Page 87 of Ruthless Alpha Beast

“What is it?”

“I think I saw some feathers up there.”

He points to a tree looming nearby. How the hell could he see that?

I don’t ask.

Danielle moves toward the tree instantly, an orb of light glowing in her hand.

She holds it up to the tree.

“Tara,” the shifter says. “Is this what you saw?”

My heart skips a beat.

Did he really say my name?

They’re all looking at me, expectantly, illuminated by the various glowing orbs.

Time to shine, Tara.

“Um,” I stumble a little. “Let me take a look.”

I head over to the tree and stare up at the partially illuminated darkness. There are small white feather-looking things scattered around the base of leaves.

Do they look like what I saw?

I don’t know.

All the witches come together, forming a circle with orbs that brighten the tree.

It’s almost too much.

“Thank you,” I smile. They smile back.

“Um, well, it could be. But from what I’ve read, the source of Willow might not necessarily be what’s depicted. It’s likely more abstract.”

“Hey, is it worth a try?” One of the witches says to Jasper.

Jasper nods. “You’re right. If it’s not too much trouble? You could try destroying one of the feathers and see what happens?”

“Yeah, we can totally do that.”

“Wait,” a shifter says. “We don’t want to get it down too quickly. If it is Willow, it’s likely protected.”

“We can do a protection spell for one of you, if you want to climb up to get one?” Danielle offers.

“I’ll go,” Dylan says.

I move out of the way as he shifts. Once he’s in his wolf form, the witches cast a spell on him that fills his outline with a purple glow.

It feels good to be involved. Even though I’m human, they’re treating me like an equal.

I don’t want to smile, because,embarrassing.But I feel it inside.

Once Dylan is covered in their protective spell, he climbs up.

He does it so quickly, effortlessly scaling the tree and bringing down a white feather lodged between his teeth.