Page 74 of Artemis' Bow
“Do not bring a phone out around them. In fact, none of you should even have phones on you right now. I told you that when I stationed you here to watch for them.” Dominic spins on the guy.
“You will bring that thing down on us before we’re ready,” I scoff.
“It’s just a phone,” the guy grumbles.
“The alpha thought that too when we first met them in Winslow. The second he tried to hand his phone to her, we were attacked by flying metal birds that shit acid at us. I’m not taking any chances.” Dominic glares and the man’s face pales.
He glances at the sky and then our group before sprinting into the house away from us. At least we know he’s not a complete moron.
“If anyone else has a phone on you, I suggest you follow his example. That thing will sense us more clearly with tech nearby.” I glance at the others.
None of the men move and my shoulders slump. That guy was the only idiot who didn’t follow his boss’ orders. “Good. Now, what about this guy Derek you mentioned? Did he get something on him?”
“Yeah, he’s been acting off since it happened as well. More aggressive with pack members and he already had a giant chip on his shoulder. He’s my brother and he’s pissed Tristan chose me to lead this place.” Dominic shakes his head.
“We need to find him and get him to Halfling Academy for containment.” I turn to Greyson.
“Yeah, he shouldn’t be around shifters until he can learn to control the dominance and extra abilities he has,” Greyson says with a sigh.
The idiot from before peeks his head out, frowning at Dominic. “He’s not answering his phone and Kai said he ran off on his own an hour ago.”
“Shit. We need every available shifter out looking for this guy,” I say. “He’s unstable and dangerous right now.”
“What about the boar?” Dominic asks.
“You guys can’t help us with that. You would just be in the way and in danger of becoming like Derek or dying. I don’t recommend either if you want to be around shifters anytime soon.”
“Okay, Alpha Tristan trusts you with this. I’ll handle my brother, and we’ll get him down here and contained.” Dominic nods his understanding.
“Hey, B? We got a problem,” Raven says, patting me on the shoulder.
“What problem?” I ask.
“How is he going to get to the academy? If he puts up a fight, the shifters won’t be able to contain him, and I doubt he would willingly go to the academy to help himself. If what Dominic says is true, this power is going to go to his head, and he could be exactly the thing we feared.”
“Hopefully they find him quickly. I wonder what it would take to get Hermes to transport him there once the shifters find him.” I tap my finger against my chin.
“You rang, baby sister?” Hermes bows at the waist with a wink.
“I didn’t actually call for you yet,” I grumble.
“You know I always keep a close eye on my favorites and for now, that’s you.” Hermes chuckles.
“The boar terrorizing this place infected a shifter with ichor. He needs to be contained away from other shifters before he becomes a problem for all of them.”
“Why do we care?” Hermes asks, genuinely curious.
“Because the shifters are our allies. They don’t deserve to suffer because of something that happened because of the gods,” I say, my voice firm.
“Fine. Give them this and once the shifter in question is caught, have them spin around three times while saying my name.” Hermes drops a gold coin in my hand.
“You’re so full of shit, Hermes. That’s from a human movie. What do they really need to do?” I ask.
“Beetlejuiceis a cult classic, I’ll have you know.”
“I don’t even want to know how you know that. I don’t have time for games. Can you tell me how they can call you when they catch him, please?” My shoulders slump.
“They just flip the coin and I’ll be there. Good luck with the Calydonian Boar and try to avoid the ichor getting on you more. We have no idea what it will do to you a second time.” Hermes blinks out of existence.
