Wolves by Ash Faith (ebook reader 7 inch .TXT) 📖

It clicked in and I felt her normal presence, Are you alright? I asked her through the channel. Yeah, she said but how the hell are you doing this? She asked

mind-readers can connect telepathically through brain channels, that’s how I’m talking with you right now, I figured it’s the only way I can talk since you can’t really speak English when you’re a wolf I informed her,

 No shit Sherlock she said sarcastically. “I need to take you” Kade mumbled pointing at Lana’s wolf form “I need to take you to get her back” he swayed forward trying to reach her but I pulled him back into my grip and put his shoulder around my arm. He started crying again. “Pull yourself together man!” I yelled at him, God forgive me, I would be killed for speaking to him like this but he was acting like such a child. “the both of you need to work this out together, you need to work out a plan on how to get Julie-Anne back and have Olivia pay for what she’s done, her betrayal should not be taken so lightly as in a deal. Understand?” I said as they both stared at me, “am I the only one in this room with sense?” I sighed, a voice boomed through my head, I have sense. Sense that I’m going to rip that woman’s throat out it said. no guess needed, that must be Lana’s wolf talking. We’ll discuss that later, but I need you to cooperate, we’re going to need you I told it, Fine, it faded out and I heard Lana once again, what did she say? She asked

nothing, don’t worry about that, for now I need you to go downstairs and see if you can do what you did to Kade to the injured vamps downstairs while I talk to Kade and find out what just happened. The wolf nodded and jogged off and out of the room.

I placed Kade up against the wall as his mind seemed to be gathering itself back up again, I was intrigued by the whole fiesta that had just happened “Why would Olivia do something like this?”

Kade stared into my eyes, his filled with hatred at the mention of his sisters name “Does it matter? Nothing matters to me…” They flared up with something more than just hatred, determination “Except for getting my love back and my sisters head on a spike!”

“and no doubt, Prince, we will not prevail on either of those goals but,” I sighed “There is no succeed in giving Olivia what she wants, plus” I remembered what one of the white hunters had said before I killed him “We will need the wolf on our side, Olivia doesn’t just know where the tree is, she has one of the Demons Trials spell books” Kade’s eyes widened for a moment, but his responsibility clearly kicked in as he nodded and took in the information, “So, what’s our next move commander?”

“I have a plan, but, the wolf will not like it…”

Chapter 24 >> Lana's view

 

Randy walked in the room and the line of vamps waiting for my help turned to hear what he had to say. They were waiting for me to heal them, but after Kade, I had no idea how to bring the feeling back, maybe it was because my mind was only one thing – Julie-Anne – and what that sick son of a bitch Olivia was doing to her, I felt like I could hear her screaming for help. She was so innocent, there was no way I was going to let Olivia take that from her, there was no way I was going to let somebody make her suffer… like I had. I bit my cheek to stop myself from showing too much emotion, and distract myself from the flashbacks that were just waiting to rain down on me. Randy’s voice booming broke my train of thought “Ladies and Gentlemen,” there was something different about him now, he was avoiding looking my way, which made me curious. “We must get over this small ambush” the vamps, despite many seeming to be immobilised, began to cheer. “We are at the beginning of a great battle, and we will need your help” this time he searched around the room riling the vamps up until his eyes finally met mine, and instead of the warm feeling I got from them earlier, now they were just filled with a cold, blocked off kind of feeling. “Not just with the White huntsmen, but also with the former princess and believed to be trusted Olivia” the cheering piped down as they digested the information. “Olivia not only gave them permission to enter and kill us, but she took the newly found lover and mate of your beloved Prince Kade and wants an exchange”

