Wolf Bait (Perry and Jonas)

Chapter 6

Terry

The two of us get back down to the first floor where there is a team of Lycans ready for us with packages and paperwork.

"Where

would you like to set up?" Silas asks.

I can't just stay in my room?"

"I have options? I c

"No, the King would like you at a more public location,

"You got anything outside?

"Plenty of places, my lady, one of the other Lycans nods

"Show me the outside. Let me think about it,

"All right." Silas bows and leads the way out

The courtyard is beautiful from down here. The pillars have pretty vines growing around them. There are pretty flowers growing around the stone surroundings and the scent is out of this world. Past the courtyard is a massive stairway that leads into what I'm thinking is a village dedicated to those who work for the King.

"She doesn't have shoes on, someone whispers.

""What?" Silas looks down at my feet.

It's cool.

I don't like wearing them anyway, I wave him off and start the journey down the stairs counting as I go. "Eighty-

"Sorry?" Silas asks.

steps. That's going to be rough going back

he points to the

"That would

before I ran down here, Sigh, I laugh.

scare me," he admits. "You have

me to shut up or that I'm going the wrong way.

your King Just his little

and then looks down at my

you have a

Hightops, slips-ons, anything with a pretty pattern

as possible. I can carry you if

him off.

Okay," he nods.

place. How public a workspace are we talking?"

It's an old greenhouse on top of what we call the Vista. It used to be former Queen Alegra's greenhouse but she doesn't come

former King after he was banished. She went home to her former pack with what is

to what he referred to as the vista moves away from the village itself. When we get to the top of the hill, I get why it's called the Vista. The glass house is built on a hill right in front of the castle itself. Somewhere just outside the village. The view is spectacular. This place is something out of a fairytale. It's ridiculous, but it's a hell of a place to die in. Maybe

by six huge iron pillars. There are glass shelves all the way around that connect some of the pillars. What really intrigues me is the sprinkler system. The pipes are inade of silver. I can feel the threatening sensation coming off of them as I get closer. She was really into plants because silver is really good for them. Helps prevent plant blight I follow Silas up the

face him. "This is where I want to take my

entire place was subpar before Lady Evangeline

didn't like her?" I ask. He takes a deep breath

Eve

sure she did it because of his status. She was here a year before the King returned from his studies in England. She destroyed our home and our leaders. Jonas and James were very close before she came along. She was charismatic and maybe she deserved more than what she the price we all

She was a lovely girl. Very prefly, but it's hard to love something that destroyed our kingdom. Jonas is my brother and what she did to them may not have been her fault, but you'll never see anyone speak of her here. The name Evangeline Porter will always be a blight to us. The sickness that brought down the most feared race of

else. I've heard enough from him and it gives me a better incentive to never bring it up with the King. It sounds complicated. I know very little about Lycans. One thing that is taught in our schools is that if we

Chapter 6

"Nice big desks. Some couches a little kitchenette for snacks. T think

see more available places? We

would love to see But this place is perfect.

came

and the entire city is alerted. He was seventeen when he ca up with that plan. If I may, I would