Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
I shrug. “Are you going to move up to the top floor then?”
They both shake their heads. “We’re not ready for that.”
They say together.
I go to ask another question, but a throat clearing has us all looking to the path we came down.
“Sorry to interrupt, but I wanted a moment with Skylar.”
Elena stands at the edge of the clearing, not unsure, but waiting for permission to approach me. She’s giving me the choice to accept this thing or not.
I look up to the sky and take a deep breath in and let it out slowly. Then I look back at her. “We might as well get this over with too.”
“May I?” She asks, but she isn’t looking at me. My three protectors have shifted so they aren’t blocking her from me, but they are making a definite statement of being between her and I.
Oliver looks back at me and I nod. He steps forward patting a hand on each of the twins shoulders.
“We aren’t leaving Tiny.”
Cam is determined.
“That’s alright Alpha, I wouldn’t expect any of you to leave her with a new development like this.”
She steps past them, closer to me. “I just wanted to say that this doesn’t change a thing for you and I. I understand the dynamic is not ideal and I cannot begin to imagine what you have gone through. I will not be a go-between, if your father wants to speak with you he will have to approach you and you will have to choose to allow conversation or not. Gentry and I have discussed the unique situation that has been presented to us. It is unusual for a witch to be mated to a wolf, but to have the coven leader and her second both be mated to wolves seems like a sign from your Goddess and ours. We can’t ignore it, so we have both chosen to accept it.”
“So you will still train me?” I can’t help sounding like a little girl looking for reassurance, but that’s exactly how I feel “I don’t know what I am doing and it scares me. There is so much and I feel like some things just happen and I don’t want to feel out ofcontrol.”
“We will work on your ability to trust your instincts. Sometimes you do and it is wonderful. Other times you question your self worth and doubt your abilities. Those insecurities are what is holding you back.”
She wraps me in a hug, a full on real hug. She is not super affectionate so I embrace her and the moment as something huge. She pulls back and holds me at arms length. “We will also work through the reasons for your insecurities,” She looks behind me and the look she is giving the three men standing behind me is nothing short of accusatory. “We will get to that, but first we do have some magic to undo and that does not take precedence over what you are going through right now, but it is a priority for your pack. You four are needed for this, we will start at the tip of your pack and work our way forward towards the entrance the enemies will most likely come from. That also starts us at the wolfsbane, which we know you have a resistance to. You three will need to stay with her, she will need the help when we are done. I do not want you to be alarmed, but this spell will weaken her significantly. We will only be able to do one every two or three days. You cannot interrupt the incantation, no matter what your wolf wants. This might be hard for you, but it is not an option to keep you away.”
Well that wasn’t ominous or anything. I look at her, not even trying to hide the worry I feel. Why does this have to come down to me being able to handle the spell? I don’t even know what the spell is. “Let’s go, you’ll see. We have the rest of your team together. Gentlemen.”
She places an arm around my shoulders. “Oh, you may want to let down your shield from the clearing so others can use it. There’s no reason to waste energy maintaining it while you aren’t here.”
I looked surprised. “What?! I totally forgot about that. How did you get through the barrier? When you get a little further along with your training I will show you. It was actually a great barrier though, I’m impressed. You make for a very quick study even with your lessons being fragmented.”
“Oliver has been a big help. He seems to get the magic better than I do.”
“Well, that does make sense. He is your anchor. When you get lost in the magic he will bring you back. We choose our anchors typically, it seems yours was chosen for you.”
I look over my shoulder at the men following me. If he’s my anchor, that makes sense why I am drawn to him and why he can help me with the magic, but what about the other two? I don’t get too much further in my thoughts before we get back up to the patio and sure enough my whole team, the ranked leaders and all their mates are present. Even Ava and Brett are here.
“We are going to head to the first location, please stay in your vehicle until Elena and I call you out. Placements need to be precise. You all know your duties. This will take some time and energy on everyone’s part. Martha and Lenny are preparing for our return.
Everyone nods and we follow the witches around the front to all the vehicles that seem to have been prepped while I was hashing things out with my guys. As I am walking I smell Sierra before she even wraps an arm around me and leans in to whisper in my ear.
“It looks like we need a girls night, so you can fill me in on the last two hours of your life.”
“It’s been two hours? It didn’t even feel like ten minutes. And yes! I need to figure this sh*t out before I go insane. There is way too much going on to be distracted by the three of them right now.”
“Oh, so you’ve upgraded from two to three?” She smiles wickedly. “You have never done anything the easy or traditional way, why not three?”
“Ugh. You are not going to be any help are you?”
“Not right away, nope. Cause you are one lucky girl.”
She looks behind me. “Yep, lucky.”
“Did you just purr? Don’t you have a mate?!” I elbow her in the side.
“I do and he is as amazing as the day I met him. He is my one and only and all of that. But you have some things to work out and I am totally here for it and I want details.”
I nod my head, “As soon as we are done with this, it’s a girl’s night.”
I lean into her shoulder.
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