Page 38 of Shattered Fears

The witch rolled her eyes.

“Damn, now all you men have partners, you’ve become bossy. Isobel and I will go and see if we can find anything remotely vegetarian to eat at the Shifter Council. Selene and Scott were fighting over a leg of lamb when I left, but I think I may have seen a carrot.”

“Just watch her. Nothing stupid.” Zain raised an eyebrow toward them both.

“Promise,” Jessica sing-songed.

Zain came up to Isobel and gave her a final kiss on the lips.

“I’ll be back before you know it.”

She kissed him back.

“Be careful.”

Zain disappeared out of the door, leaving her alone with Jessica. The witch came up to her.

“You ready, or do you want to finish washing up first?”

“Washing up?” Did she know what they’d been doing? She could still feel Zain between her legs, and she was certain that his cum was also leaking out of her. “We…er...I’m ok.” She blushed.

“You know he hasn’t touched as much honey since he introduced you to us.”

“He hasn’t?” she queried.

“Nope. I’m glad he’s happy. He’s had the pack, but there’s always been a part of him he’s held back. I know why now. His heart was with you the entire time. He’ll do anything to protect you, and I have a feeling you’d do the same. A perfect couple.” The witch smiled at her and held her hand out. “Ready?”

Something inside her snapped. Jessica’s words reverberated around in her jumbled mind, ‘anything to protect you’. She looked at her watch. How long had she been here? Over an hour? Her father had called for his guards and told them he was setting off for the Glacial Blood mansion straight away. They should be here by now. Why weren’t they? A trap? Zain was walking into a trap. The fights between her brother and father suddenly all made sense. Everything had been kept from her because they wanted to, supposedly, keep her ignorant of shifters when all along she’d fallen in love with one. Kingsley was bait. Her own father was using him as bait.

“Isobel?” Jessica looked at her strangely.

She had to put a stop to this.

“I don’t want to go to Berlin.”

“What?”

“Take me to my father? Can you find him wherever he is?”

“No.” Jessica shook her head. “We’re going to the Council for protection.” Jessica grabbed her hand, and Isobel felt the magic start to surge through her.

“No.” She used all the strength she had to break the connection between the two of them. “Zain and Kas are walking into a trap. My father should be here by now. Kingsley is bait. It’s been that way all along. My father isn’t ignorant enough to believe that my brother has been changed. He doesn’t do anything by halves. He’s kept this entire part of his life secret for many years. He’s played us all for fools, thinking he’s a crazy senator, but no, he’s a cold and calculating killer with Zain and Kas in his sights. He probably knows more about the Glacial Blood pack than you do. Now, you’re going to take me to him, and I’m going to put a stop to this, once and for all. If you don’t, then you’ll be responsible for Kas and Zain’s deaths. Do you want that on your conscience?”

Jessica looked straight at her. She could see the different factors flashing through the witch’s mind. She was weighing up all the options and coming to the same devastating conclusion.

Jessica’s eyes turned white. The air around them started to crackle, and Isobel felt herself being lifted from the ground.

“Save them,” Jessica called just before Isobel’s body dissipated into thin air.

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