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His lips practically brushed mine, turning up into a smile, his hands pushing my hair from my face. “Yes, Little Darling, it’s me.”
I let my eyes drift closed at the feel of his touch, my energy releasing the spell I had placed on our baby to protect it. If Nyte were here, then we were safe, and my energy was needed elsewhere now. My eyes flew open at that thought, looking back at Nyte. “Nyte! I know everything. I know what’s happening with all of the werewolves.”
His eyes widened, a gasp drawing my gaze over his shoulder. Madi and Chase stood just behind him; their eyes widened at my announcement.
“You told her about the missing packs?” Madi asked. “I thought you didn’t want her knowing any of it. You said she didn’t need to worry about those who didn’t accept her.”
“He didn’t tell me,” I assured her, narrowing my eyes at my mate. “He kept a lot of things from me. However, the fates ensured I knew what I needed to know.”
“You had a vision?” Nyte asked, leaning back to get a better look at me.
I nodded, pulling myself up in the bed, letting out a hiss at the stinging pain in my head left behind from being knocked out by Markus. I pressed my fingers to my temple. Nyte’s body stiffened as he watched me, a low growl rumbling in his chest.
“I’m okay,” I assured him with a smile. “I’m safe now and with you.”
“What did you see in your vision?” Madi asked, leaping to Nyte’s side, not even flinching when he snarled at her sudden appearance. “Do you know for sure who is taking the packs?”
“I know that you were already suspecting vampires,” I said, watching Madi nod as Nyte frowned, wondering how I could know that. “Your suspicions are correct. The vampires have been recruited by an ancient.”
“An ancient what?” Madi frowned, her pixie blond head bouncing as she looked between me and the others.
“She means an ancient vampire. The witches call them Ancients. They are vampires who have been around since the dawn of time.” Nyte explained, his voice darkening with understanding of what this means. “It also means this isn’t going to be as simple as going up against a coven of vampires.”
I nodded. “He is one of the oldest, from what I could tell. He wants to return to the old order of things. The days before the first Werewolf King. The packs have been collected and tethered to the vampire lord as slaves.”
“Slaves?” Madi gasped. “They’re making them slaves?”
“How can even a powerful vampire manage all this?” Chase asked from behind Nyte, pacing along the edge of the shadows. “Even vampires emit scents of rot and death.”
“He has a witch,” I answered, images of the black-veined woman from my vision crossing my mind. “A powerful witch with a lot of dark magic.” I shivered at the memory as if she could see me in the vision, her claw-like hand reaching through the void and space in my vision to take me. “A very, very powerful witch.”
“So, what the hell are we supposed to do then?” Chase asked, looking to Nyte for the answer.
“You all have to convince the pack to follow Nyte,” I answered, nodding to my mate as his eyes whipped back to mine.
“They already rejected me. I won’t turn my back on you for them.”
“They have to accept you as Alpha, and they need to trust me as the Luna. It’s the only way that we can face them,” I insisted, grabbing Nyte’s hand and bringing it to my lips. “They need us both.”
Nyte pulled his hand from mine, grabbing my chin to force me to look up at him. “Why do they need to trust you? What are you saying?”
“I’m saying that you don’t stand a chance against the witch. No one without my power can. I’m the only one who can end her suffering.”
“Suffering?” Chase and Madi both asked at once.
I nodded. “A witch with that much dark magic is lost. She will never be accepted back into her coven. It’s painful having that much dark energy run through your veins. She will die slowly, becoming little more than a husk around power. Those old stories of hags eating children in the black forest? They aren’t completely made up. Those are witches rejected by their covens, filled with dark magic. She may live a long life, but it will be nothing but pain. Only I can cleanse her and send her to the other side peacefully.”
“She chose her path then,” Nyte said, his eyes hardened as he looked at me.
I shook my head. “It’s not that simple, Nyte. That kind of energy doesn’t come from nothing. She had been heartbroken, rejected for who she is, so she chose revenge.”
“Let her suffer her revenge then! I can’t risk your life! Our baby’s life!”
“You don’t have a choice, Nyte! If I don’t stand against her, she will kill you! I saw it all. Every path, every choice. This is the only way.”
“Why?” Madi asked, looking between Nyte and me. “Why is it the only way?”
I looked at my friend, my eyes dropping. “Only a werewolf king can face an Ancient and stand a chance, and she knows that. That’s why your pack has been circled but otherwise untouched. They didn’t want to risk drawing too much of Nyte’s attention yet. The witch will be waiting for him, though. She will target Nyte to protect the vampire.”
