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As much as I wanted to deny it, she was right. If we had killed him that night when we had breached his tower, none of this would have happened. But that night, it was fated that we failed.

“We have to go back to the commune and warn everyone!” I said. “They have to know that these soldiers can turn into werewolves at any time.”

“Let’s go then,” Alexis said.

We rushed back to my Jeep and drove as fast as we could back to Fiddler’s Green. Alexis kept her eye out to see if any more werewolves were lurking in the area. I kept my eyes on the road while thinking about the repercussions of Blair’s actions.

This was a loose cannon that he had created. It would hurt not only everyone in Fiddler’s Green, the Grimm pack, but Blair too. Surely he could see that, or had his madness gotten the better of him, rendering him blind to the consequences of his crazy actions?

“Hey, at least they’re dying on their own,” Alexis said. “We didn’t have to fight them for long.”

“They were suffering. They were my enemies, sure, but they were suffering in so much pain that it was inhumane.”

As we drove across Fiddler’s Green, we noticed that there was no sign that the feral werewolves had been in town. After another fifteen minutes of silent driving, we were back at the commune.

Vince was waiting for us at the gate.

“Will! There’s something I have to show you!” Vince exclaimed.

“If it is what I think it is, we already know,” Alexis said.

“You guys were attacked by werewolves?” Vince asked, his eyes widening with horror.

“Yes, but before we could fight them properly, they died on their own,” I said. “Now show me what you’ve got.”

Vince led us to the stables. Inside, there were six corpses of brutalized super-soldiers, their faces covered in blood, their fingers torn, and their skins turned blue.

“These werewolves leaped over the barbed wire and tried to attack us,” Vince said. “We shifted to fight them, but before we could do that, they just died and shifted back into their human forms.”

“Fucking Blair!” I yelled, kicking an empty bucket, sending it flying into the air. “That’s it. I’m going to find that son of a bitch and put a stop to his whole operation.”

“What do you want the pack to do in the meantime?” Vince asked.

“Divide and conquer. Find out wherever these fucking werewolves are and round them up. If they die on their own, that’s well and good. If not, kill them and bury their bodies. But leave these six corpses here. I have something in mind for them,” I said.

“Will.” Alexis tugged at my sleeve and pulled me aside, leading me out of the stables. “First of all, you need to calm down.”

“Don’t tell me to calm down right now!” I said, noticing that my anger was starting to resurface. “This is madness.”

“Yes, it is, but I have something to share with you,” Alexis said, taking a deep breath.

“What is it?” I asked. “Do you know where Blair is? If so, you have to tell me right now.”

Chapter 19

Alexis

I was going to tell him about Blair’s location, but upon seeing that frenzied look on his face—the same look he used to have after escaping from Edward’s manor—I thought against it. If I shared that intel with him, he’d try to fight Blair all on his own.

He was my mate, and I could not risk losing him again. Once was bad enough.

“What is it?” Will asked again, impatiently looking at me.

“The Clandestine Order,” I said. That was going to be my other suggestion. “We have these bodies to show them. We can tell them that Blair’s got people turning into werewolves. They’re going to want to intervene. After all, this is a matter that concerns supernatural beings. These soldiers who died, they’re effectively werewolves. That makes it a concern of the Clandestine Order. We have to tell them.”

“And go through their bullshit bureaucracy? Think about what you’re saying, Alexis!” Will said. His tone had not gone down ever since he’d discovered that the feral werewolves had attacked the Grimm Abode. He was resorting back to that anger that I found repulsive.

“Yes. We have to do it. If they refuse, then we can go find Blair and deal with this problem ourselves. But first, we have to get word to the Clandestine Order,” I said firmly.

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