Page 35 of Anger

Yeti grabbed Mac from behind, and Mac swung around and pulled off a move a wrestler would love. Yeti went down as Mary and Lamia watched and sighed.

“You did come through screaming to get everybody together and about danger!” Mary chided Lamia.

“I didn’t expect this,” Lamia snapped and whipped her tail up to send Jase flying. He shifted into his Uber Merform as he did.

“Holy shit!” Mac exclaimed and grabbed a tentacle.

‘Stop,’Mary blasted throughout the castle.‘Proceed to the Great Hall. Lamia has brought someone, and everyone needs to stop attacking him.’

‘Him? Lamia has a man?’Sela demanded.

‘Is it her soulmate?’Liadun asked.

‘Is he cute?’Lorelai inquired.

‘Busybodies! Everybody to the hall,’Mary ordered. “Poseidon, shift back now and behave yourself. Yeti, you, and Big Foot do the same. And Lamia, collect your thoughts. You’re broadcasting rather loudly, and it’s distracting!” Mary scolded.

“Sorry,” Lamia apologised.

“Calm yourself because you’ll cause chaos at this rate. Human, I apologise, but for our sake, I must blind you to your surroundings,” Mary said and touched Mac’s brow.

Lamia sensed his instant panic as his eyes searched sightlessly in front of him.

“What did you do?” Mac demanded.

“Mac, it’s a security measure until we get to the Great Hall. Then Mary will lift the spell. Here, hold on to me, I won’t allow you to fall,” Lamia said, feeling guilty.

She should have let Mac explain before yanking him here. Lamia had overreacted and knew it.

“I trust you,” Mac replied.

Lamia felt a warmth in her stomach at those simple words. Mac, trusting her, even after seeing her as Lamia, meant a lot.

He placed his hand on her shoulder and allowed her to lead him down the maze of corridors to the Great Hall.

There, sitting on the dais, was the board, all changed into their monster form. Baba Yaga, Banshee, Dullahan, Lilith, Phantom, Poseidon, and Vampire all watched as Mary Worth took her place.

As Lamia looked around, she saw everyone else was in monster self.

Perversely, Lamia shifted into Lanie. She didn’t want Mac to be isolated. Emmaline, Willow, and the children were nowhere to be seen. That was expected.

“I’ll unblind you now,” Mary spoke from the dais.

Mac nodded but kept hold of Lanie’s shoulder.

As his eyes adjusted, Mac smiled at Lanie. “I guessed you had shifted. It was subtle, but I noticed.”

“I didn’t want you to feel isolated,” Lanie replied.

“If you two have finished. Someone better explain why we have a human in the castle,” Poseidon snapped, glaring at Lanie.

“Because Mac is a Saviour,” Lanie answered.

“Are we to bring all Saviour’s here?” Dullahan asked.

“No. I brought Mac because he knew what I was,” Lanie said.

Phantom and Vampire rose to their feet. “Kill him now!” Vampire demanded. Several of the shifters moved, but Lanie shifted, and Lamia hissed in their faces.

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