Chapter 58

"You could be immensely affected," Priestess Tarot said, moving her draping shawl over her shoulder.



"Go on, you won't die again that's for sure," Logan's wolf convinced him.

He resigned to proceed with the rites no matter what, he just needed to get it over with. 'He would cross the bridge when he gets there' he thought.



"Go on," Logan said to the white woman in a whiter costume.



What life held for him, for Ashley, he was ready for its launch.



"Uh-oh!" Tarot screams in a voice deeper than her normal voice.

She held in her hand a metal jar shaped like an elephant's trunk and raised it towards the ceilinged roof.



"Speak in the language of the living, tell no white lies!" she started to chant. "Lady moon in her great fullness squares dark Pluto now yet fickle lady waits for none and soon moves on. Oh, Phantoms of the dark beneath, rise and heed my cry."



Logan squeezed Ashley's hands gently staring into her eyes and telling her to maintain her calm. Ashley nodded in response, turning her head to focus on the priestess who is going around the shrine, picking and mixing stuff she completely had no idea of.



"The blood of the pack; the wine of longevity; the same for the first, won't be last, the same for you. Take it!" Tarot handed over the jar to Logan who received its eyes fixed on the priestess. "Drink!" Tarot said, Logan obeyed. "Give to her to drink," Tarot said, This time, Logan obeyed again. Of course, what could he have done differently?



"You just completed the Kauai rites. You both are bonded by the great blood of the pack and listen again, you could be immensely affected. The blood of Kauai is no joke. I wish you peace," Tarot said handing a white rope chain to each of the couples.



"Thank you for heeding the urgent call, Tarot," Logan said.



"You're the leader, I would not refuse you without a good cause," Tarot said and immediately turned her back on them and headed for her inner chambers.





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"Do I drive you to Queen Vicky?" Tyler asked Logan as soon as he and Ashley stepped out of Tarot's court.

He had been waiting for them. At one point, he thought something had gone wrong.



"Yes, please," Ashley was the one to respond to Tyler. With that, Tyler ignited the Bentley directing it toward the pack house.



"Are you sure about this, she's human Logan, she is fragile," Tyler transmitted to Logan, who got it in seconds?

Tyler needed to have this conversation with Logan but with Ashley in the car, he couldn't. It would be rude to Ashley, he did not want that.



"Focus on the focus, friend. I'm proposing after this," Logan transmitted back to Tyler whose eyes grew large in surprise.



"Be fucking for real!" He yelled out, forgetting there is someone present who doesn't know about their trans-communication.



"What is that!?" Ashley said frantically.

Oh shit, now what would he say? Tyler thought. He looked into Logan's eyes through the rearview mirror.

Logan is immediately buried in his head in an act of oblivion.



"Just some thoughts, Ash. Sorry to scare you," Tyler finally said something to cover his tracks.



Logan chuckled softly in his seat and shifted to hold Ashley's exposed thigh. "Calm down, mama, he does that a lot."



"You should be worried about sudden death for you," Ashley said, also releasing a soft chuckle.



"Well, you don't have to be," Tyler replied

.

"Touché." Ashley smiled.



"Ashley!" Tyler called after a moment of silence, now they were packed in one of the pack house' driveways. The one nearer to Queen Vicky's cabin



"Yes," Ashley replied.



"I don't know how much you know about the process you're about to go through, but..."



"Oh, I know close to little. However, I'm aware of the result. It'll become one of you and will be accepted in your clan. That's enough to know," Ashley said in a rap tone.



"Well, I think you should know it wouldn't be a quick process and not an easy one, just know we will be with you in spirit, holding the fort and cheering you on," he uttered.



"What do you mean, won't y'all be going with me? At least Logan?" She asked her eyes connecting with Logan's.



"Baby..." Logan called.



"Speak Logan," she said not wanting to beat around the corner.



"This is where I leave you to the Queen," Logan said.



"At least, you could have told me this before now," Ashley said "What else do I need to know?"



"Nothing except you'll be going alone with Queen Vicky to see Dominica, the witch"



"Tom__ Tominic__" She stuttered surprisingly. "Oh, man come on!" she exclaimed, got down from the car, and walked angrily to Queen Vicky's cabin.

She raised her hands and hit the door with anger.



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