Neah grabs my hand. Her eyes are a little wider than usual. “I can do this, right?”

Up until now, the amount of Lycans turning up had been smallish, some on their own, others in small groups except for Everwood, but their numbers weren’t exactly big.

“Yes, you have more than got this, Alpha Neah.”

She gives me a small smile and walks down to them and gives them her talk. It’s the same one that she said to everyone, well rehearsed but it worked for her and that was what she needed.

Damien keeps his eyes on the Lycans as he makes his way over to me. “I thought Raven might have followed you two down here. I hoped that maybe she would want to see how Neah is handling all this.”

“Have you spoken to her?”

“Of course I have, she is my mate.”

“That’s not what I mean and you know it. Have you spoken to her about how she is feeling?”

“She’s shut down.”

“I walked in on her arguing with Neah.” His eyes widen at my statement. “Neah was telling her that she had failed to remember what actually happened with Jenson. Raven wasn’t happy.”

“And where is she now?” He frowns

“She stormed off. Damien I know she lost her brother, but Dane did too. She is so fixated on how Blair wronged him she has forgotten that Jenson went to Blair. She doesn’t seem to remember that Jenson sought her out or maybe she is in some form of denial still? Though she shouldn’t be, should she?”

“I will talk to her?”

“Do you think she is responsible for the fire?”

“No. I think she knows that the pack would turn against her if she did that.” He sighs. “What has Neah said about my mate?”

“She thinks Raven is going to end up in a position where no one could help her.”

I wince as Abraxas shoots someone.

It was still not a sound that I could get used to. But it silences the

bickering Lycans. They all stare att

the woman bleeding out on the ground and one by one, they drop to their knees in submission all except two and they are dead before they even know they’ve been caught out.

I had been surrounded by death for years. I had killed, I had watched others kill, but when Abraxas did it, it was as easy as him picking out a beer from the fridge. It meant nothing to him.

Ryken and another couple of Lycans that had been here for a while, move through the crowd and collect the bodies. They will take them to the far end of the pack and burn them just like all the others.

It was a tiring process. An idea that

was mine. But I guess I thought there would be less Lycans that would lose their lives. The thing though that no one had questioned is that no other bitten Lycans had turned up yet. Each and everyone except for me and Damien, were pure bloods.

“Do you think it’s weird?”

“Normally, I know where you are going, but you will have to give me a little more than that.” Damien smirks

“We haven’t seen any bitten Lycans. There has been none like us. Like not even the ones killed.”

“Neah didn’t put out an order. It was

just a request. I’m guessing they haven’t come because they probably think they will be killed for not being pureblood. And that’s if they are even still alive. We don’t know if he has taken down any.” He nods in Abraxas direction. “He doesn’t mention them. I’m sure if Neah decides to make it an order, they will come. Why, feeling left out?” He

muses

“No, just curious, I guess.” I inwardly sigh. There was always something that didn’t make sense. “Where are all these going to stay? We are out of cabins. And what about the packrun tonight?”

“It’s taken care of.”

The gun goes off again and a sharp pain radiates through my stomach. I see horror on Damien’s face and Eric rushing towards me. The sky rotates until I’m facing it and the men are standing over me.

Eric presses his hands to my stomach. I see the sheer panic on his face as I hear Neah order the Lycans drop to their stomachs. What about Abraxas, he had shot me?