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Phil hit me in the arm and hissed, “SPACE UNHEARD!” I quickly whispered the chant.

He said, “Thank you.” He called Gage. My Gamma answered, “What the hell, guys?” Phil shouted, “WHAT THE FLYING SHIT IS HAPPENING?! My mate isn’t telling me her real name.

NEITHER is Alexander’s.” Gage asked, “Huh? I thought this was about Oden feeling pain since we went down.”

Phil shouted, “ODEN HAS WHAT?!” I admitted, “He just told me. It’s better now.

” Phil stared at me. He asked, “Better now that your mate UNLOCKED her damn wolf?!” Oden said, “Yes, actually.” I nodded.

He said, “Rocket is going to berate Oden for us not knowing that.” I said, “I’m not happy about it either. ” Gage chimed in, “Me three.”

Phil powered on, “Moving on from that, what the actual fuck is Melanie McAlister doing in Black Path?! Why was she wolf less until she locked eyes with Alexander and BAM she gets her wolf? She LOOKED into his eyes and her wolf came to her. That’s weird.

I’m not the only one who sees this as weird, right? ”

Gage agreed, “No, that’s easily one of the weirdest things I’ve heard, and I don’t have a low bar for that.

” He wasn’t wrong. Phil waved his arms shouting, “THEN my mate says I can’t mark her.

Can’t, you guys. I assure you both, I could absolutely mark her.

” I went to say something, but he kept going.

“In fact, I can mark her two different ways. She can’t explain why I can’t mark her either but says after we go home, she’ll pack up her stuff in her pack. THEN she can explain when she gets to Black Mountain.” Oden growled, ‘I don’t like that.” Neither did I.

Phil shouted, “I HAVE TO LEAVE HER IN BLACK PATH! You want to know what I can do about that? JACK SHIT because they HATE us! HATE! We can’t go to Nashville without them pissing their pants and crying to the Supernatural Council about what the big meanie is doing in their territory.”

Gage reasoned, “Just tell her you’ll buy her new things, and she doesn’t have to go back. She can call her parents. This is fixable.” Phil snarked, “I already tried that! It didn’t work. OHHHH! I am SO pissed right now!”

I had a feeling I would be too, but there was no reason for Melanie to keep up this facade of being in Black Path. I could conjure their things, but Sierra could have someone ship her all her things. Or Phil could have me conjure it, which they both knew. So, what was going on?

Phil whirled tome asking, “Can you just pop us to Nashville and do your ‘explode all their heads’ thing? My way solves a lot of problems for me and you. Like LEAVING OUR MATES WITH THOSE CRAZY ASS MOTHER FUCKING PEOPLE! I don’t like it.”

“Rocket likes it less than I do. My Hackura side is about to go all golden eyed about this. Do you how many of them I could kill going golden eyed? My hatred for that pack has grown SUBSTANTIALLY since we met our mates. What the hell did they do to our Luna and to my mate?! YOUR Beta Female?! The insults just keep adding up. The did something to ALEXANDER’S LUNA AND BETA FEMALE!

Head should explode for that. I’m just saying. ”

Gage asked, “Did you ask your mates what the hell is going on?” I snorted, “Not exactly.” Phil replied, “He didn’t ask at all. He’s an Alpha Blood. I asked subtle questions, but not many because, well she’s hot. I’m a man and she smells so good.”

I sighed, “I don’t know what’s going on either. Could Melanie have been recruited by the Supernatural Council to…?” I trailed off and ran my hand through my hair. I admitted, “I don’t know. Go undercover? Maybe that’s why she won’t come home.” Phil blinked several times while Gage whistled.

Eventually Phil asked, “And then they did something to her wolf?! Without her knowledge?” Gage scoffed, “Because they want Eric to kill them on all fronts. No, they want him to kill them for recruiting her. Then they want him to raise them from the dead to kill them again for doing anything to her wolf. That’s insane, guys.

They have to know the Werewolf Council would kill them for doing that. ”

I shrugged admitting, “I’ve got literally nothing on the deal with her wolf.

We will have to talk to Corbin privately later.

Maybe he can tell us whether or not that’s even possible.

” Phil sighed, “I mean the Supernatural Council could’ve approached her about going undercover.

” Gage scoffed, “You seriously think they have a death wish?!”

Phil replied, “My dad said that they approached Drake about wanting to using Melanie several times when she was a pup.” I growled, “What?” Phil sighed, “Yeah, plus you have a point. If they approached her, she would’ve been PISSED if they told her everything going on that her home pack did not.”

Gage agreed, “They could’ve told her all the stuff we, and I say we loosely meaning Red Run, are hiding from her.

