Page 57 of Fighting Furry

I stared at the side of her face, disbelieving. “They know we're in Axel's pack and they just let us go in the office where Axel's spirit stick is on display?”

“Alpha is perpetually drunk, he probably forgot where he left it.”

“Why didn't you tell me what you were doing?” I asked. “I thought we were just there to investigate.”

“I didn't expect the spirit stick to be so easy to get.” She glanced over at me. “I figured you'd seen enough to understand what we're dealing with.”

“They hardly seem like a threat. I don't get what everyone's so worried about.”

“If they decide to fight us, they'll probably shape up a bit,” she said. “But Marley told me the vamps promised to help them if they attacked us.”

I stared at her. “Seriously? Why didn't you tell me that before?”

“It was irrelevant to our meeting today.”

I rolled my eyes, because it totally was relevant. “Does Axel know this?”

She chewed her lip. “I haven't told him, yet. It could be drunken idiocy from Marley, because it doesn't make sense. The vamps want the pack to stay in the valley, why would they help them attack us?”

I shrugged, because I had no idea. “How dangerous are the vampires?”

She glanced over at me again. “I don't know much about them, but I wouldn't want to fight them.”

I chewed on that for a bit, but I wouldn't be able to do anything with it until I had more information. “Do you know what the deal is with Alpha? Why is he so sick?” Axel had told me his theory, but Lucinda might know more.

“I don't know. He should be able to shift and heal regularly…Unless…No, if a vampire was feeding on him, they could use their blood to heal him.”

“Unless they have no interest in healing him,” I said, pondering the idea. “The sicker he is, the less likely he'd be to interfere with their plans to use his pack as their feed bag.”

She nodded, thinking. “If that's the case, why do the vampires want our pack territory? They'd be closer to the sun and farther from humans to feed on…” She shook her head. “It just doesn't make any sense.”

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