Chapter 20
I slammed my car door in frustration. I couldn’t believe we had come so close to freeing Grace and her wolf, only to fall short. The witch had to have used magic to conceal her path, but it made me feel like an idiot. How could she have slipped through my grasp so easily? I wasn’t used to being defeated in literally anything and this was by a freaking
witch.
“Fuck. That could have gone better.” Leon sighed as he climbed into the driver’s seat and Sawyer got into the back seat.
“That was a disaster.” I grumbled.
“We learned a few things. So, it wasn’t a total waste.” Leon rationalized.
“And what did I learn?”
“Well, for starters, we learned that this goes a lot deeper than just Grace.” Leon
answered.
“Yea. Grace is the catalyst.” I ran my hair frustratedly through my hair.
“More like you made Grace the catalyst because you removed her from their pack.” Sawyer
muttered.
“Explain.”
Sawyer raised his hands in defense before continuing, “I’m sorry. I just meant, if you hadn’t found her, her pack might not have disappeared. The witch wouldn’t have freaked
out because she wouldn’t have been called, and we might not have noticed something was
off. But now, we know, and we are actively working to uncover it, so we won’t be blind- sided anymore.”
I knew he was right, but I ran a hand tiredly over my face.
“I also think that the fact that the witch was unwilling to help, should very much alarm us,” Leon added. “You are the Alpha King. You should be the scariest thing in this kingdom. If the Red Blood pack has her scared, there’s more going on than we realize.”
“I need to think. Let’s get home and get the team together and we can try and map out
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what the hell is actually going on and try to strategize from there.” I said after a long
moment.
Both my Beta and my Gamma agreed, but I knew they were both thinking about what we had just uncovered. As soon as Leon pulled in the driveway, I felt a weird excitement to go see Grace. I knew I had left her sort of abruptly earlier, but I was hopeful that she hadn’t
minded too much.
“Meet in 20 minutes?” Leon asked.
“Yes.” I replied. “My office. I want updates from when we were gone. I’m going to go
shower.”
The darkness barely registered in my mind, but it did just enough to realize that Grace was probably sleeping now, so I chose to shower really quick in a guest room.
I felt refreshed and more awake after the shower. My head felt clearer as I made my way
to my office.
“Anyone come up with anything new?” I asked as I walked into
my office.
“No. There are no leads on where Sandra or any other of the witches live. But we only know of about 7 of them and know of should be used loosely. We have heard rumors of is a more accurate description. That girl could have been Sandra, or she could have been another witch. Since we have never actually met her in person, it’s hard to be sure exactly
what just happened.”
“Magic obviously happened,” Sawyer grumbled, unhappily. And I unfortunately agreed
with him.
“Okay. Anything weird happen here while we were out?”
Both Leon and Sawyer got quiet and had the nerve to look slightly uncomfortable.
“What happened?” I growled angrily.
Leon swallowed hard, but he met my eyes. “I talked to Damien when I got back, as you
know he was in charge while we were out…”
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