“Have you met me?Goodisn’t in my vocabulary.”
Torin’s power rippled and shut up whatever Adonis had been poised to say. “We have a powerful enemy coming for us, and I have to listen to this? What else can you tell us, Nanshe?”
“Prepare, now. She is coming sooner than later.”
The tone in the room changed instantly.
Carlo looked at her gently. “How soon,tesoro?”
She was silent again, and Carlo groaned. That would take some getting used to. He changed tactics. “Do we have a month?”
“No.”
“Longer?”
“No.”
“Two weeks?”
“No.”
“A week?”
She was silent, and he decided to try that mental chat thing they did.
More than a week?
“Prepare like it’s tomorrow.”
Well, if nothing else, he could say it wasn’t tomorrow, since she’d said something, but that didn’t make him feel much better. His gaze met his Alpha’s, and Arturo nodded.
“Then we do what we can now. We each can go back to our areas and get our things in order. We can all stay in communication. The first to be attacked must relay to the others. Agreed?”
A ring of accepting answers echoed through the room.
Torin sat up straighter. “The Guardians will ward the outside as best we can. We will also temporarily disable the portal into the city.”
Kalinda groaned. “I understand why. I must contact the National Council on this, so they know to divert people elsewhere. They will want to know more.”
Yon stepped forward, his shifting face nearly making Carlo cringe. “They don’t need to know directly. You are the Ales and a member of the National Council and the leader of our Council. Technically, they know, yes?”
Kalinda shrugged. “Well, that’s a good answer. Hadn’t thought of that. But the less others may know, we can contain it.”
Arturo shook his head. “That’s if we think she’s only coming here. What if she goes somewhere else?”
“Then we deal with it. We can alert other cities to be on watch for anything suspicious and reach out for now,” Kalinda replied.
“Fine.” Arturo nodded. “I’ll get with Dominic to make sure the borders around our lands and the mage districts closest to use are covered.”
“We shall do the same with the entertainment area and the lower half of Encantado,” Adonis promised.
“The Renegades will patrol the outskirts for any warnings. We’re used to that sort of work,” Alexi offered.
“I can get wit’ sorcerers and witches t’ work on warding. If not’ing else, we can provide t’e lower mages wit’ some protection.”
“Nanshe, will you be returning to the In Between?”
Carlo’s wolf immediately fought against Heath’s question.
