“We should go!” Aly says, excited.
Jeremy watches her, stress written across his face. I know he hates the idea of her in danger, we all do, but we need to trust her. She can take care of herself.
Aly being taken broke something in all of us but Jeremy most of all. I think it’s because he was out cold, basically dead when she was stolen from us, and he felt so helpless when he woke up to her already being gone.
Aly must feel his anxiety through the bond, so she turns and grabs his hand under the table.
“It’ll be fine! We will make a kick ass, super safe plan to go there and get the information we need.”
Her smile is so sweet it could rot your teeth but Jeremy accepts it with a stiff nod. Aly turns back to the group.
“What do we need to keep safe? We don’t want to be detected, and they’re probably looking for us or at least me.”
Everyone contemplates that for a few minutes before Nic snaps his fingers.
“I’ve got it! An illusion charm designed to hide our appearances.”
I don’t follow the world of magic that well. My gifts are different from the others. I follow my wolf and his instincts but the others have physical manifestations of their powers.
Aly, still so very new to everything, looks confused. She asks, “so people won’t see us? What will they see?”
“Whatever we choose. A six-foot blonde or a five-foot red head. We will make sure we can’t be recognized,” Nic responds.
Now Aly is looking at Nic like he’s a genius but I don’t mind sharing her attention or praise. In fact, I’m glad she’s impressed by all of us.
“What else?” Jeremy asks.
We spend the next hour plotting every aspect of the trip. Luckily, the library is open to everyone so it’s not a breaking and entering mission. We just have to stay off the radar.
The plan is to leave in two days once Nicoli has enough time to make the illusion charms.
* * *
Aly transports us all to The Library of Supernaturals. I can tell it takes a lot out of her, but she doesn’t complain.
We get inside and the whole place is huge, it’s overwhelming.
“Where do we start?” Aly asks, leaning on Kiran a little for support.
“There is a section on mate bonds,” I answer and predictably Jax leads the way. I’m sure he’s spent a lot of time in this library learning everything he can.
We all spread out in the section, searching through the different books. I’m sure we could find what we are looking for easier by asking someone, but we don’t want anyone to know. This need to stay between us, which means doing the hard work ourselves.
I try to stick close to Aly as we search, sometimes someone sets a book aside but I’m guessing it’s not exactly what we want, or they would call everyone over.
I’m searching through the shifter section when Jax sets a book back on the shelf, turns around and just leaves. He’s walking towards the door and doesn’t say anything to any of us. What the hell is going on?
“Jax!” I shout, drawing everyone’s attention.
Aly chases after him, grabbing his arm, but he shakes her off and keeps going. She looks confused and tries again, getting in his face this time.
“Jax! What are you doing?” She’s whisper shouting but I can still hear her.
We all head over there in case she needs backup. I’m not sure what’s going on but Jax is not being himself.
When I get there I see him staring at her in confusion. It’s almost like he’s trying to place how he knows her.
“Kiss him,” I whisper, “the mate bond will flare and help clear his head.”
