~Natasha's POV~
I had left Alpha James' office and was heading to the training field to talk to the warriors and teach them how to weaken any witch or wizard. This was normally not something I or any other witch would teach but considering the circumstances, I knew I had to. Things were about to get much worse than any of them could ever comprehend.
"Gamma." One of the trainers greeted Jackson with a head bow.
"Anna, this is Natasha. Please gather everyone. She has some things to announce." The trainer, Anna, bowed her head again and went over to the warriors who were training for combat out on the field. They all quickly followed their trainer and came to gather in front of me and Jackson.
"Everybody listen up and listen closely! From now on every other practice will be about close contact combat with a witch or wizard." They looked around at each other but then quickly turned their attention back to the Gamma.
"Natasha here is going to teach you how to weaken them in your human forms so that you afterwards can finish the job in your wolf forms. Natasha," Jackson turned to me and gave me the word. I looked around at all their faces, they were trulydisciplined. They didn't ask why or anything else for that matter, they were just ready to learn.
"Lobelia, does anyone know what that is?" I asked the warriors. One of them raised his hands and I gestured for him to speak.
"It's a flower." I was impressed. Not many had heard of the flower before and I expected none of the people in front of me to know about it. "Correct."
"The Lobelia flower is a flower that causes one to lose consecration, and for a witch, that's lethal. Our magic is only as strong as our concentration and our emotional stability. An emotionaly unstable witch is either very weak or very dangerous. However what we are going to be consecrating on today is the Lobelia flower." I opened my bag and took out a glass container of the Lobelia flower extract.
"You can use it in syringes and hope that you can get close enough to inject them with it. However low the chances of that happening are, it is possible. You can also dip a dagger into the extract and the smallest cut will affect them gravely. Only your own imagination sets the limits for how to inject them with the extract. But be wise in your decision because the slightest hesitation or misstep could lead to your own demise."
I put the container on the table and moved aside so that the warriors could come up and do what they're supposed to do. Jackson looked at me and nodded his head with a smile. I retuned the gesture and made my way back to the house, to my mate. Carlos came with me and left his Beta in charge.
For which I was very grateful, being away from him was definitely not good for my own emotional stability.
I felt a pit of doubt in my stomach. A nauseating feeling was building up. I knew why. I had lied to James and the others, telling them that there was no way to help Avery with the wizard yet, but there was. However it wasn't one that they could know about. I would tell Avery and it would be her decision what she chooses to do with the information.
~James' POV~
Everyone was away on my orders and I was sitting on the concrete floor in the dungeon, outside Avery's cell. She was still sound asleep. I couldn't help but feel guilty for some reason. I couldn't help her. I had never felt helplessness before but right now, right now I felt completely and utterly helpless.
'What are we gonna do?'
I honestly don't know, Blade
'We have to kill him'
I know
' I want to kill him'
Me too
' We need to protect her'
We will
'James, we need to protect her, something is coming, we can't leave her alone'
She will never be alone