Realisation of what the vamps would do if he announced that I was the exchange, they would surely pick me up for offering quicker than I could create a plan to escape and get Julie at the same time. And just as I feared, he began talking again “But, we shall not give her what she wants, and her betrayal shall be met with justice – we have called for extra arms from the council – and with that we will trick the witch Olivia and make her fear for her life!” I wiped the sweat of my brow as they continued their cheering yelling things like “She must die in vain!” and “Make the betrayer pay with her life on a burning stick!” the relief washed over me that I was not the one they were chanting to die, but the amount of ferocity in their determination to kill her helped me make a serious mental note to never betray these guys. Unless it was worth it. An idea struck me as I realised that Randy’s sudden coldness could mean he planned against me. The Prince suddenly was at the bottom of the stairs with Randy now, smiling, with the same cold, blocked off, look in his eyes. My insides rumbled and flipped as my wolf processed the situation as well. ‘They are most definitely planning something more than what we know of’  she grumbled. But she was right, it was what my instincts were saying as well. Two can play at that game I thought as ideas formed together as a plan. I raised myself up onto my legs and walked confidently towards Randy, but he was apparently wasn’t done speaking just yet, this time his smile more happy than before “And at the retrieval of his majesties mate, the mating ceremony and marriage shall begin” I stopped in my tracks, Oh helllll no, not happening as if planning against me wasn’t enough, they were going to just simply marry Julie to their Prince Idiot?! I had promised Julie after helping her out a toxic relationship that no one, no matter who they were, was going to marry her without my permission. Being orphaned by her parents after she moved out I guess I had taken on the role of parenting her. I walked faster now, showing my anger clearly. I grabbed at the collar of Kade and dragged him against his will around the corner for some privacy. I slammed him against the wall but his face was still hard to read. Who cares how he feels. My wolf grumbled as I struggled to keep her anger down and focus on my own as I saw the veins in my hand that help him against the wall flash black for a moment.

“What in the hell makes you think you have permission to say or do that to Julie! I made a promise, after her parents abandoned her” I took a deep breath, “That no one will ever harm her with me around, or do anything to her – especially something like sudden marriage – without my permission. You sir Prince of Blood-drinking beings, have not even asked or even remotely earned approval of me.” I pressed my face deeper into his “In fact, I had begun to trust you with her, but the moment I did, look where she is now – probably screaming in pain – because you couldn’t protect her from your own fucking sister!” pain flashed in his eyes as I dropped him and turned to leave, only stopping to say one last thing “I will be coming with you, but clearly, I will be the one who can save Julie-Anne, as I always have – successfully – and you have failed.” I left him around the corner, most likely stunned but who the hell cares, I knew that I should have never trusted him. “I’m coming for you Julie, don’t worry” I whispered, wishing she could hear me and feel safer.

“Wolf.” Randy’s voice greeted me coldly, I tried to copy his coldness, but I couldn’t help the fact that his possible betrayal hurt me slightly as I’d begun to care for him. That’s what you get you know I thought as I remembered the pain of all the other people I had done the same for, and had all planned against me as well. You were to never trust anybody, it’s your fault that you thought they could be any different, I couldn’t help but think about how foolish I had been.

“Vampire.” I replied coldly,

“You are aware of what will happen according to the plan?”

“You’ll have to elaborate more thoroughly Commander Randy”

“You will be in shackles and the Prince and I shall lead you to Olivia, the Immortal Court’s soldiers will be cloaked with magic the Court will no doubt supply. As we begin to hand you over, your shackles will be undone and attack must begin, as Olivia will surely have a few of her hunters hanging around we cannot actually risk the lives of these vamps as they are too young and stupid to fight full on.” It was too simple, they were most likely not going to break their magical shackles, it would be the easiest way.

“Fine, but did Olivia mention exactly what she was going to do with me?” lying like this made me feel sick but it was what had to be done.

“No. But it shouldn’t be a problem, we should win, with the Court on our side of course”

A flash came from outside, and I prepared myself for the worst.

“Speaking of,” Randy said as he speeded to the door to greet the guests dressed in black casual clothes.

They stepped into the light, and as I measured them up my breath slowed drastically as I met eyes with what appeared to be the leader. We both stared at each other until the moment was broken off by Randy’s yelling. I Quickly walked over the blood puddles and bodies to meet up alongside Randy.

“Wolves! The Court should have never insulted his majesty by sending wolves as his backup, we cannot trust you.” Randy’s outrage brought a halt to all chatter in the room, but the beautiful man who led the small group simply held out a finger and shushed him. That guy had some serious guts, this made me guess how powerful the Immortal Court must be,