Chapter 638
I braced myself for my parents as they ran over to me. My father got to me first, his battered body once again healed and fully clothed. “If you ever do that again, I swear to the Goddess Amy Maclean I will kill you myself.” His tight grip felt a little suffocating, but I was ripped from his arms.
My mother’s hands floated over every inch of my body, making sure I was intact. Her right hand was healed, her fingers still missing down at the first knuckle. I grabbed her hand and looked it over. “Will they grow back?” I looked at her face, and she just shrugged.
“I’ve never lost a finger before, so I don’t know.” She pulled her hand back and pointed at me. “What the hell were you thinking?”
“What spell was that?” My dad shook his head. “ve never seen lightning like that before.”
I shook my head. “It wasn’t a spell. Noth that I know of…it kinda just happened.” I blew out a breath, and I felt another tug. “What happened after the lightning?” I looked around at everyone. “I don’t remember anything.”
My dad snorted. “How would you?” He waved a hand in the air. “You pulled down lightning. It struck everyone in the clearing.”
I frowned. “How did you all survive?”
He tapped his forehead. “Whoever had a moon, the lightning ran through us, like we were grounded, and then it moved on.”
Cass nodded. “I was watching from the window. It was freaking insane.” Shed grinned. “You have to tell me how you did it.” She tugged at my hand, and I laughed.
“If I knew, I would. But I am as lost as you are.” I turned back to my dad. “So the lightning killed the rest?”
He shook his head. “It dropped everyone, but the moons protected us and we got back up. The ones without were still alive, but they were fried. We were able to go through and finish them off.” He wiped at his face. “You scared us, Bug.”
“How long was I out?” I turned to Rowan.
“A day.” He pulled me into his arms. “Just a day.
“We just finished sorting through everything.” My dad sighed.
“The doctor said something about that. Sorting.“I turned in confusion. “What were you sorting?”
Cass turned green. “Bodies.” She gagged. “They were sorting bodies.”
My dad kicked at the dark ground. “We pulled all moon–marked wolves to be buried, and we started a fire at the far side of the field.” He pointed towards the Dead Caves. There was a small
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fire that wolves were feeding, and a giant pile of something I didn’t want to look too closely
- at.
“I’m hoping for rain before tomorrow night.” My mom looked up at the cloud–covered sky.
“Why?” I looked up and sniffed to see if I could smell rain coming.
“She wants to wash the blood away before the ceremony tomorrow night.” My dad pulled her into his arms. “But I’ve already explained that we have it set up in the backyard, so the front yard isn’t going to matter.”
I looked up at Rowan. “What ceremony?”
His ears turned pink, and Cass giggled. “It’s um, your mom’s idea, really.”
Cass cackled. “Your mom wants to perform a waning moon ceremony to release the spirits of those lost, and move on to the next phase in life. And she thought it would be a perfect night to have your mating ceremony.”
I whipped around to stare at her, and she grinned “Lycan’s mate at different phases of the moon, and a waning gibbous is a good time to let go of the past.” She looked at me with a raised eyebrow. “Moving on to a new phase seems like a fantastic idea after these past few days, does it not?” She watched me for a minute.
“I have nothing prepared.” I murmured, looking down at the ground, and feeling the tug in my chest again.
She jumped up and clapped. “I have everything figured out. Don’t worry about a thing.”
I opened my mouth to say something else, but my father’s phone rang. He pulled it out of his pocket and answered. “Hey.” He staggered and pulled his phone away. Clicking the speaker button.
“Yeah, I don’t know what to tell you, Gav. I saw them with my own eyes. You’re the only one up on that mountain.” The voice sounded familiar.
I mouthed the words ‘Who is that‘ to my dad, but he waved me off. “Are you sure?”
“Yes, Gav, I am. I watched human war movies too. You have a full–on convoy headed your way. One truck had a machine gun on it.” The words hit like a slap. The tugging in my chest jerked harder. “You’ve got about thirty minutes before they get to your lands.”
“Okay, thanks.” My dad hung up, and I felt a spell bubble from my soul again. “What do we do?” He paled. Humans were on their way to kill us, or worse, and we had nowhere to go. The
caves were gone.
“Get me a map.” My mind was whirling.
“A map? Of what?” My dad stepped towards the house.
“I need a map of all the packs on this continent.” He ran inside while my chest was pounding.
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The power coursed through me.
“Why?” Rowan turned me to face him again.
My words were low but certain. “Do you think our pack is the only pack the council sold out to the humans?”
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