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A decision I made caused this, and it could have turned out so much worse.
We never should have left Lita in Nightshade once we found her.
I will not make that same mistake twice.
I drop the empty dart to the ground.
From now on, Lita has our protection here in the town where we were all born.
I get to my feet and try to think about what needs to happen next.
There is still much work to do before we can ensure our mate’s safety.
A rustling of foliage makes me look up from her peaceful face.
One of my brothers has completed his task.
Scratch walks through the trees and dumps a body down on the grass, next to Orion’s.
He shudders before he stalks toward me. He barely has a spot of blood on him.
My wolf brother has always been a little squeamish about killing.
He is not overly fond of blood, and I am fairly well coated in it.
Concern fills his bright blue eyes as he sinks to his knees at Lita’s back.
“How is she?” he asks, his voice soft.
“It seems they shot her with a sedative,” I tell him, knowing he might not fully understand the concept. I have memories of watching movies with my mother where wild animals were hunted by humans, but he does not have any frame of reference for this.
“So, she is sleeping because they made her … consume something?” he asks. “Not because she is hurt?”
“I believe so,” I admit, not bothering to try and explain the dart. It isn’t important.
“That is a relief,” he murmurs.
“There is much to do,” I tell him.
He nods. “There are at least three other chimera to deal with, and it is doubtful that they will be unaware of what they are like their sons were.”
He is right. The faster we deal with those women, the better.
But we must clean up this mess and look after our mate first.
Lita is our priority now.
“Go find Fox and Snake,” I tell him, unwilling to leave Lita’s side to do it myself.
It is my duty to protect her. I will not leave her alone again.
I can tell Scratch is not keen to go looking for Fox and Snake, and that is probably because they will have taken great pleasure in whatever they have done to their captive.
He would prefer not to see it.
“Fine,” he mutters as he gets to his feet and walks into the woods.
“This won’t ever happen again,” I promise Lita.
