Gabby's eyes widened and she was staring in shock at our brother who had no recognition of her whatsoever. He twisted her arm and extended his claws.
"Get back!" Edmund pushed at his chest, I went around Gabby and grabbed his arm and we pinned him against the wall.
"What the hell is wrong with him?" Edmund growled. He turned his head and looked at me but this time I didn't have the answer and that pissed me off. He knew me and Edmund but how could he have forgotten about her? All her life it had been the three of us, working shit out together and protecting each other. He was the one alongside Edmund who would break necks and slit throats to keep her safe and now all of sudden she was a stranger to him.
"Easy," Gabby said beside me.
Everyone was silent for a minute, including Noah who was seething and trying to push us back.
When I looked into his eyes I could see my brother but there was something more, something that wasn't him and it was eating him up.
We needed to find the witch but until then I couldn't risk him leaving the pack or hurting my sister.
"Aiden, get your warriors and tell them to take him to the dungeon." Noah's eyes turned back to their normal color and I felt his body slumping back against the wall. He stopped trying to fight us and just gave up.
"Why?" His face contorted in confusion but no explanation would work, he wouldn't believe me so I didn't say anything.
Aiden's warriors came in but stopped inches away from us when Noah growled in a warning. One of them took out a syringe and handed it to me. I plunged it into his neck and I saw the feat of betrayal in his eyes before he fell to the floor.
"Is the dungeon really necessary?" Gabby asked me when the door to the office closed.
"To keep you safe, yes." I stared down at her and waited for the judgment in her eyes to subside before I continued. She nodded her head and stepped back.
"How do we find this fucking witch?" Just as I asked the question, the office door opened and a warrior brought Sam in and tossed her on the floor by my feet. Aiden looked at me, a look of a man with a plan and he walked up in front of Sam. Gabby looked confusedly at the weird interaction but we all stood back and just watched.
Sam looked up at him, her eyes bloodshot red, her face pale like a corpse and her bones were starting to visibly show as her skin shrunk in.
"You're dying," Aiden said and squatted down in front of her.
She coughed and glared at him, her strength was gone, the life in her eyes had vanished and there was little hope left in her. She had accepted her faith.
"But you don't have to," I looked at Gabby when Aiden spoke. Her brows were furrowed and I saw her foot starting to move but put my hand on her shoulder, asking her to stay put.
"Sam, we can be together, you and I in this pack. Leading it as one. They will all leave, Gabby and her brothers will go back to their own pack and I will choose you to be my Luna." He cupped her cheek and ran his thumb over her dry lips. "All you have to do is tell us who the witch is that put the hex on Noah. They aren't going to leave without him, so if you want this life with me as I want it with you then tell us her name and where we can find her. Noah will be cured and they will take their leave," she leaned forward, a glint in her eye returned and she leaned into his touch. Sam crawled forward, too weak to carry her own weight but Aiden helped her closer.
"Do you promise?" Her voice sounded as if she hadn't spoken in months.
He looked so deeply and fiercely into her eyes, his hand caressed her cheek and I felt the anger radiating from my sister.
Her lips were pressed in a thin line and she was digging her nails into the palm of her hands.
"Don't," I whispered and held onto her arm.
Gabby looked down and then up at me, her eyes showed just how angry she was getting but she didn't move and she didn't speak.
"I promise. We'll be together, just you and me. Tell me her name," he leaned in closer and I tightened my hold around Gabby's arm. I felt someone stepping up behind me and saw Erin placing her hand on Gabby's back.
"Her name is Liliana, she lives outside Crosstown in the woods," Sam said and smiled. She leaned up, her lips brushing against Aiden and the life in her eyes returning as she gazed into his.
He nodded his head and leaned closer.
"Thank you," Sam's eyes widened and her mouth fell open. Aiden twisted the dagger and pulled it out as Sam's body collapsed and she stopped breathing right away.
Gabby stared in shock and drew in a sharp breath.
He looked toward the door where three warriors were standing.
"Liliana, find her and bring her to me." He said and clenched his jaw.
Another warrior came in and removed Sam's body. Aiden walked over, grabbed Gabby, and pulled her to him.
My sister exhaled and slumped into his hold.
"We'll have her soon," Aiden said. He turned his head and locked eyes with Erin. They still had a lot to talk about.
"Do you have a minute?" He asked her and she reluctantly nodded her head. The look in her eyes was what scared me, she looked hesitant about everything and not like someone who wanted to give this life a chance. The thought of Erin leaving was more than I could handle but I didn't know how to make her stay.
~Erin's POV~
My heart was racing as I and Aiden walked down the corridor. We stopped and took a seat on the chairs near the table by the windows.
He was just as nervous as I was and I couldn't blame him, he had no idea that he had a sister.
"So uhm, I'm not sure where to start," he said and leaned back.
"Start from the beginning, tell me about your life here and your family," I said and tried getting him to relax.
Aiden began telling me about his upbringing and his history with Asher. That guy had always been a dick apparently but I couldn't believe the things he had done to his brother.
"So yeah, after Asher left, the title was passed down to me and after my series of bad decisions throughout my life, everyone thought they'd stop once I was Alpha but they didn't,"
"How so?"
"I was fucked up as a kid and it followed me into adulthood. Later on, I couldn't get over the fact that Asher had left, I didn't know then what I know now so being without my brother was hard. Then Gabby came along, I treated her like shit, she walked away, found Asher, I found them both, later killed him, and got her back. So, you know, normal family stuff," my heart broke for him. His parents tried to protect him by lying but that just left him young and confused feeling alone and like the world was against him.
A small part of me wishes I had been there for him but then again, we don't even know each other.
"I'd really like it if you stayed," he said and smiled.
I nodded my head and smiled back but I couldn't bring myself to say anything because I didn't want to lie and right now, I didn't know the truth myself.
"But you're not going to, are you?" I looked up at him and held my breath.