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If her sister chimera would die this easily our task would be simple.
As far as being a parasitic being who fed on the pain of others to the point of causing their deaths, Orion’s mother did at least one thing right in her life, at the end. Choosing to help end the suffering of this pack by helping us with information about her sister chimera, it was the least she could have done.
I leave the house and walk over to where my brothers are standing in the street.
“What happened?” Scratch asks.
“You were not gone for long,” Fox says, while Snake seems to confirm that Valerie is dead before I even get the chance to tell them.
“She asked me to end her life.”
“That’s unexpected,” Fox murmurs.
“Why would she do that?” Scratch asks.
“She was old and tired,” I tell them, not wishing to speak about her confession regarding Scratch and Snake’s mothers. I will take that information to my grave. It would only cause them pain to hear such a thing when there is nothing we can do about it. “It was a mercy for her, and it saves us wasting our energy when there are other chimera we will need to fight.”
“Strange,” Fox mutters. “But I guess that means we’re one down, two to go.”
“She said Candace has the ability to use illusions, so we must be careful around her. Anything strange that we see will need to be ignored, otherwise it will have the ability to injure us.”
“That sounds very bad,” Scratch admits. “Is there a chance she might not shift into her true form?”
“Valerie admitted that Candace is growing weary of life here, too, but she also said she would likely try to fight us anyway. It does not matter right now, because we will be facing Maria first.”
“We will?” Fox asks. “How exactly do you intend to draw that woman out of the school?”
“Valerie called her. She knows we are here and she’s on her way.”
“Called her?” Scratch asks, narrowing his eyes as if he is trying to remember that word.
“There is a device called a telephone that some of the people in this town have access to. It means you can speak to someone in another building without leaving to see them. You will understand it better once you’ve tried it.”
“Forget it for now,” Fox adds, nodding toward a light in the distance ahead.
The figure of a tall woman is coming our way.
“She is almost here,” I murmur. “Remember, her abilities are tied to the weather. I was told she likes to use water to drown people, and wind to throw them around.”
“Great,” Fox complains. “Prepare for a wet and windy night.”
Snake hisses that it is great, actually, for him.
Considering he can breathe under water, and he will aim for the nearest tree branch if he is tossed into the air, I can understand his enthusiastic attitude.
Maria is not going to know what hit her.
I walk toward her, ready to start this fight.
And that is when Lita rushes out of the closest side street, her eyes wide, and her breathing ragged as she stops beside me, her hand reaching for my arm.
“Oh, Scar, I’m so glad to see you.”
There is something a little different about her voice, but perhaps that is just because she’s worn out. It looks like she’s been running.
“Lita, what are you doing here?” I ask, frowning at her.
Maria is getting closer, and I do not like the thought of our mate being in danger.
