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bBeing /bmistaken bas /bbCalyx /bbby /brk and Devinb, /bhriousb. /bbAnd /bthat is where bmy /bbjoy /bbends /bbfor /bbthe /bwhole conversation. bThis /bwas not how bthe /brest bof /bthe bday /bbwas /bsupposed to go. Why couldn’t we catch a break.

b“/bbSay /bbthat /bbagain/bb,/bb” /bbI /bgrowl, Aziz growling as well.

“We are not here to take your bpack/b,” Harold bsays /bbas /bhe shoots a re at Devin.

“I’m bjust /bsaying, maybe the pups can’t handle this amount of territory. Their father couldn’tb,/bb” /bhe smirks.

“I’ll show you who is a pup,” I growl and start to move forward.

“Enough,” Lucasmands. “Devin, you will wait outside until wee for you.”

Devin growls a little before he leaves the room in a huff.

“Alpha rk, you will act like an Alpha or you will leave,” Harold orders.

“I was never not behaving,” he smirks.

I start to growl when Cal res at me. I take a deep breath to try and calm my nerves. I want out of this meeting bas /bsoon as possible. Goddess, why were there Alphas like rk and Devin?

‘Can I rip the bastard apart yet?‘ Aziz demands. I know he is pacing in my head, itching to get out.

‘Not until he is off the council rotation and someone else takes his ceb,/b‘ I growl.

‘Are you okay?‘ I hear James ask.

‘Fine,‘ I growl back.

‘Jeez, don’t bite my head off. Ama said she could feel Cal and your agitation and wanted me to checkb,/bb‘ /bJames huffs at me.

‘Why didn’t she mind link me herself?‘ I ask, getting sidetracked.

‘We don’t know. She has been trying to. Doc asked if she could while she was locked up, and she said no. Doc thinks her parents or the Ex–Alpha did something and now she can’t. He’s running some tests now,b‘ /bJames tells me.

Great, not only did our dad have her imprisoned, but he also did something so she can’t mind link the pack. This just gets better and better the more bwe /bfind out.

“Alpha Markus?” Lucas states sharply. b“/bbIf /byou would like to tune into our conversation.”

“Sorry, our Beta was linking me. Evidently, our father was able to do something to our bmate’s /bability to mind blink /bbpack /bbmembers/bb,/b” I growl in frustration.

“That’s not possible,” rk barks out augh. “They can only be taken away temporarily by silver or bwolfsbane/bb,/bb” /b

I do not miss the look Lucas and Harold shareb, /band neither bdoes /bmy twin.

b“/bWhat do you know?” Calyx demands.

“Something that I read a long time bago/bb,/bb” /bHarold starts. I can see that whatever he is thinking about bis /bvery bunpleasant/bb. /b

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“Stop being dramatic old man, rk dismisses.

“If it what I think it is, I am not being dramatic,” Alpha Harold growls, forcing rk in hare his peek at him in submission

bThat /bgave me even more pause. Alpha Harold was using his alphamand on another alpha. He was serials and nerves that what he was thinking.

“There is a coven of witches from a few centuries ago that were able to do subdue

werever he tells

“Come on, those are just bedtime stories. Scary stories our parents tell us to keep in line,i” /ihe scuffs. “Witch Covens died out during the Salem Witch Trials. If witch covens are still around, why haven’t we heard about themi?/ii* /i

“You think they just disappeared?” Lucas scoffed. “Humans think we are myths.”

“Yea because we keep to ourselves,” rk dismissed.

“You can not be this dense or dumb,” Calyx sighed in exasperation.

rk growled in defense.

b“/bbWe /bwent into hiding, is it not only fair to assume that they would too? Humans fear what they do not knowi, /iHarold stated.

“So, a witch coven is out there causing trouble?” I ask, trying to keep the irritation out of my voice.

“Why would they show up now? Why help our father hide our mateb?/bb” /bCalyx asks. “It doesn’t add up or make sense.i” /i

“Witches are about power and legacy. The longer the lineage, the stronger they are. Many strong witches were killed in the different witch hunts. Magic ran to rampant and scared humans. I ancient times, magic and myth coexisted together with humans. But as science came about, the supernatural world faded into the background. We became stories. Our shifting ability is easier to hide from humans. We were able to walk amongst them as if we were human. Witches have an air about them. You can feel the power. A human could feel the power of a witch when they walked into a room. That sort of thing scares humans. Fear can turn to hatred. When something is feared for a long timeb, /bthey be resentful. Resentful to the world as a whole,” Alpha Harold continues to exin.

“So what does that have to do with usb?/b” rk demands.

“Witches hate us too,” Calyx sighs in exasperation.

‘How densei,/i‘ Aziz coffs.

I hum in agreement.

“If they are surfacing, then they have a goal and reason. The council will look into this. We will look into rumors of witches and a remedy for your mate,b” /bLucas assures us.

I have a feeling that we will not find closer very fast. I am about to say something when panic spikes through me. I search for the reason and find the mate bond and follow it to Ama. I try to figure out what is going on when Calyx growls.

Zviad forces the shift and my twin is running from our office.

‘Get your asses to the hospital!‘ James grunts through the mind link.

I go cold. What is happening? We had already been summoned by him bonce /btoday.

“Alpha?b” /bHarold basks/b.

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b“/bbI /bbdon’t /bknow, something’s wrong bwith /bour mate,” I bsay /bbefore I am brunning /bout the door. I bhear /bbfootsteps /bbehind bme/b. I don’t le see who is following, I bdon’t /bcare. Ama bis /bin trouble. I bwill /bbe damned bif /bbI’m /bnot there to helpb. /b

bI /bdon’t bshift/bb, /bno matter how much Aziz pushes it. Both Zviad and Aziz will not fit into the hospital room. I run as bfast /bas bI /bcanb. /bbAztr /blends me his speed as bwe /brace towards the hospital.

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