Page 96 of Red's Beast

I stand there for a moment longer, wondering if I can just eat it all, when she finally clears her throat.

"Eat.”

I become too animalistic as I sit down at the table and clean the eggs up immediately. Next, I find a chicken she must havekilled and roasted overnight, but I don’t remember when she got it. There are some slabs of beef and I remember those in the refrigerator yesterday.

"Lillian, slow down."

"I can't. Must eat.”

Sighing, she turns around to stir the pot of whatever she’s cooking. I indulge in every single whim until I’m stuffed to the fullest. Finally, my wolf is satisfied.

Not a dish goes untouched. All the meat is gone and most of the vegetables. I had to make myself eat those because my wolf was grossed out over them.

Now that I’m feeling better, I lean back in my chair and try to figure out how to find the beast.

“Grandmother, if you were a witch who wanted to send someone somewhere, where would you send them?”

She finishes stirring the pot and picks it up to bring to the table with her. It lands on the table in front of me and she sits down in a chair on the other side of the table with a huff. “I don’t know, but I’d say he is not around here. Corbin is probably the best connection you’ll have, but he’s gone, too.”

“Why does it always have to be him?”

Her brows raise as she looks at me straight. “I don’t know that he knew that his mother wasn’t his mother, but he knows the past.”

“It makes sense, since he is part witch. Could his location be in one of the books? We’ve scoured every inch, but I don’t know that it is in there.”

She shakes her head. “I don’t think it would be, because if Natalia has done what you have said the beast told you, then she’d want him somewhere only she or her sister could reach.”

“Go grab the book with the Ryans. I think there is a list of pack members there. Maybe we can figure it out.”

I know she is only saying that because she knows my hope is running then, but regardless, I go grab the book. When I get to the table, we flip it open and find a list of the pack members and dates of their death.

Oddly, I find where it says Natalia left with her sister. “It says she left, but she was here as Corbin’s mother.”

Then I look at when Corbin’s father took over the pack. He wed Alana, whose grandmother’s name was Rose. She was a new member of the pack only a few years after Natalia left. Rose is Natalia. She introduced herself as Natalia Rose Bardot.

For a moment, I’m trapped in my thoughts as I think back to what the beast tried to tell me. He mentioned that she revealed herself so he could speak up. Corbin was her descendant.

“I need to find Corbin. If he has her magic, then I can use him to find the beast and fix everything.”

Grandmother only nods. “I believe you are on the right path and will succeed.”

“But where could he be? Surely, she wouldn’t send him to where the beast is? He has to be here, because she wants us together. I think she wanted me with Corbin so I couldn’t break the curse.”

Sighing, I reach up and rub my hand across my face.

Grandmother sits there for a moment longer. “You have to find him.”

“I’m going outside to take a look around where he disappeared. If I can catch his scent, then I will track him.”

“The other packs have been cut off from us for so long. You will have to carve out time to speak with them at some point.”

“Other packs?” I try to think of if I ever knew about them, but I don’t recall anything about it. “How many are there?”

She shakes her head, dismissing my question. “Five others. Don’t worry about it right now. Your primary focus is finding Corbin to find the beast. Be careful, though. The pack is a little disgruntled and uneasy about what's happened. Plus, you haven't officially claimed them all as the alpha."

"Oh, that's right." I pause for a moment as I pick up the book from the table. "I guess I need to do that, too."

"You'll have to do this alone. I can come if you want me to for support, but the rest is all up to you. You may get some challenges for the position. Are you up to it?"

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