Chapter 220: Rhys
I hated the silence, but there wasn’t anything else for me to say. Not at least until they asked any questions. I had hesitated to even tell them, so I wasn’t going to offer up answers without them even asking. Fuck that. Instead, I just went back to making my coffee and ignored the two pairs of eyes that were boring holes into my head.
When I finally turned back around, they were both gaping at me.
“What?” I growled.
“Rhys... Are you sure that you weren’t dreaming?”
“I was in the Land of the Gods with her.” I answered, confused by their serious expressions. “It wasn’t a dream.”
“She wasn’t here to pull you in with her though... I know you miss her, and maybe that was all it was.” Sawyer tried to rationalize, but I was having none of it.
“No. It was real. She did pull me in. She said she begged for the Moon Goddess to give us time. She wanted to warn us that we were walking into a trap. The Moon Goddess only gave us a little bit of time, but it was enough to get everything sorted out.”
“Why didn’t you just bring her back here then?” Maizie asked softly.
“She wouldn’t come, I tried.” I answered, not understanding why they were looking at me like that.
“Rhys, no one in their right mind would go back there.” Maizie said gently. “I think you were dreaming. It’s okay, I used to do it too when I missed home after being taken. I dreamed that I was talking to family members and friends. Like they were really there. But it was just my mind trying to process that I would never see them again.”
“I agree with Maizie,” Sawyer nodded, giving his mate a worried look before turning back to me. “I think you should try and sleep some more...”
“I’m not losing it, guys!” I slammed my fist down on the counter. “I was not dreaming. I was in the Land of the Gods. I met up with Grace. She warned me that we were walking into a trap, and that she has a plan. She didn’t come back because she couldn’t leave the others behind, which is a very Grace thing to do!”
“Rhys...” Sawyer tried.
“No!” I shouted. “I am not crazy. It was real, and we need to scratch the plan, and follow Grace’s!”
“What’s going on?” Michael asked sleepily as he entered the kitchen, and the door to the Alpha floor opened revealing Alana and Heather, both looking wide awake.
“Rhys says that we need to scratch our whole plan that we’ve poured hours and hours into because he had a dream.” Maizie answered bitterly, never taking her eyes off me.
“It wasn’t a dream! I’m telling you that I was in the Land of the Gods!”
“Land of the Gods?” Heather asked with intrigue. “And you saw Grace?”
Finally. Someone fucking believed me!
“Yes, and she told me that it was a trap to come after them, and that she had a plan. We have to go to the Golden Pack as soon as possible. We will send a diversion team to Elm Wood pack to just tease them on the border, and we will be there at the Golden pack border for Grace and the others.”
“What others?” Alana asked quietly, her eyes wide with fear.
“Caleb, Leon and her, and everyone else they can rescue from the prison according to her. She has a plan to get everyone out.”
“How many people is everyone?” Heather asked.
“I don’t know exactly. She didn’t say. She just said that it was imperative that we follow her plan.”
“And how do you know that this plan isn’t a trap?” Sawyer demanded, but honestly there wasn’t much fight in his voice, just exhaustion.
“I mean that is possible,” Alana spoke up. “What was Grace’s condition?”
I sucked in a sharp breath. “She was beaten and bruised. She didn’t look good at all. But she said that she was making it look worse than it was so they would leave her alone more. She also didn’t want them to know she was still connected to her Lycan. She didn’t look good, but she was her.”
“And are you sure that they weren’t forcing her to meet with you?” Maizie pressed.
“They would have to know that she had been to the Land of the Gods before. That’s not an average interrogation question, and I highly doubt that the Moon Goddess would allow such a thing.” I answered angrily.
“Unless it wasn’t the Moon Goddess who allowed it...” Maizie sighed. “It could have been the God of Death or some other bullshit person they’re worshipping.”
“Did you see the Moon Goddess?” Alana asked with a hint of eagerness.
“No, not this time, but Grace had talked to her, and led us to a house that the Moon Goddess had said was safe to talk in.”
“I don’t know...” Alana said softly. “It could be a trap...”
“I still think it was a dream.” Sawyer argued again, running a hand tiredly over his face. “I think it's a psychological effect of your trauma, and you are dreaming up different scenarios that allow Grace to be with you, even if it isn’t physically.”
“I’m not crazy!”
“Okay,” Heather interjected, putting her hands up, but whether it was to surrender or silence the others, I wasn’t sure. “Okay, I’ll play along. Why did Grace want you to go to Golden pack?”
“Because she said it’s closer. She said that the prison was closer to that border, and she could get there, but she didn’t think she could get to any of the others.”
“Okay... That makes some sense...” Heather said slowly, but I didn’t miss how everyone exchanged glances around her.
“Believe what you want,” I snapped. “But I am going to be in Golden pack when my mate shows up there. And if she doesn’t you can have me committed to the nearest psych ward, and I will sleep or whatever the fuck you want me to do, but for now, I need you to get up, get packed, and trust me that it was real.”
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