"Who said that?" Lexy asked, scanning her eyes everywhere and stopping when she heard another heartbeat.
Miranda appeared, standing by the kitchen door and resting on the wall.
"Miranda!?" They all yelled at the same time.
"Yes, it's me, the one and only."
"How long have you been standing there, have you heard everything?"
"Nope, I just got here when I heard you guys talking about a theory…and cursed bodies?"
"Yeah, did you see the circle pattern outside that was made with dead bodies?"
"Sure did."
"And…?"
"You're right, it's a twisted version of my coven's sign and it's not cursed."
"So the theory is solved."
"Partly."
"What do you mean?"
"We only confirmed the sign was a twisted version of my coven but we still don't know who did it."
"What do you mean, shouldn't you know who it is?"
"A lot of things happened before we were locked up in that cave."
"So the witch that helped the Lafuey pack is a mystery, wonderful."
***
Laufey Pack, Thalia's office
***
"Mom, have you heard anything from the spy you planted?"
"Silas, it's not even up to 24 hours yet and this is the third time you came into my office asking if I've heard anything from my spy. If you have anything you want to say, just say it and quit bugging me." Thalia said, not raising her head from the papers she was reading.
Silas sighed before standing properly. "Fine, I'll ask. Was Dad's death accidental?"
Thalia halted for a second before looking up at him, "And why would you think it wasn't?"
"I don't know, it just seemed a bit off, that's all."
"You never thought it was off a couple of weeks ago, so why now?"
"I just heard and noticed something off recently, that's all."
"Hmm, I see. Well, your father's death was an accident, okay, and if it wasn't, I'll look into it myself."
"Okay, I have a meeting with some of the pack members, I'll take my leave now," Silas said walking towards the door and Thalia looked back at the paper on her table. Silas stopped and turned back to look at his mom. "Do you miss him?"
"Who are we talking about here?"
"Dad."
"Ah, yes, I do miss him, but I'm sure he doesn't want us to suffer and grieve his death too much and for too long, otherwise, it'll break his heart and not make him find peace in the afterlife."
"You're right Mother, sorry to bother you, but I'll take my leave now."
"Sure darling, no problem."
Immediately Silas shut the for behind him, Thalia almost fell off her chair if it wasn't for Chris who caught her on time, she would have fallen face flat.
"Thalia, don't stress yourself too much, take it slow and steady."
"Slow and steady? There's no time for that. What if Silas finds out that the person he has known to be his father isn't his father but you, what do you think his reaction is going to be?" Thalia sighed "Where's Tina?"
"She said she wanted to go to the supermarket to fetch something this morning, I don't know if she's back yet."
"What, you let her go outside without my approval, what if someone recognizes her!?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think it through, she seemed frantic at that time."
Thalia sighed. Chris helped her to sit back on her chair, "Please go check if she's back and tell her to meet me in my room."
Unknowingly to them, Silas was still at the other side of the door, heard everything, and left before they could notice him.
"What the fuck were they talking about," Silas whispered to himself.
***
The Montgomery pack
***
"What are we going to do about the Laufey pack, we've gotten rid of the bodies, now what?"
"We came up with a plan, which I already have."
They all gathered around the dining table and Harley told them and twenty minutes later,
"You have to come with us, please."
"You want us to confront Silas and his pack, what do you think would happen?"
"They might have already put up a defense, expecting us to attack, but we won't, well just go and confront them while Miranda takes care of who the twisted witch is and get rid of her."
"That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard in my life."
"There are other plans for it."
"I don't want to hear them," Marietta said and walked out of the kitchen, Harley followed her.
"Damn, what's her deal with the Laufey pack anyways?" Miranda asked, pulling out a chair and sitting in it.
"How long were you and your coven stuck in the cave, coz I don't understand what you're doing here. Shouldn't you be having fun and living your life since you are finally free from that cave?" Lexy and Liam glared at Miranda.
"2thousand years it's so," Miranda said, looking up at the ceiling, trying to remember when she was locked in the cave but giving up after a few seconds. "If you were trapped there, you'd look track of time like I have. I just wanted to thank them for freeing my coven and myself. I don't quite understand this modern world of technology yet, it's quite annoying if you don't know. Back in my days, the technology hadn't advanced to this level."
"Hmhmm." Lexy and Liam hummed together.
"What?"
"What about your coven?"
"I just left for a while, they can take care of themselves…I told them to go explore the new world but not to use magic on anyone."
"And you think they would obey?"
"I keep track of them and they know I watch their every move, so there's nothing to worry about."
"Hm, okay."
"So you guys gonna tell me what happened between Marietta, Harley, and the Laufey pack?"
***
"Marietta, wait!"
"What!?" Marietta yelled, stopped, and turned to look at Harley.
"Why don't you want to help?"
"It's not that I don't want to help, it's… it's just that I'm scared of Silas!" Marietta yelled, ran into her room, locked the door, ran to her bed, covered herself with it, and started crying.
"Marietta, open the door!"
"Hey pup, why are you crying?" Monica asked, standing on the water and staring at Marietta. "Is it because of Silas?"
"I want to help Harley and the rest but I'm. Scared Silas might hurt them, apart from Sylvia, they are the only family I have left.
"Which is the more reason to help their pup, remember all the times they stayed with you and defended you, laughed with you, even cried with you? That is what real families are for." Monica said lying on top of the water with a smile on her face.
"You're right, I just don't want to hurt them."
"They love you pup, especially our mate who is waiting patiently for us outside," Monica said giggling.
Marietta started to laugh seeing how Monica acted immediately after mentioning our mate.
"You are one of a kind Monica, I'm really glad the Moon goddess gave you to me, coz without you, I don't know what I would have done."
"I'm glad too pup, now get up your lazy ass and stop keeping our mate waiting, I'm already missing him," Monica said with a really big smile on her face.
Marietta sat up, cleaned her eyes, walked over to the door, took a deep breath, and opened the door to see Harley standing there, concerned written all over his face.
"I'm sorry for running off like that…"
Harley didn't let her finish her statement before pulling her into a hug.
"I'm sorry for pressuring you, it's my fault."
"Oh, I'm loving this," Monica said and pulled him closer to her, taking control of both Marietta's arms.
***
"What!?"
"Yep," Liam said, nodding his head with his eyes closed.
"No wonder she acted that way. Gosh, if I see those two, I'd slap the sweet taste out of their mouths, those annoying little brats, and that annoying old hag." Miranda said, cursing Silas, Lolla, and Thalia. "Poor Marietta, I hope she's okay," Miranda said, looking at the direction Marietta ran off in.
"She would be, she's strong, and Harley's with her."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, it's nothing, my dear friend," Lexy said with a grin and looked at her phone.
Harley and Marietta walked and she apologized and said she would go with them, they told her she didn't if she didn't want to, but she insisted and they all thanked her.
"That's my pup," Monica said, still lying on top of the water and smiling at her.
"Remind me who is going to stay with the pack members and who is going?" Zack asked, looking at everyone confused.
"June is going to stay here so we'll make Thalia still think that June is still working for her, while we, and my we, I mean you, me, Lexy, Liam, Marietta, and some members who can fight and didn't die or seriously injured would come with us."