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I nod and take the fresh bowl of stew from him.
I know enough about courting gestures to understand that I shouldn’t turn this one down if I intend to accept his mating mark.
Goddess, I’ve barely spent any time in his presence, and I’m already completely and utterly sold on the idea of us.
It should freak me out, but it doesn’t.
He’s been nothing but kind to me.
Sweet, even.
I smile at him before I start to eat again. I’m not that hungry for food anymore, but I eat every last bite, wanting to please him with an empty plate. A good mate is always satisfied when his woman is well taken care of. I was never sure if that was a romanticized version of what true mates could be, or if it might be real, with the right person or people.
Everything about him tells me it’s real.
Chapter Nine
Lita
MyguardiantalkswithScar while I eat, and I interject whenever she says something that needs to be explained. Apparently, I missed some things the night I was taken over by Artemis. Including the fact that our Alpha was a chimera, and Scar and his brothers were the ones to kill him.
It should be shocking, but when I think it over, it’s not.
Our pack is isolated from the rest of the world, and it’s run in such a tightly controlled way.
The Abyss was used as the reason for this, and Alina believes the chimera created it to have a reason.
Everything I thought I knew about Nightshade is a lie.
My town is a feeding ground for chimera. It was created to keep them alive, and to create more of them. They chose to mimic the forms of wolf shifters because that would be the easiest way for them to create a place that would fit their needs.
All they needed was someone who was convincing as an Alpha.
Fortunately for us, whoever that person originally was, his descendant was arrogant enough to believe the children he sent to The Abyss would be easy to kill if they survived that harsh place. He made his own death possible when he stopped the rituals that kept his hybrid children from entering his town.
I’m glad he’s gone, and I doubt I know the full story yet, but it seems like we have more chimera to worry about before Nightshade’s pack is safe from their kind.
“How do we kill the chimera?” I ask, feeling as if I missed that part when Alina confirmed that Scar and his brothers killed the Alpha. I look from Scar to Alina, waiting.
There’s concern in my guardian’s gaze when she looks at me. “This isn’t your battle, Lita.”
I blink at her. “Of course it is. This is my town …”
“You don’t have any fighting skills,” she reminds me.
Scar leans forward and it’s clear he’s backing her up even if I can’t make out what words he’s speaking. I look from him to her, and I know I’m not going to win this argument.
I sink back in the chair. “What if Artemis possesses me again?”
“If that happens, we’ll deal with it,” Alina assures me.
This is so frustrating. My pack is in danger. Everyone in Nightshade is being used by the chimera.
We should be out there right now, hunting them down.
There’s no time to waste.
I get up, and Alina frowns at me.
