Page 47 of Redeem Me
“Hi, kids,” I waved awkwardly. “What do you know about the place you were staying?”
A little boy in the front answered with a slight oriental accent. “We know everything about why we were there and taken from our families. We know we were being held to get our parents to obey an evil dick.”
A few of the kids snickered in response. I pressed my palms into my eyes. “Uh, yes, to all of that.”
My mom rolled her eyes from the doorway of the manor. Knox slapped me on the back with a “way to go” and Tracey shook her head from where I could see her disappearing into the woods. My mom took that opportunity to come out in her bathrobe and slippers. She looked like the perfect grandma besides the fact that she was flawless and hardly had any wrinkles. Being immortal was the best skincare regimen. “I’ll take it from here. I’m Alice Crimson and I’m the Alpha’s mother. We are doing our best to accommodate all of you and we are going to encourage that you don’t use magic to try to contact your families. Things still aren’t safe and we don’t want to risk anything. Magic will be permitted because we know what it’s like to trap a part of ourselves. Please only do it under supervision. I don’t know how it was before but these are our rules to keep everyone safe. Especially the wolf pups that don’t have magic.”
A little girl raised her hand.
“Wolves have magic.”
My mother raised her eyebrows. “What have they taught you about the wolves?”
She little girl grinned and her brown eyes shone. “Wolves are their own kind of magic. Magic from the goddess.”
Knox nodded his head in appreciation. “I like these witches. Weareblessed by the gods.”
“This transition isn’t going to be easy for our pack or for you. Bear with us as we try to make all of you as comfortable as we can.”
I met my mom halfway and wrapped my arms around her. She was the glue that kept the pack together and I couldn’t help but hope that one day, Jade would be the same for us.
