The Witch and the Wolf: Part Two (6 page)

Magda’s eyes were red from crying. The coven was gathered at Jamie’s house for a strategy meeting.
They were joined by Beatrice who had come when she heard Rory was taken. The uneasy and sorrow made for a heavy atmosphere in the living room. Since Magda and Jamie had gotten back from Nevada, it had rained every day in Cleary.

“She isn’t dead,” Jamie said. “That’s the important thing to remember.”

“What do the Moon Brothers have to say?’ Deanne asked.

“They’re very angry
, as you can imagine,” Jamie explained. “They’re probably going to go get their allies together and go after Olaf.”

“Really?” Ursula asked. “That’s really going above and beyond. This isn’t even messing around in their territory anymore.”

Jamie looked at Magda.

“Go ahead, tell them,” Magda said dabbing at her eyes. That was the most troubling part of the entire day for the rest of the coven. Magda was their rock. They had never seen her cry, not even when her own mother’s ghost passed on. If she was this sad, was there any hope at all of getting Rory back?

“It appears that while Rory and Cross were alone, his wolf claimed her and she accepted,” Jamie said looking at the ground. “In taking Rory, the vampires inadvertently took a member of their pack.”

“Hold on!” Sarah said with a small smile. “That means they’ll help us. I didn’t know mates got an automatic in to the wolf packs.”

“They don’t exactly, but they do get the protection of the pack. We aren’t sure if Rory actually wants to be Cross’s mate and to be honest I’m not even sure how this happened, but we’ll take all the help we can get.”

“I’m going to burn that compound to the ground the moment I get my Rory back,” Magda said with fire in her eye
s. “Help or no help. I’m going to make them pay.”

“We want to help too,” Beatrice offered. “It’s not right
, a vampire taking a witch. I thought it was funny before and I’m sorry about that. But I’m going to make up for it. My people will help in any way we can.”

“Thank you, we appreciate it,” Jamie smiled at the apparition. She was still weary of Beatrice since she was a ghost. It sounded like she was much more connected and important in the temporal world then she had originally let on. Jamie wasn’t about to burn any bridges at this point.

“Do you think they’ll come back?” Sarah asked.

“The Lost Tribe,” Deanne said. “Let’s not make them into bogeymen. They’re flesh and bone and can be killed just like any one else.”

“A witch accepting a wolf’s claim,” Ursula circled back in the conversation. “That is very strange. Is there any way to break it? I’m sure we can figure it out, but I think she’ll really appreciate being free of the wolf once she’s home. If we wait, he’ll never leave her side.”

“And that’s a bad thing?” Sarah was indignant. “He followed her into the
lost dimension. We should let her decide what she wants to do.”

Ursula opened her mouth to respond
, but Jamie held up her hand. “Let’s not do this now. We’ll search for spells to break the claim, but that isn’t our priority right now.”

They both nodded.

“What about the vampire?” Deanne asked. “She gave us the information about Cross and Rory. Do you think she’ll help more?”

“Hard to say,” Jamie admitted. “Melody only does what’s going to benefit her. I don’t think she’d go against her maker
, but I do think she wouldn’t stand in our way if we came to cut his head off.”

“It really is all Olaf’s fault,” Ursula said. “The vampire’s daughter got hurt, the wolves lost their alpha’s son, we lost Rory, and the entire supernatural community is at risk now. What did he even get out of this?”

“As far as we can tell, nothing,” Magda said. “He did all of this for nothing!”

“That’s why you can’t trust a fae,” Beatrice said before disappearing again.

“I think we should ask for more help,” Sarah said. “One of us should go to the council.”

Jamie shook her head. “We have something else in mind.”

After Melody had found them and told them that the Lost Tribe had taken Rory and Cross, Jamie had contacted the US representative to the witch council. There would likely be another all supernatural meeting called again. Whatever the Lost Tribe was up to, it would affect their entire supernatural community again. Of course, witches were the most at risk. The witch council had yet to offer help in getting Rory back.

“The council is only interested in keeping the Lost Tribe away,” she explained. “Our interests don’t overlap here. We need to get a portal open to get Rory and Cross back to our side.”

“I knew this was probably the plan, but wow is that risky,” Ursula admitted. “What if one of them escapes?”

“We can’t worry about that,” Deanne said. “I support your decision. If it was one of my little brothers over there, I would do anything to get them back. I would hope my sisters would back me up.”

Sarah nodded. “I agree. God forbid it was one of my kids, I would stop at nothing. If they’re going to get over, we’ll take care of it.”

“Good,” Jamie looked at Ursula. “If you don’t want to take part in this, I would completely understand and wouldn’t force you to participate.”

“I never said I wouldn’t help,” Ursula said quickly. “I will help, but I want us to think about each choice we make. This will have major consequences.”

“I appreciate that,” Magda said. “I’m really going to need someone to keep me grounded in all this. The need for vengeance will overrule all prudent judgment on my part.”

“Well, if we’re all in. What’s the plan?” Deanne asked.

“We’re going to try to open a portal
, of course,” Jamie said.

“How the hell do you plan on doing that?” Ursula asked. “Didn’t it take an army of witches to do that last time?”

“No. The army of witches was to force the Lost Tribe into the dimension,” Jamie corrected. “Opening the portal's a cinch really. The hard part is opening it near Rory so she can hop through.”

“That’s where I come in,” Beatrice said
, reappearing. “I can go over and recon for you guys. There are only a few hiccups, it should be easy.”

“Hiccups?” Magda asked.

“You know the time difference,” Beatrice said. “It passes much faster over there. Once I find her. We’ll have to agree on a time and place for you to let her hop through.”

“I didn’t know about this time difference,” Magda said sharply. “How much is it?”

Beatrice screwed her face up as she thought. “It will seem like a few weeks to her by now already. It could take a month or two their time for me to get back here and another week or so before you can do your thing.”

Magda fell back in her chair. Who knew what would happen to Rory in all that time.

“Why did they take her?” Ursula asked. “I still can’t see any reason for them to take Rory of all the other witches in the whole world.”

Magda got up and left the room. They heard the front door open and slam shut.

“Don’t take it personally,” Jamie said. “She didn’t want to be here when I told the rest of you.”

The women looked at each other and then at Jamie.

“Is it bad?” Sarah asked.

“Not at all,” Jamie said
, smiling for the first time since she came back to Cleary. “I think Magdalena is embarrassed and blames herself for this. It really isn’t
that
big a deal. I think by not telling anyone, she’s built it up in her mind as a huge event.”

“Well
, spit it out already!” Ursula said. “I’m on pins and needles over here.”

“I’ve been around for a lot longer than a few of you and remember
, but Rory’s father was a member of the Lost Tribe. I’m sure that’s why she was taken.”

No one said anything.

“I think that might have been mentioned earlier in this whole fiasco,” Ursula said finally.”

Jamie shrugged. “Maybe
, but it wasn’t my secret to tell. It doesn’t change anything either. We needed to get working on this portal immediately.”

The Witch and the Wolf: Part Three

Rory and Cross are about to face the biggest challenge their budding relationship and their lives. Stranded together with a mysterious tribe of fae, they don’t know who to trust or how to get home. They’ll have to rely on each other now more than ever.

Cross has already proved he’ll put everything on the line to protect his mate. Yet, Rory still continues to questions her feelings for him. Even if they make it home, will he be able to finally claim Rory as his own?

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