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All I could do was nod. I could protest. I could beg to be a part of the council. I could want vengeance. But really, I just wanted to not be tired. I wanted to feel safe. I wanted to feel like I belonged, and I wanted to not wonder.
He walked out the door, and the room remained calm and quiet. My wolf was asleep and doing whatever it is my soul did, and me? I couldn’t stop thinking. Right now would be a good time to go for a run, or to beat something up. Take control. But that would be the opposite of what I was told to do. I was told to stay.
Maybe I was a little tired of being told what to do, but what were the options? Not many. I’d mated the alpha. He was pretty used to being listened to.
There were things that I’d wanted to ask about. Things I wanted to understand. Colton had said something a few nights ago, and I’d ignored it, mostly because I’d opted to get to know Devon. But that night, when Colton accused my mate of being careless, the whole night had come back to me over the last few days. Devon said I had a target on my back.
I sat up and played with the hem of the shirt I wore, pulling at an errant thread. I still didn’t get why no one had tried to figure out what pack I was from? Cripple Creek was only one part of my past, and I needed to know the whole picture.
Could I ever not have a target on my back when I didn’t even understand who I was? My wolf stretched out inside of me at the idea of knowing our past. She was a pack animal and although we were mated to Black Creek, I wondered if we were missing something.
I tried to shield my thoughts from Devon as I spiraled. Who would know my old pack?
The resolve snapped into place and I pulled myself out of bed, wondering if I could get down to the building that housed the Cripple Creek wolves. There were guards everywhere, but I was the Luna. I shouldn’t be restricted, right?
Even if I was, I just needed one single answer.
Dressed in leggings and a sweatshirt, nothing fancy, I formed a crappy plan. I could probably get down there and back all before Sarah came to me. I stepped to the door and cracked it. She wasn’t out there. I wasn’t sure when she’d even be here. I would be quick. But there were guards everywhere. Maybe I could just deliver a note? It was childish, but I didn’t know what else to think.
I grabbed a scrap of paper. What would I say? And then I thought about it. I would say the truth and see if anyone took me up on it. It had to be tonight.
I slid out the door and was careful to lock it. Worst case, I wouldn’t be coming home to any surprises.
The entire floor was quiet. Colton and any other high-ranking wolves were all at the council meeting. They had the location somewhere in the forest and it was well guarded. That’s what Devon had reassured me of, that he was just as safe, and tonight I would take advantage.
I could do this. I got to the front door and froze. Two guards. Of course. Backpedalling, I turned and found another option through the first floor maze.
First the hall went forever until I got to the large pack sized dining area. I was certain the backdoor would be just as guarded as the front, but there were windows in this room. I ran over to one and pushed it open. The wood wasn’t exactly quiet. I waited for someone to come around and ducked down, counting quietly.
Sure enough, I heard a voice.
“Nothing. No footprints, no scent. Must just have been a noise from inside the house.”
I peeked out the window a moment later, and they were gone. This was my moment. I swung myself out the window, and the grass silenced my drop. Here, it wasn’t as hard to focus on what side of the house I was on before realizing I needed to run in the opposite direction.
At least I could be quick. My wolf was excited even if I’d just made this harder. I ran straight for the nearest grove of trees and waited to see if anyone noticed me or my scent. Nothing. At least no one seemed to be on high alert, so I stayed with the trees for as long as I could before I had to run across a field to the older looking pack house. It was much smaller than the mansion we now had.
I stopped behind an old truck that looked like it hadn’t moved since the turn of the century. There were two of our wolves at the front door. Crap.
I took a deep breath. Several minutes of thinking I could actually get some resolve in my past had me racking up quite the menu of questions. I wanted to know if my father meant to sell me. If the pack had meant for this to all happen.
I knew that Cripple Creek told me I was the only reason my pack remained alive, but they never told me who they were. I couldn’t remember their name. I needed to know. If I gave up now, I didn’t see Devon ever letting me find anything out. I wasn’t even able to go to Cripple Creek to rescue anyone, not that it mattered. They were safe and so was I.
They were safe. They found their packs. But what about me?
I still wanted to know.
My wolf whimpered. She liked it here, and I didn’t want to disagree. I just wanted to know if I had a dad still. Would it matter? I didn’t know why I cared. I just did.
Emptying out my lungs, I stood tall and straightened my back and held my head high as I walked up to the wolves at the front door.
“Stop,” one shouted.
I kept walking.
“You can’t tell me to stop. I have every right to talk to them,” I said. If they looked too hard, they’d see me crack, but at the moment I was certain I could pull off this authoritative shit. I just needed to act like I knew what the hell I was talking about.
“Luna? We were strictly told they were to stay away from you.”
