There is more to it than that.”
“Like?”
“Before I tell you, why don’t you tell me why you are here. Why would you want to be part of a movement that you believe is going after your mother? I already know why you are unhappy with Stephanie and
Sheila.”
“What, is this a test?”
“You could call it that,”
I responded honestly.
Dr. Miller and Jessica had trained me I did not necessarily care what Nick’s reasons were, but before I shared any information with him, I needed to know that whatever his reasons were, they were sincere. Especially because I was aware that he recently tried to blackmail James into marrying Sheila.
well. Wolves come to the Movement for all sorts of reasone
“I heard them talking.”
“Who?”
“Stephanie, Sheila, and my mother. They were talking about how to blackmail one of the council members.”
Strangely, just as he said that, I saw his face visibly pale.
(Nick POV)
Sh&t. I screwed up. I was so upset about everything that had happened that I neglected to do the one thing that I should have done instinctually.
I stood up and started to head towards the door.
“Where are you going?”
Joey asked me.
“To warn Neil. I heard them talking about blackmailing him, but then I went home and tried to drink my problems away instead of telling him. I will be back.”
Joey raised his eyebrows at me. “You are going to talk to him at this hour?”
“I should have done it hours ago. I am sorry. I have to go. I will come back later.”
Joey looked at me with annoyance. “You are not waking me up again. Next time you might wake up my mate; I do not know how she managed to sleep through your little wake-up call the first time.”
“Did you not hear what I said? They want to blackmail Neil. They want to do basically the same thing to
Joey’s face remained stoic. “I heard what you said, and yes you should have warned him. But you didn’t. Now sit back down. 1 am still hoping to get a little bit of sleep before my shift tomorrow.”
He then glanced at the clock. “Correction, today.”
I suddenly felt like punching Joey. Why did I choose to come to him and not Dr. Miller? Why did I think he was different than before? That he would listen to me?
“I am telling you that one of the werewolf council members is in danger of getting raped -just like I was- and all you can think about is sleep?”
“Sit down, Nick.”
I stared at Joey in disbelief, I was shocked at how cavalier he was being about the Neil situation, but I was just as shocked-if not more shocked- at how he was carrying himself. He was seriously acting more like a beta wolf than a warrior. He even had an aura of authority.
“How is this possible?”
1 asked Nolan in our link. “As far as I know, Joey does not have any ranked wolves in his family tree.”
“Not all beta wolves are born into the position. Most are, but sometimes wolves earn the position the blessing of the Moon Goddess,”
Nolan replied.
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“I said sit, Nick,”
Joey repeated. “Neil is fine.”
I glared at Joey. “How could you possibly know that?
He rolled his eyes at me. Great. So he not only has the authority; he has the attitude.
“Two reasons. First, the Movement has wolves watching all of the council members, including Neil. I just confirmed by mind-link that Sheila, Stephanie, and Margie have not interacted with Neil in the past 36 hours. Second, unless they somehow got their hands on some super rare, expensive stuff, it will be Impossible for them to drug Neil. If he ends up sleeping with one of them, he will most likely be doing it voluntarily.”
“Why can’t they drug him?”
I asked Joey.
(Joey POV)
I put my hands over my face so that Nick could not see my reaction to his question. I was the one who was a “C”
student in school, not Nick. How did he not know the answer to his own question?
“He has grown up with Margie and Robert,”
my wolf, Jett, reminded me.
“Not an explanation,”
I linked back.
“I thought you were an ‘A’ student in school,”
I responded.
“Stop the attitude. Why can’t they drug Neil? Because of the Movement?”
I groaned.
“No, because once council wolves accept their position on the council, most drugs do not effect them; it is one of the special blessings given to them. It is to protect their independence. The only drugs that can be effective on them are incredibly expensive and hard to obtain. As a result, council wolves typically can be blackmailed but not drugged,”
I explained to Nick.
1
“Oh. I think I remember hearing something about that in school. I guess I forgot. But why would the Moon Goddess protect them from drugging but not blackmail?”
I groaned once again. I almost wish my high school social studies teacher could hear me now.
“She can’t protect them from blackmail without altering their ability to make their own decisions. All werewolves including council wolves- have a human counterpart, and free will is a cornerstone of being human.”
“oh”
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