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He never looked away, and I hated how much of myself I saw in his features. Even his hair was light blond with a hint of strawberry. “The witch you know as Jewels has enacted a curse. She’s been planning this for years and was just waiting for the right time. A time where she could steal the energy of the alpha her family bonded decades ago, on the night of a blood moon.” He paused, and I was reminded of the eerie glint to the sky last night. “Fletcher anticipated this of course, and he had her bound not to harm him. But that didn’t stop others from striking the killing blow. Now we’re all in danger.”
All my worries and fears from yesterday raged to the forefront, and I knew this was the other side of the coin. We’d felt like we got off too easily, and clearly that had been for a reason.
“Danger from what?” Hunter asked, his wolf rising as his patience ran out. “What does this curse do?”
Constantine released a slow breath, still staring at me like he’d seen a ghost. “If we can’t stop her by the strike of the next full moon, she will lock our beasts inside us and they’ll be hers to control. We will never shift freely again. Even worse, all witches will be able to control the packs. For all intents and purposes, they will be the supreme alphas.”
The silence was heavy as we processed this, and I knew that most shifters would die before submitting to a witch in such a way. We couldn’t let this happen.
“You’re a witch,” I said, wishing my voice wasn’t trembling. Hopefully he sensed it was ninety percent from anger. “Why should we trust you?”
He didn’t hide from me in any way, his expression open. “You’re also a witch, Emme. Which side of yourself do you feel most loyalty to?”
I didn’t even have to think about it-the fact that there was any magic in my veins had me wanting to slice them open and bleed out. “My wolf. Always.”
Constantine’s smile held hints of fatigue. “Same, daughter. I have always felt the same, and I have a lot more to explain to you. Not that we have much time to waste.”
With my pack closing in around me, I knew this was a pivotal turning point for the shifter cities. The point where we were once again at war, and this time we stood to lose autonomy over ourselves and our beasts.
As I stared into eyes that were mirrors of mine, I did the only thing I could and stepped back.
“Well,
Father, it appears we have a common enemy. We accept your advice and help, and we will figure out how to take them down together.”
Alpha energy raged around me, but no one countered my statement.
If what Constantine said was true, we had one chance to save ourselves and our packs. But it would require me to trust another parent. One who’d already let me down for most of my life.
Goddess help us all.
—The End
is there gonna be more chapters? i hate when it ends as a cliff hanger lol.