Page 73 of Wolf Touched

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Despite the threat, I noticed how swollen Fane’s lips were and that his hair was tousled. He and Lucy must have been together when the call came for her to know this information before the rest of us.

Maybe there was more to why he’d agreed to let us stay than just me being his sister. I’d realized there was an odd tension between him and Lucy, but I hadn’t expectedthat. And there was no way I wanted them to go through what Raffe and I had—not that they were fated.

Raffe jumped out of bed, bringing me back to the present.

“Did they specify where the perimeter was breached?” Raffe slipped on his sneakers at the bottom of the bed.

I shook my head, trying to wake up and clear my mind. If I didn’t get my act together, I wouldn’t be helpful to anyone here, especially if Olwyn—she wasn’t worthy of me including her title anymore—had found us.

Olwyn.

Had my power fritzing the other day allowed the VeiledCircle to find us? And if so, what sort of numbers were they bringing this time?

“Uh … I … I don’t know.” Fane blinked, his brows pulling together. “I mean … they didn’t specify. They said to come down there.”

“Can you ask them?” Raffe snapped and hurried past him and down the hallway.

When I got out of bed to follow, Lucy appeared at the bedroom door behind Fane.

“Yeah, I’ll call them.” Fane removed his phone from his pocket, his hands shaking. “We need to get down to the coven houses. That’s where they want us.”

He should’ve learned by now that Raffe wouldn’t do something because a coven member wanted him to.

Stay here with him and get answers from him and Caroline,I linked as I slid past Lucy, heading to the front door.He doesn’t understand our world enough to know what to ask.

Where do you want Dave and me?Josie asked as I reached the stairs.

The door shut behind Raffe as I took the stairs two at a time.

Meet me out front,Raffe replied.We’ll go from there.

When I opened the front door, Adam and Keith were coming up the stairs from inside.

I almost stopped in my tracks as cold, wet air assaulted me, catching me off guard. Luckily, it helped wake me, and I hurried to the spot where Raffe stood in the center of the gravel driveway.

Darkness from thick rain clouds enveloped us. No light from the stars and moon filtered through, which made Raffe’s glowing blue eyes like a beacon to me.

He’d tapped into his wolf to listen for the people who Ihoped had accidentally broken through the perimeter. His eyes snapped to me as I rushed toward him, and he frowned.

You’re exhausted. You need to stay inside in case we have trouble.Raffe tensed, ready for battle.I know the witches want us down there, but for all we know, they could be behind this.

Unfortunately, he wanted to wage war for me and keep me safe in the house.

I shook my head.If we’re under attack, I need to be part of the fight, especially since my little show yesterday could be how they found us.

That wasn’t your fault.Raffe’s nostrils flared.That’s on the coven since they decided to upset you like that. None of this is you.

I reached his side and looped my arm with his to calm him. Though I wouldn’t hide, that didn’t mean I wanted to put myself in any danger.Let’s figure out if we’re actually in danger and go from there.

Raffe closed his eyes for a second but nodded.

The front door opened, and Josie and Dave joined us. The wind picked up, the rain hitting my face and forcing my dark hair to cling to me. I took a deep breath, ignoring the way my shirt and pajama bottoms molded to my body.

He got hold of the coven,Lucy linked.The breach is from the main road, coming this way. There’s a big problem, and it’s why they want us to come down there. They felt coven magic when the perimeter broke.

Dammit. This confirmed everything. Olwyn had sent people after us. If I’d gotten control of my power before yesterday, none of this would be happening. Our safe haven wasn’t safe anymore, and it was all my fault. I’d gotten the people I cared for the most back into trouble.

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