Chapter 190: Rhys
Grace’s head swung back to us when she heard Arlo’s name. I knew she was still furious with him after insulting the kids that she was so taken to. And I understood that. But Heather was right. We needed information on Gods and Arlo would be the best bet for that sort of information. He had studied all of that stuff for years. There was a reason he had been asked to teach a class on mythology before, not that our gods were mythological, but they sort of fell into similar categories. You couldn’t study one without the other.
“I think that’s not a bad idea,” I answered.
Maizie and Michael both looked at me in surprise, and my Mate looked horrified at my easy agreeance.
“What’s going on?” Alana asked as she sat down and looked at everyone’s horrified faces.
“Rhys wants to have a meeting with Arlo.” Grace responded bitterly.
Alana’s eyes widened
in shock, but she didn’t say anything. I rolled my eyes at everyone’s drama. Alana had been really quiet during the meeting this morning. I honestly couldn’t even remember if she had said anything at all. I think she just liked to be a part of the meetings now, to be in the know a little bit, but I knew she was much smarter than she gave herself credit for. I would like to hear her opinions sometimes.
“It is the smartest thing we can do.” I told them. “I will set ground rules with him. He is to be respectful of Maizie and Michael, but we don’t have another source or else I would ask them. He’s been studying this sort of stuff for years. He’s our best shot at any actual answers.”
“What if he purposefully lies?” Grace asked. The dark look on her face gave no misgivings for how she felt.
“That would be foolish on his part.” I answered calmly. “I agree that he cannot treat Michael, Maizie or any other child with the disrespect he has in the past. We are all on the same side here. And he can either get on ours or he might need to find a new pack to reside in.”
Grace’s eyes met mine as she searched for something in them, but what it was, I wasn’t quite sure. She must have found it because she nodded slowly, finally agreeing to the plan.
“I can talk to him if you want?” Heather offered.
“Thanks, Heather, but I think it’s best if Grace and I handle this ourselves while everyone is at school.”
“Does that mean Aunt Grace isn’t coming to school with me?” Sammy asked, her lip quivering slightly at the thought.
Grace squeezed the small girl, and said, “I’m still going to walk you to school, and I’ll be in there for a little bit while you get settled. Then when you’re comfortable and ready, I’ll leave for a bit to go do some grown-up stuff, just like I’ve done the last few of days, and then I’ll meet you at training. And if you need me, you can have your teacher mindlink Uncle Rhys, and one of us will be there, okay?”
“Why can’t she mindlink you?” Sammy pouted.
“Because I don’t have a mindlink,” I answered.
“Do you think if we join the pack officially we’ll get the mindlink abilities at least within the pack?’ Maizied questioned thoughtfully.
Grace looked at me to see if I knew, but I just shrugged.
“No idea,” I answered when I realized they were all waiting on me. “I’m not sure if it’s a pack thing or if it’s a werewolf thing, but I would say stranger things have happened recently, so I won’t outright say no. According to Ethan, Lycan’s don’t have mindlinks, but they can sense each other.”
Maizie and Michael both started laughing, leaving the rest of us confused.
“I don’t understand,” Grace frowned.
“Blonde hair, blue eyes, Ethan?” Maizie asked laughter still in her voice as she wiped away tears from her eyes.
“Yes...” Grace answered slowly.
“My Goddess, he was such a fucking suck-up!” Maizie exclaimed. “He was the first ever to join the program. When he was 18, he joined their official ranks and was in charge of several of our training facilities. No one knows where he came from, but he was also a few years older than us, so that wasn’t really surprising. He was one of the worst to work with. He was completely incompetent. But he got sent on a mission and never came back.”
“He was sent here to pretend to be my brother,” Grace answered, her voice tight. “He was trying to bring me back to the Red Blood pack on the night you guys attacked. I killed him.”
“No shit?!” Maizie’s smile was so wide, it was clear that she didn’t understand how sensitive of a topic this was for Grace. We rarely talked about Ethan or what had happened that night.
“He probably deserved it,” Michael answered, reading Grace’s expression a bit better than Maizie had.
“He did.” Grace whispered.
“It’s just so wild that we knew the same person!” Maizie continued on. “But anyway, back to the whole mindlink thing, I don’t know if Lycans as a whole can’t or if our pack was just to stupid to figure out how, you know? Sensing each other is an interesting way to put it, but it’s also true. Usually there’s a sort of bond with the leader of a pack, but I’ve never really felt it with Luna Kinsley or Alpha Adrian, though every time I saw them it was usually for punishment. But I think it’s supposed to feel like it does with Grace, wouldn’t you say Michael?”
“Me?” Grace’s eyes widened in surprise.
“I would agree.” Michael nodded, looking at Grace in a different way than he usually did. “It’s more similar to how it felt with Luna Ava and Alpha Andrew. I was pretty young then, but I remember that bond well.”
“There’s just something about you Grace that pulls us to you.” Maizie responded. “And I for one am NOT complaining because I do not want to be a part of that stupid pack ever again!”
Heather’s alarm went off forcing the conversation to be put on hold. It was time for the mad rush of getting everyone ready for school. We all dispersed on cue, but the conversation replayed in my head over and over again for the rest of the day, but yet, I was no closer to figuring out what the meaning of it was than I was when I had heard the words for the first time. They felt bonded to Grace... Grace was going to be my Luna Queen... Was that what they were referring to or was there something else that we were completely missing?
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