Chapter 404 - 404: Mate bonds we don't talk about II...

Lenny

After he left the room, Ramsey leaned back in his chair with a sigh. "How are things holding up on your end?"

"Same old challenges, different week," I replied. "But I wanted to ask you for an update on the situation there. The attacks you mentioned are they still ongoing?"

Ramsey ran his hand through his hair, looking more tired than I'd seen him in months. "All thanks to Lyla and her wolf, we've been able to thwart three separate attacks this week alone. Nymeris keeps detecting these creatures before they can get close enough to cause

"That's good news, isn't it?"

"Yes and no. I'm worried about how much energy these spiritual communications are taking out of Lyla. Every time Nymeris needs to pass along a warning, it seems to drain her more than the last time."

"Can't she control it?" I asked, concerned for Lyla's well-being, especially given her pregnancy.

"She can't. Miriam says there's nothing we can do except let the process follow its natural course. She thinks Nymeris is onto something important, something that requires this level of spiritual connection to detect."

"Any theories about what these creatures are?"

"That's where things get really interesting," Ramsey said, his expression growing grim. "Delia, the historian we've been working with who claims to be human but isn't…"

"She's not human?" I asked with surprise.

"Yes," Ramsey nodded. "She's part siren and part lycan. She lied about her identity, but she also confessed everything we found out in your investigation."

"Which of the things specifically?" I asked.

was sponsored by the parents of the boys who assaulted her years ago. The same boys who those large dogs mysteriously

up in surprise. "That's incredibly strange. Why would the families of her attackers pay for her

no sense unless there's a much larger conspiracy at play here. We've been keeping a close watch on her these past few days, but she's been

think she's up to

time, and we're only now starting to see the edges of it. The timing of her appearance, her extensive knowledge about our world,

"What's the next move?"

creatures. Kyren thinks they're

while, both of us staring at our screens without saying a word. Then I

you know that Caius and Cassidy

has always been open about his

"Oh."

his

reason," I tried to keep the

a look that said I don't buy that, but he let it go. "Talk to you soon, Lenny, and please handle those minority pack Alphas. I don't know if

I nodded to him before the call

table.

with soft rays of late-afternoon sunlight slanting through the tall windows of the office building. As I walked down the corridor toward my office, I

excused himself when he saw me coming, nodding politely before disappearing around the

to keep my voice casual despite the hammering

course," she replied, though I noticed

that her answer would either confirm my

"Are you dating Caius?"

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