Chapter 420
77 – Elara
“It’s about time. I thought I was going to have to destroy the cave to get the two of you out p>
“What the hell?” I whisper, feeling Ben just behind my shoulder.
“She’s here.” Ben mind links me.
“Who is she p>
“The witch. Who else would put us in a blizzard and then taunt us like a child p>
He’s right, she sounds like a petulant child. Maybe fourteen or fifteen at most. The way Brianna described her I expected the witch causing all of our problems to be significantly older than me, jaded and angry due to life experience. She just sounds like a high school mean girl. That thought bolsters me. Fınd the newest release on.net
“What do you want exactly?” I call out. I might as well try the direct route. “I mean it’s been fun having all of your tweaked out minions and little magic bundles, but we are over it and have better things to be doing p>
The wind blows the snow around us, Ben’s hand goes to my hip. I don’t have the time to decide if it’s possessive or protective.
“I want what is mine, little Alpha.” The snow seems to be whispering to us. There’s no one else here, that I can smell or see.
“What do you think I have that is yours p>
“Ah, ah, ahhh. That would be too easy and I am quite enjoying our game. You have plenty of help, you should have your answers soon.” Copyright © 2025 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions
With that the wind dies completely and the snow disappears. We can see past the tree line surrounding the cave.
The woods are full of wolves and witches all staring in disbelief. I don’t get to observe for long before Ben whips me around, completely blocking my view of everyone.
“What are you doing? Let’s get out of here.” I try to push past him, but he holds tight. “Not until you are covered up.” He breathes out, pressing his cheek to mine.
“What?” I look up at him confused. “What are you talking about? Most of these guys are my warriors. They’ve seen me after a shift plenty of times.” I avoid the word ‘naked’ purposely.
“That was before you were marked as my mate.” He pulls me closer, “Just give me this, please p>
No sooner did he ask, than a t-shirt and a pair of shorts were shoved in my face. “Thanks, Jason.” Ben whispers and I grumble.
“Anytime.” He responds airily, his attention on the forest around us. “What is that?!” His eyes are roaming everywhere.
“What’s what?” Ben asks, and turns after making sure I’m fully covered. He put on a pair of shorts too, showing the same respect to me. I can’t ever complain that he’s inattentive.
Jason pulls my focus again, “It’s like the air after it rains, but with a spicy bite to it. I’ve caught it a couple times, running patrols, but it’s faint and local. It’s like whoever it belongs to appeared and disappeared on the same spot and didn’t move from that location p>
“I don’t smell anything like that, do either of you?” I ask my wolf and Ben.
“No.” They say in unison, then Ben turns to his friend, looks back at me, then shakes his head.
“What p>
“Working theory, but it’s not important. We need to figure out what this crazy b*tch wants p>
He looks around for a millisecond, grabs my hand and stalks off, dragging me. “Ben, I can walk all on my own you know p>
“Until this psycho witch is caught, I want you within arms reach of me. This is a Beta thing as much as it’s a mate thing. She has been messing with your pack for almost a year now, maybe longer. She’s toying with you, but she made it sound like she’s ready to up her game, and she never got to her point p>
He walks us right up to Marietta and Brianna.”You left something out in your story. What does she want? What is she after? She said we have resources and will get answers soo enough. She has to mean the two of you. Why trap us in a cave, become impatience when we don’t emerge right away, taunt us but never give us anything to work with? Copyright 2025 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions
“Ben, it’s not that simple p>
“We have gathered that. Simple seems to not even be in this witch’s vocabulary. What was the point of trapping us? How long were we actually in there p>
“The more important question is, what happened while you were in there? How long do you think you were trapped p>
“Two and a half days.” I say before Ben can argue. “What was the time in reality p>
“About forty-five minutes. What happened?” Marietta asks again.
“Nothing. She didn’t do anything until we walked out together p>
“That’s not what I mean, but I think I know. It’s just a matter of what that does to benefit her.” Marietta gently moves my hair to the side to see Ben’s mark still healing on my skin. The wolves near us have already tracked our combined scent. “She wanted your bond, but why p>