Page 118 of Rejected By the Alpha King

“I’m not talking about your wolf. There was a lot of magic on Amaya. I removed it before your healer could get to her.”

“I didn’t see any.”

“Then I did my job well. She was coated in a transportation spell. A very powerful one.”

Lunessa smiled faintly. “Even I couldn’t pull that kind of magic off.”

“You seem to transport wherever you want.”

“Transporting myself is much different than transporting someone else. Movement spells are tricky. The farther you move something, the harder it is, and Amaya went miles in an instant.

She was injured in her apartment but died in the woods.”

That was exactly what Jax and I had thought. “Does that mean that you’ve been to her house?”

“Yes, but I couldn’t finish up before Jax’s wolves got there. There’s evidence all over her house.”

“Great. So we’ll know who killed her. Why do you say it like that’s a bad thing?”

Lunessa’s gaze flitted around the woods. “Why are you storming around the woods alone?”

“Because Jax is an asshole.”

And I was a coward.

“You are supposed to have a guard. Where is your guard?”

At her troubled voice, I started scanning the woods as well. “I just sort of stormed off. Am I in danger?”

“You always seem to be in danger, Anna. Pull your power in. You’re leaking all over the place.”

“Excuse me?”

Lunessa whipped her head around. “We have company.”

With that, she took a deep breath.

And disappeared.

“Well, fuck. Fat lot of good that does me,” I grumbled and looked around. Whatever spooked Lunessa didn’t pop out at me. I couldn’t smell or see anyone.

Annoyed, I oriented myself and headed for Irene’s property. After a few steps, my wolf rose to the surface and howled. Suddenly, it felt like my change was imminent.

What the hell? My wolf didn’t disobey me like that. I ordered her back down and took a few more steps.

The urge hit me again, strong enough that I fell to my hands and knees. “No,” I screamed.

Was this a spell? I was a null. Spells didn’t affect me.

Was Lunessa doing this to me?

Stop, I commanded to my wolf. What are you doing?

Not safe. Must protect.

Protect? But I was all alone, and my wolf didn’t act like this. She didn’t protect me.

I protect you, I told her.

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