Grace of a Wolf by Lenaleia

Chapter 156-1

Chapter 156: Lyre: Assigned Missions

LYRE

Thankfully, Grace seems to have a natural affinity for arcana manipulation. It might seem as if it would be natural with her being an Anchor, but... surprisingly, it isn’t always.

I frown at my phone. No Plausibility warnings yet—which is suspicious in itself. My screen glows with a stomach-sinking alert.

It isn’t like I didn’t know it was coming, but still...

[ASSIGNED MISSION: Neutralize detected agent of Chaos in Region 23-BETA.]

The alert is region-wide, meaning Owen’s probably got the same message burning a hole in his pocket. At least he’s competent.

"What’s this?" Grace is staring at her own phone with a frown. When she sees me looking at her, she turns the screen toward me. "What does this mean, Lyre? It’s from that app."

The familiar interface of the Divinity App glows back at me. And a mission.

But this one is different.

[ASSIGNED MISSION: Investigate disturbance in Region 20-L. Locate and secure compromised artifacts. Report findings.]

Region 20-L. Blue Mountain territory. Grace’s old pack, and the same place she was running from.

"Let me see that." I snatch the phone, scanning for details. Grace is nowhere near ready for field assignments. She’s barely grasped the barest concept of her own power, for fuck’s sake.

Then my eyes land on the bottom of the screen.

[Temporary Guardianship Assigned By: Reaper Caeriel]

"That son of a bitch!" The words explode from me before I can stop them.

The camper shudders violently, dishes rattling in the cupboards. A few books tumble from their shelf. Grace yelps as her coffee cup slides across the table, grabbing it just before it tips over the edge.

"Earthquake? Do we even get earthquakes here?!"

I force my breathing to slow, pushing my rage back into the box where I keep all my other inconvenient emotions. "No. Not an earthquake."

That overdressed, obsessive bastard. Caeriel knows exactly what he’s doing. Assigning guardianship of an untrained Anchor without consultation? Sending her back to the place she just escaped?!

He’s trying to corner me, force my hand. And the worst part is I can’t follow her there—I’m bound by my own mission parameters.

Fuck!

Before I can explain anything to Grace, the door’s yanked open. Caine fills the doorframe, wild-eyed and bristling with protective fury.

he demands, eyes darting between us.

wolves

square in the chest, propelling him backward out the door. Another flick of my

starts immediately. "Lyre! Open this

in. "Listen to me very carefully." I keep my voice

"But why—"

lost your mind." I lean closer. "And if you push it, if you try to

eyebrows draw together. "What

the door grows more insistent. "I

on her face. She

is this mission, then? What am I supposed to do?" Grace asks, her voice steadier than I would have expected from someone who just

Blue Mountain." The words feel like betrayal coming from my lips, and I don’t like it. "Find out what’s been

There?!" Her voice goes up into

go with you. I’m pinned here by my

get it

such a fucking pain in the ass. There’s no way I’m going

Damn it.

don’t want me there. And I don’t know

hair with a grimace. This is not how I expected today to go. I was hoping to grab the Sleeping Beauty of a wizard and force him to

point of filling him with arcana if this stupid

why I tried to stay away from this damn app and

If that pretentious divinity hadn’t made direct

more threatening. I hear Fenris’s deep, warning growl join Caine’s demands. The kids are shouting, too, and Grace doesn’t like it.

of my finger brings blessed

and yelling away. But now at least Grace

hurt me if I go back?" she asks quietly, and something in my chest twists at the fear in her voice.

work

with you. And

frowns at me. "Why would I bring

would bring up the annoying and

for him. What

the girl

Grace. More than you even understand.

I hope.

Caeriel lets her get

I’ll have to send him a warning, but it’s probably what he’s

to the phone, to the notification there. It won’t go away until the mission is completed, one way or

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