Chapter 272: Protected

"My point still stands." She sits up straight, her eyes flashing with another clap of thunder; they were gleaming in the shadows of the only lamp burning in the room. "Without me, you wouldn’t even know anything, Inez. Yes, you might know that your pack is in danger, that the witches are attacking your pack, but you wouldn’t know anything else. Without me, you would be dead. You might be upset with me for not providing answers, but think about it carefully. If I weren’t here, what would you do?"

"From whom would you demand answers? My presence here is a gift; do not take it for granted. I have shown you mercy when no one else did, Inez."

The disappointment and anger in her tone was like a whip cracking on her back, and Inez flinched. All of a sudden, all the anger and confusion that was brewing within her went down the slump right then and there. Tracy was right. She had saved her life even when she could have left her to die. Without her, that witch might have succeeded in kidnapping her, and by now, the witches might already have sacrificed her to whatever voodoo they wanted to perform.

She had shown her kindness, and yet here she was lashing out at her.

But what was she supposed to do? Tracy was the only one who had the answers to her questions. Yet she was not giving even a single one to her, wouldn’t it make her frustrated? She was not asking for a lot, or was she?

But still, it seemed like she had overstepped her boundaries and hurt Tracy.

"I am sorry for taking it out on you." Inez sat down on the armchair next to the couch. "I really didn’t mean to get angry at you. It’s just a lot for me to take in, and when you say that this pack will be in danger because of me, I—"

There was a sharp knock on the door, and before she could even finish what she was saying, the door of her lodge started to tremble under the might of the person standing outside.

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them; at least he knew how the trespassing happened, except for the fact that the man could be frustrating sometimes, as he already said

agitated. Killian didn’t even have the slightest bit of an idea why his beta was

shook his head. His gaze slid up, and he smirked up at Finn, who seemed

"No, it doesn’t."

drinking the same recycled water. So yeah, technically speaking, we are cousins; at least we are related. So, you should stop talking about us, witch hunters, being different from you shifters. In

do we have a family reunion or something of the sort when we go to the

eyes and huffed. "By that logic, I am

Ruth; he is a dog, and you all are dogs in a

I didn’t know that I was able to do that—eating my own cousin." Ajax

to that conclusion?" Laxus asked despite

isn’t it? Just add in some extra ingredients. So technically it’s like a cousin to water, just the fancy one who

you are an idiot,"

raised a brow. "Then coffee must be the angry

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