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Chapter 68
Chapter 68
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My paw pounds on the soft forest floor as the wind brushes against my thick black fur. Each breath I draw is crisp and filled with a thousand scents of the forest. I revel in them all–the moss on the damp rocks, the sap weeping slowly down a nearby pine tree, and the river.
My senses are flooded as my body works hard to move through the woods. Everything is clear. Everything is sharper faster. There’s no better feeling than that.
Kovas and I come to a complete halt near the borders and we shift as the sun begins to rise. The border wolves greet me and one of them leads us to a nearby clearing that has a temporary shed for the change of clothing. We wash ourselves by the brook and change.
“He looks good,” Kovas tells me, talking about my wolf–not me.
“Yeah,” I slip on a shirt and turn to him. “I believe he has seen better days, though.”
“I’m just glad to have you back into your–well, senses. He lands a hand on my back.
I cock a brow at him, “I had to do what I had to do. There was no other way to destroy Elias and his pack.”
“Sure. Yeah,” Kovas doesn’t really like to argue this one certain thing because he knows that if he starts, it will lead to an ugly argument. “Well, anyways, did you get a chance to look at what came back from that land?”
We walk across the clearing for a while longer with the intention to head back once it starts getting brighter. For now, we settle on sitting on a slab of stone that is smooth at the top but it is cold.
“It was not something I had been expecting.” I ran a hand down my face in complete wonder at what I had my men retrieve from the same land that I had given to Elias. “I sent it to Eldra. If she thinks it’s going to work, then I’ll give it to Rhea.”
“Did you tell her yet?”
“No, not yet. I want to be sure of it first.”
The poison, the one that Ezra had given her, Lupívora, was also retrieved from the same magical land that everyone spoke about. I hadn’t seen it yet, but I did send off some of my men there, and the report was enough to know that the rumors
were true.
There was a plant they had found, called the Witherwood, that had a white sap, which was, in older times, known to revive werewolves who had died in battle, but only their wolf forms. It wasn’t practiced now, considering no one really had any knowledge of it. But now, it had come to my knowledge, and if Eldra thought that it could help Rhea gain her wolf form back, then I was more willing than not.
I was just waiting on the confirmation.
“Any word from Greshire on the sightings of that wolf yet? It has been two days now.” I ask Kovas, the impatience seeps into my voice.
“Still on the lookout. We’ll know soon.” He shrugs.
“Hope it is sooner rather than later. Can’t risk him slipping through,” I look ahead onto the clearing and see the first rays of the sun. “I want him dead.”
“And he’ll be dead. When was the last time someone crossed you and lived? Never.” He points out the obvious.
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“Alright. Well, keep me informed.”
“I’ll come by at night-”
“No, I’ll come.” I interrupt. “It’s better if we don’t discuss any of this over at the house.”
“Why?” He raises a brow at me.”
“Well, Rhea’s not in a good state of mind. And she has a tendency to snoop in when I’m discussing things that have something to do with this wolf. And we’ve been discussing him lately.” I tell Kovas. “Don’t want to trigger anything, if you get what I mean, not so soon, at least. She needs more time and some space from this mess.”
“I get it. We’ll do it as you say.” Kovas concedes. He stands, and I get on my feet as well. The time that we came for it is nearly up, and it is time for us to leave now. “She has changed since she–well, became a human?” The way he says it makes me turn and look at him.
“Yeah,” I’m hesitant, “a little bit.”
“It’s good for her.”
“Maybe it is, maybe it’s not,” I’m not too sure on the matter yet. She does behave quite differently now, there’s a loss of fear in her, which I suppose is good. But, it seems like she still hasn’t realized the true nature of things yet. “We will see.” I say.
Kovas walks with me side by side as we leave. He lets out a low chuckle as something goes on in his head, something funny, I
assume.
“For better or worse, at least she won’t be afraid of your family once they visit at least.” Kovas teases me a little.
Right. There was that as well.
“They won’t say anything to her.” I shake my head and tell him in confidence.
He laughs again, this time louder, “Are you sure about that?” There’s sarcasm in his tone, I hear it. It is thick. And clear. “Did you even tell them she’s your mate? Or are you simply going to go on with that fact that she’s a human now and well, practically nothing to you considering the rejection?” His brows raise at me.
I press my jaw. The thought of having her meet with my family makes me uneasy now. This is far worse than I thought it would be.
“They will understand, Kovas,” It comes out strained from me. I am trying not to lose patience with my friend. He will test that in a second. “She’s with me-”
“As?” he presses me.
And that is all the patience gone.
“You’re having way too much fun with this, aren’t you?”
A grin crosses his face as he walks ahead. “A little, perhaps. I’ll stop. But it’s something you really need to think about and get your story straight before they come. There isn’t a lot of time, not a lot.”
I’m well aware of that. Well, enough.
“There are a lot of other things I’m concerned with right now, and the last of them is my family’s arrival.” I grit out the
words.
“Yeah, well, you might wanna take care of that too,” he looks back and winks. “I wouldn’t want her running away from
you
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moment she gets a glimpse of them. Because if I was in her place, I would”
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