” Oden snarled. Phil jumped back in, “But how can the Female Lead Warrior of a pack in Nashville be in New York dancing all the time. When she’s clearly also in Nashville a lot.

” Gage offered, “The answer is obviously magic. She’s could have a Demon, Fairy… ” He trailed of when I growled.

I argued, “It better not be a damn Fairy because I COULD’VE POPPED HER AROUND!” Phil hummed, “Don’t say Hackura on this list, Gage.” I pointed out, “You just did.” He winked at me. Oden snarled, “We beat the shit out of a Fairy or Hackura if they helped without telling us.” I agreed with that.

Gage picked up his list, “Or Witch/Warlock friend. She does like to be busy from everything we know about her.” I admitted, “I’ve been thinking Ashley might be in The Resistance.

” Phil gasped, “Holy shit. I thought the same thing. It jives man. The Resistance wants to help YOU. Specifically, and it’s ALWAYS coming back to you.

Helping you, answering your questions, getting YOUR brother’s mate home. You, you, you, and more you.”

Gage chimed in, “That makes sense.” Oden grumbled, “Except it doesn’t.” Phil clapped, “Right? Of course Melanie McAlister wants to help Alexander. Elise told him, and he told us, that she had a crush on him when she was a pup.”

He smacked his own head, “I thought Ashley and Melanie were just friends or some shit. NOOOOO they are somehow the same person. Dude, your dad will literally call in both your uncles, Fairy and Hackura, if the Supernatural Council recruited a fourteen year old to do this stuff. What even is this stuff?”

Gage snorted, “You’re speculating that they started The Resistance.” Oden snarled. Phil groaned, “Oh god, we’re going to kill people. Like a lot of people. Aren’t we? Is this war? With….” He trailed off. Gage offered, “Everyone.”

I answered, “It’s looking that way. If the Supernatural Council kept Melanie from me, they are dead, but I think they lied to her about something else. She’s afraid of something to do with us and that comes across in her emails.” Phil groaned.

I continued, “Not to mention all our offers to have her do a workshop or come to Elise’s birthday.

If they told her we’d get hurt, or that we’d hurt her if we knew who she was, they die horrific deaths.

Not to mention the pack LYING to us about being her hosting pack in New York.

Let’s not forget Black Path for having her in their pack and LYING about it using an alias. ”

Phil agreed, “Fair enough.” Gage hummed his agreement.

Phil continued, “Now that you brought it up. Let’s talk about these Black Path assholes.

” Gage scoffed, “Nice transition.” Phil retorted, “Thanks. Sierra is scared to tell me her real name and won’t let me mark her.

She HAS to go home first before I can mark her.

What is that fucking shit?” I didn’t know any more than he did.

Phil began to pace, “If she’s not ready to be marked that’s one thing, but that not what she said.

Not even close. Not that she doesn’t want me to mark her.

She says I can’t. I do not like those words.

It does NOT give me the warm fuzzies. She looked VERY sad, and I feel like killing people would make me feel better. ”

“You want to know what else doesn't give me warm fuzzies? Either of our mates going back there. What if it’s some plot and the Supernatural Council tries to keep them from us to continue doing whatever the HELL it is they are doing.” Gage declared, “No way. That’s not happening.”

I growled, “I have been separated from Melanie long enough. I won’t stand for it. EJ and I will declare war until Sierra and Melanie are back by our sides. Everyone would. The Supernatural Council cannot separate mates.”

Gage supplied, “Plus, Dalton and Dakota could, and would, bury them for this. Melanie is their pack member, and they have no idea she’s been so damn close to home this whole time.” Oden grumbled, “Close yet so far.”

I replied, “We don’t know that they don’t know.

” Phil snorted, “We do. Besides, the Supernatural Council can’t just recruit teenagers to go undercover.

Is this why Ashley holds Alpha Theo at arm’s length?

I have so many questions, and I have no answers.

I HAVE to tell you both how much my Beta brain HATES this entire thing. ”

Gage chimed in, “My Gamma brain isn’t thrilled either.

” Phil muttered, “I hate it from the depths of my being. I think my brain is actually itching from the lack of information I have. The questions just grow more complex. Because my buddy Beta T will FLIP SHIT if his baby sister is in The Resistance.”

Gage agreed, “His head might actually explode from anger.” Phils snorted, “Not to mention his poor head or heart if the Lead Female, formerly wolf less, Warrior from Nashville is his sister. Drake McAlister will actually lose his mind. I can see it now. Just…” He clicked his tongue made a mind blown gestured with his hand, “right out of his head.”