"Alright. Do we know anything about this wizard or should we just go knock doors. Or do they live in cabins in the woods surrounded by crows?Or oh maybe they have underground bunkers were no one will find them." Jackson leaned back in his chair and wore a smug smile on his face. The bastard sure knew how to be annoying.
Alex smacked him behind the head, wiping the smug smile right of.
" They're people you idiot. They live among humans most of the time to blend in. Yes, some like to live more secluded in order to practice their magic more freely but they are not cave people."
" How do you know this, Alex?" Lisa asked with furrowed brows.
" Natasha. Duh? Yeah she may be a bitch at times but sometimes she's fun talking to." He shrugged and looked at Lisa who just smiled and shook her head.
" Well, do we know were to begin? What do we know about the wizard?" I felt every muscle in my body stiffen. My nails were digging into my hands drawing blood. Did I tell them?
"James? You okay?" My sister's voice brought me back to reality. A choice needed to be made.
"You know what, it's late. Let's continue this tomorrow." I watched as they all stood and said goodnight as they left the office. I leaned back and released a breath, massaging my temples and squinting. I felt a headache starting to emerge. When I glanced at the clock it said 2:30 and practice started at 7:00.
"Fuck me." I groaned.
Alex stayed behind and sat down on the seat on the other side of the mahogany desk in front of me.
" So, brother. Spill." His facial features were stern and the vein on his forehead was throbbing.
I relaxed my body and put my hands on the desk clutching my hands as I leaned forward.
" Me and Natasha were talking earlier in the conference room and-"
I stopped talking when my office door swung open and slammed into the wall. Alex and I quickly got up on our feet. The hallways were dark but the light from my office seeped out and illuminated her face.
And there she stood.
Covered in blood.
With a knife in her hand.
"James...help me..." Avery raised her hand out in front of her with the blade pointed inwards and was about to lunge it into her stomach.
"NO!" I jumped over my desk and with my speed I ripped the knife out of her hand and slammed her into the wall. Pinning her hands to her sides.
"No, please no!" She yelled on the top of her lungs as she tried to squirm out of my grip. In this moment I was glad she was human. Her human strength was nothing in caparison to mine or any other wolf, but especially mine.
I was pulled away from Avery by a force and was held in place in the middle of my office.
Avery was still as well and couldn't move a muscle. Natasha walked in with her arms raised keeping us frozen.
"Let me go!" I growled as Blade stepped to the front. She had no right to use her magic on me. I was the Alpha and she was in my pack. I felt Blade surface, furious at the disrespect. He was baring his teeth and ready to fight. I felt her hold getting lesser by the second.
" James, I will let you go but you need to stay there. You cannot go close to Avery, understood?" Her eyes were glowing red as she spoke.
" Do you understand?"
Blade stand down!
'No, she's our mate!"
I know but there is nothing we can do. Natasha can help her. STAND DOWN
' I swear by the goddess if she gets hurt...'
He was baring his teeth, saliva dripping from his mouth. And his nostrils flaring.
The chances of her gettin hurt are fare greater if we don't let Natasha take care of her.
Listen to me you mutt, I understand, she's our mate but we need to stand down. We will be right here the entire time!
'No. You don't understand. You keep denying your feelings for her when mine have been clear the entire time. You wan to love her but you're not letting yourself. When will you accept her, before or after we lose her?'
I won't let that happen
'Neither will I'
His last words weren't a statement, it was a warning. This damn dog.
I felt my eyes change back from their golden color to my normal blue as Blade stepped down. I knew he was pissed at me right now but I did care about Avery. More so than anyone thought.
I felt Natashas magic on me die down and I was able to move again. So was Alex, I hadn't noticed how he was under her magic as well but I saw how he fell to the ground because she had held him while he was lunging at her.
Natasha looked at us, making sure we stayed were we stood before she started walking towards Avery. She was using both her hands, one holding Avery still and the other doing only goddess knows what. Avery's eyes turned white again and her mouth was open as if she was being exorcised.