"Greta," Selah panted, finally finding soone who might be able to give her so answers.
"Selah," Greta greeted her, plastering on that assuring expression that she was so good at. Her healing, comforting aura was probably glitching out at this point with all the stress of the current situation, but she tried her best. She dared not touch Selah just in case—who knows what kind of stress and anxiety she might pass on accident instead of the positive emotions she usually gave. "You brought Livvy back. I can't imagine…"
"Where is everyone?" Selah cut her off, the panic of still not finding any indication of her brother beginning to take its toll.
"What do you an?" Greta asked, her face stretched almost painfully with the effort of hiding her own panic.
"Grae, August… my brother," Selah rushed on. "I can't find any of them. What's going on?"
Greta's smile froze as she considered how to respond.
"I know there is sothing wrong. Please just tell . I can't find Sage. I left him… if I left him and sothing happened to him while I was gone, I… I don't know what I'll do," Selah explained, her eyes going wide with the possible scenarios that lit behind them.
Had she made a mistake? Had she rescued Livvy and sohow left Sage open to attack? Being an alyko, her brother was vulnerable, and they had always been so careful. But when August started showing her abilities, Sage got pulled in. He could have left himself exposed to identification if he was in the wrong company. No one was supposed to know. No one was supposed to know what her or her brother could do. They had been so careful…
Greta's face softened seeing the panic on Selah's face, and she reached out to touch the girl's arm in comfort. Selah's eyes snapped to hers. Her eyes got wider, and her bottom lip fell as if she was being told the most horrifying news. Greta took her hand away, realizing belatedly what had just happened. Sohow she had communicated her own thoughts to Selah.
"August is missing? Grae is… Grae is missing as well?" Selah gasped, eyes welling. "He's… he's here? Tonight?" The vampire? He was here?
"You know of him?" Greta asked, realizing who she was referring to.
Selah's expression crumbled, and she nodded. She knew him, yes. She knew him well. But she had no idea he would be here tonight. Her brother…
"He took Sage," she said aloud, giving voice to her fear. "Sage was probably with August. He must have them both."
"Don't say that!" Greta objected. "That can't be the case."
"No one has heard from them? And Grae… he is probably out there endlessly searching for his mate who is… It's hopeless at this point," Selah replied, her green eyes haunted.
"Nothing is hopeless," Greta objected, grabbing the girl's arm again, this ti uncaring as to what emotion was being communicated between them.
"I know from experience," Selah said through gritted teeth. "I know when it is hopeless. And I'm telling you… if he got his hands on our Luna and got any kind of indication of what she is capable of, it is hopeless. He will never let her go."
And that horrifying truth went for her brother as well. Sage was more exceptional than any of them knew. If Zagan ca to know of it… she would never see him again. It was as simple as that. Hopefully Sage knew how to disguise the extent of what he could do and resisted any kind of urge to save the Luna that he had grown so fond of.
Selah ran off to follow the trail to the haunted forest that Plum had ntioned. There was a bit of her brother's scent coming from that direction, and she was going to follow it. She would follow whatever hope was left until all hope was gone for good. And even then she would continue resort to whatever ans necessary to find him, just as she had with Livvy.
"Where are you going?" Greta hissed behind her.
"I'm going to find them," she mumbled without turning to acknowledge the question.
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Sam gave the periter runners the news that they should be on high alert. None were aware that the border had been crossed by infiltrators. Most had not ever faced a threat like what he was telling them was already upon them. Their eyes were wide with shock and fear that was quickly replaced by determination and excitent. This is what they had trained for. An actual present danger.
One runner told Sam of allowing Selah and the pup Livvy to cross. He recognized them both and realized what a miraculous thing it was to have the pup return. It was a Samhain miracle for the ages. But other than that, he had not seen anything out of the ordinary. There wasn't even a hint as to anything being off or unusual in any way.
After consulting with all the runners he ca across, Sam darted off toward the center of the pack land again, this ti determined to find his Alpha. Grae was here sowhere, Sam was sure of it. Hopefully he was unhard.
Sam knew well that Grae would sacrifice himself for his mate if it ca to that. There was no question. He would do the sa for Greta. Hopefully it hadn't co to that. They needed Grae. They needed both of them. And he couldn't see how Grae could survive against a vampire.
The mory of Greta telling him about how August took down Marius flashed in his mind. It was unlikely that Grae or August could take down an ancient creature like this vampire separately, but maybe together… maybe together they had a chance. He wouldn't be surprised at this point. They were experiencing so many surprising things as a pack with Grae and his uncategorized mate. She wasn't lycan, but she wasn't exactly alyko or human either… she was proving to be of her own kind. Or was it just that August was fae and they didn't have enough experience with a purer form of fae to recognize it? If so… perhaps the strength to take down an undead vampire was not out of reach for their fae Luna and lycan Alpha.
As his paws pounded the earth, Sam prayed to the Moon Goddess that was the case—that Samhain would end in an entirely expected kind of triumph, one in which a vampire had been overco.
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