Chapter 33 The Pups Make a Plan

3rd Person

Ryder, Riley and Parker were beside themselves.

All the adults were in an uproar, running around and whispering behind closed doors, trying to keep the truth a secret. But they knew – they always knew. They were wide awake when their Mommy ran out with the Alpha the night before, they knew their sister was in trouble and they could feel the grown ups’ fear as if it was their own.

They’d stayed up as long as they were able to keep their eyes open, but it hadn’t done any good. There was no more news while they were awake, and when they got up this morning, Mommy was nowhere to be found. Now Jane had finally called Linda for an update, so they huddled outside her bedroom door with their keen ears pressed to the wood, listening intently.

“Hey honey, how’s it going?” Linda was asking, sounding as if she was preparing herself to hear the worst.

Their Mommy’s voice was very faint on the other end of the line, but they could hear her exhaustion clearly. “She’s alright.” Jane answered, “but it was really touch and go for a while there.”

“Thank the Goddess.” Linda breathed. “What happened?”

“Oh Linda, it’s too awful.” Jane hiccuped. “They’re saying someone tried to kill her.”

“What?” Their Auntie exclaimed in disbelief. However Parker

and Ryder exchanged a heavy glance, remembering the cruel woman who’d been in Paisley’s room the day they met.

“She was poisoned.” Jane said, “they just barely managed to save her.”

“Who would do such a thing?” Linda demanded.

“I don’t know.” Jane confessed, sounding as if the uncertainty was more tortuous than anything else.” I can’t believe this is happening but I’m not taking my eyes off of her anytime

soon.”

want me to

up at work.” Jane’s wince was audible in her voice, she’d always hated lying to her children.

her, “they don’t even know about Paisley, and this would probably only scare them. You’re doing the

sighed, sounding

if you

they’d built in their bedroom. Safely ensconced

Parker decided,

worry for her newfound sister pouring off

and flipping it to a blank page.

Parker agrees, “We can help her ‘scape, then we

how’d we get her out?” Riley

the plot, drawing a map and deciding what role they would each play. It wouldn’t be easy, and it would definitely have to adapt as events unfolded in the moment, but the three young masterminds were resolved.

Jane

induced dreams before returning to dreamland with a silly smile on her face. The doctors assure me this is perfectly normal and the more she sleeps, the faster she’ll heal, but

her bedside like a particularly grumpy guard dog, watching her like a

both on edge, and I’m glad to have Ethan here watching out for my pup. Still,

a lab tech enters to take a few vials of Paisley’s blood, and Ethan

throws his arms up in surrender, “I’m sorry Alpha, it’s protocol, we’re supposed to test her blood every

between their bodies, I reach up and take Ethan’s face between my hands, pulling his attention down to

words, his dark eyes flitting over my face in confusion even as his possessive grip closes around my arms. Breathing heavily, he glances back at the tech, baring his fangs, “Keep your hands where I can see

making sure Ethan can see everything he’s doing in detail. I try to pull away from the Alpha once the danger has passed, but he holds me tight, sliding his arms around my waist while the tech works. I

at the moment.

the boy leaves I decide enough is enough. “Ethan,” I broach tentatively, “you’ve got

He rumbles, settling back into his armchair and opening his arm to me, inviting me to join

exhaustion then jerking awake in terror every five minutes or so. Eventually Ethan put his foot down, pulling me into his lap and stroking his strong hands up and down my spine until I passed out

Ethan remarks

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