Chapter 385: The price of leadership...

Ramsey

I shrugged, stretching out my hand. "Fair deal."

He shook it and asked me to give him a few minutes to make a call. I nodded and went back into the house. When I entered, Lyla was in the sitting room now with her legs propped up on the coffee table while Miriam was in the tiny kitchen stirring something in the pot.

The healer and the doctor were not with them.

"Hey, babe," I murmured, coming to sit next to her, but she ignored me, increasing the volume of the TV.

I turned to Miriam, who shook her head slightly, mouthing ’leave her alone’. Sighing, I left the couch and went to the kitchen.

"What’s wrong now?"

"She’s cranky, but it’s the hormones. Plus, her body is making a lot of adjustments to carrying a baby. Thankfully, she’s past the first trimester. The bleeding won’t happen again, and the babies are healthy," Miriam said with a smile.

"She wasn’t like this when we first arrived," I sighed, popping a grape on the kitchen counter in my mouth.

"You fought yesterday, right?" she sighed. "You shouldn’t be fighting with a pregnant woman; they bear grudges."

"Noted!" I nodded. "So, how’s Blue Ridge. Luna Vanessa and Alpha Clarissa?" I asked to shift the topic to something else.

"They’re fine," Miriam said with a fond smile. "But we’re waiting for you and Lyla to finish up with your honeymoon and come home for Clarissa’s coronation. She’s doing pretty well as an Alpha only; she’s had a lot of suitors coming for her these days."

"She can get married and still keep her title as Alpha," I said. "Why isn’t she accepting them? Still mourning Nathan?"

"Far from that," Miriam shook her head. "She says she’s never going to remarry and would make the most of her freedom. But it is not good for a woman to be alone for a long time."

Miriam sighed wearily.

"Anyways, enough talk about me. Did you hear that the Hollow Kin visited White Moon? Your Beta, Lenny, is running the entire world like a dictator. Your people miss..."

"Wait, what did you just say?"

She looked up, giving me a teasing smile. "That Lenny is running the entire world like a dictator..."

I

chopping the veggies on

did they visit?" I cut her short, trying not

Hollow Kin that we thought it was just a fairy tale to scare naughty children.

smile. "I’m

beeline for the door, trying not to slam it. First, if the Hollow Kin truly visited, why

front of Elias’ house in two

opened up, a phone to his ear, and his eyes widened with surprise. I snatch the phone from his ears, putting the call on speaker. The call was from a human, apparently the Chief of Police,

as Elias finished with the call. When he was done, he turned to face me. "Alpha Ramsey, is everything alright? You

didn’t you mention that your people already

shook his head. "That’s not possible. I was sent to track both

out my phone to dial Lenny’s number. When I dialled the number, the call was hands-free. Lenny

"Hello!" he said drowsily.

you’re supposed to report to me. Maybe

a slight pause before Lenny sighed. "Who told

"The question should

to attach importance to it. They came here, insulted you and Lyla.

it," I sighed. "How are things over

said. "How did you

wanted to tell him about Elias, but decided against it. I turned off the hands-free mode

got a text from

Lenny scoffed. "Those people are so shameless. Enjoy your Honeymoon, Ramsey. I’ve got everything covered here, and ignore Hollow

a deep breath. "We’ll talk later and keep me abreast with

the call ended, I turned to

with?" I asked. "The threat you were

evidence that points directly to our kind." Elias’s expression was grim. "Every law enforcement agency in a three-state area is starting to develop theories about ’wild animal attacks’ that are looking less and less

form in my veins. "You’re saying someone is deliberately trying to expose

making it look like werewolves are systematically hunting humans for sport. And if this continues, it won’t be long before the human government starts putting together task forces specifically

other than believing we were all fantasy, it would only be a matter of

"How many incidents?"

all within a hundred-mile radius of here. All with the same pattern—systematic

do you need Lyla

targeting specific types of people, following patterns that suggest supernatural knowledge. And they’re doing it in

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