Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
I move to sit on the opposite side of the fire from him. “I haven’t been able to make any magic work since that night.”
“Well, you’re talking to me, so that’s a start. Tell me what went down. The last thing I remember is you and the twins walking downstairs to see the Alpha. Cam said they had information and needed to deal with it privately. I thought maybe they were going to tell you that you were their mate and for some reason they were able to sense it early or something.”
“Are you f*cking kidding?! No, they brought me in to tell me that I’m a traitor and that they could prove it.”
I don’t know what in that moment made me start talking after weeks of silence, but I told him everything that I could remember from that night, down to the shimmer around the packhouse.
“Damn! And the four of them just ganged up on you like that. That makes more sense than what I was picturing.”
“That all makes sense to you? I know Kevin and Kaley are behind The Alpha thinking I am a traitor. I can see how that would be possible since he is an advisor and had been closely working with the Alpha on everything in the pack, but the Luna and the guys? I don’t understand.”
“I see it the other way around. Kevin is the leader of the school board. Why the f*ck is he talking to the Alpha about anything related to warriors or pack protection? He isn’t an elder or a warrior. He really doesn’t need to have that much time with the Alpha. With the guys, they are going with what their Alpha says and trusting his judgment. But even that is off. They are almost brainless idiots. They are slow to make decisions and can’t focus for very long on anything, like they are waiting for instructions. That’s actually why we stopped coming to training, Luna Ava said we need to keep them out of the pack’s eye until we can figure out what is going on.”
“Yep, gotta protect that pack image.”
I say sarcastically.
“Or maybe she wants to keep the pack morale up and seeing the twins acting completely out of character would cause panic to start to spread throughout the pack causing more chaos. She is protecting the pack the best way she can being under house arrest. She sent me over today, you know. Told me not to come back until I talked to you. She wants to know if you’re okay.”
“What do you mean house arrest? Why would she be under house arrest? Why would she care? She just sat there and let them accuse me of bringing the rogues here. Even with proof!”
“According to the Alpha it isn’t safe for her to leave the packhouse so he has an Alpha command on her to stay put. She’s a smart lady and figured out ways around the command though.”
He points to himself. “It’s why Lenny comes over everyday too. Obviously she wants to make sure you are fed, but she comes back and tells us how you are doing.”
“Sneaky!” I roll my eyes.
“We are all doing the best that we can. Right now we have good reason to believe that the Alpha is under some kind of spell.”
He mumbles low. “I don’t even have the ability to mindlink with you now, because we are forbidden by Alpha command. And as far as proof, no one else was in that room and their memories don’t seem to be the best. Another reason we think there is a spell or something like it at work.”
“Is it Kevin? Or something else?”
“No idea, but he’s a part of it because for some reason he and Kaley are the only people that come to the packhouse anymore. Even my dad stays away and he’s the Luna’s main guard. But the logic, from the Alpha, is that if she’s in the packhouse she doesn’t need protection. So he isn’t needed.”
“Oh sh*t!” I jumped up. “She’s the target! Someone is going to try and get to her. You guys all know about the tunnel now and I’m sure she’s shared the code with the Alpha, whether she wanted to or not. Anyone could sneak in and grab her. You have to watch her Oliver, especially if your dad has been worked out of her detail. They want her to control the Alpha. He can’t stay under a spell forever.”
“I have Sam and Mateo watching her. They seem to be like me and see both sides of whatever this is. Oh, speaking of which,” He takes the backpack he was wearing off and hands me two gallon sized zip top bags with clothes in them.
“What are these?” I’m actually afraid of the answer to this question.
“I know you are having nightmares, so don’t lie.”
He holds up his hand to stop my protest. “I assume Jena is too, so I brought one of Mateo’s shirts for her since that seemed to help and I brought you one of Cam and Kota’s shirts. And just so we’re on the same page I will be taking one of yours and one of Jena’s to hide in their rooms. Actually I will need two of yours. Cam and Kota have gone back to being in separate rooms.”
His look is so pained.
“They don’t sleep apart though, they never have.”
I whisper.
“They did once, remember?” He looks me dead in the eyes. “The last time you left, they slept in separate rooms for almost a year. If I had to guess based on all the crazy ass timelines. It was right after the time you had been captured until you came back to us. They have also taken to dressing alike. Do you remember their social experiment?”
“Yeah.”
I smile and laugh at the ridiculous memory. “That feels like forever ago. They were trying to prove that it was some kind of great phenomenon that I could tell them apart.”
“Well apparently it helps keep the crazies at bay and even their parents can’t tell them apart. And they won’t confirm who is who. They only speak out loud when they have to. They mindlink everything, and their wolves seem to be a part of all the conversations which change their voices. They don’t trust, and for good reason. They have everyone at arm’s length. Something deep in them knows something is wrong, I can see it in their faces, but they are stuck and can’t fix it alone. Since I have been spending time with you, I have started to see their differences and I think seeing them as individuals without assistance helps them focus, but it’s a huge battle. Sam and Mateo aren’t much better. Mateo has become more angry, he just radiates hostility, that is keeping people away from him. Sam just talks less and doesn’t smile at all. Although Sam might just be sad about Sierra not being here and doesn’t give a sh*t about anything.”
“What? Where did she go?”
“Don’t know. She left a note saying she had something to work on and she had to leave in the middle of the night because of the lockdown. No one has heard from her since and I think he might be losing his mind a little over it. I think he’s nervous because she turned 18 and we all know that he thinks they are mates, but she bailed before his birthday. I think he’s afraid he lost her.”
Oh sh*t, that would probably mess me up too. We all know he loves her and it was just a matter of them waiting until they were 18 to confirm their feelings.
“I’ll ask Osiston. I was able to connect with him. I have been sending her texts everyday and they show up read, but she never answers. Same with Mina. Everyone is working on this Rogue King thing so they aren’t worried about our trivial problems here.”
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