Emma POV
“You won’t leave my side for a second, am I clear?” Andrew told as we were approaching the cabin. “If I tell you to run, you run. Understand?”
I couldn’t move my eyes from the cabin.
“Emma?” Andrew called .
I nodded.
“No, Emma.” he said as he stopped and made look at him. “I need you to tell that you understand. I’m not letting you in there until you tell that you won’t leave my side and that you will run if I tell you to run.”
The worry I saw in his eyes made forget about the witch for a second.
“I understand, Andrew.” I said as I took his hand in mine and gave him a small smile. “I won’t leave your side for a second.”
“And you will run if I tell you to?” he asked, narrowing his eyes at .
I wasn’t going to do that. I wasn’t going to let them get hurt. I was going to help. But I knew that Andrew didn’t want to hear that, so I nodded and smiled again.
“Yes.” I said.
He studied my face for a second. He nodded and pulled into a hug.
“Okay.” he said as he let go. “Co on.”
Andrew took my hand in his and pulled toward the cabin.
We approached the door, and Andrew opened it slowly.
“Don’t fucking move.” I heard Logan’s threatening growl.
“I am not going to hurt her, Alpha Logan.” I heard a woman sigh.
Andrew and I entered the cabin, and my eyes fell on an old woman sitting on the couch. She smiled when she saw , and I felt a wave of peace hit .
She wasn’t going to hurt .
I was sure of it.
“Hello, Emma.” she said softly. “It is so nice to finally et you.”
I smiled back at her, trying to take a step closer, but Andrew pulled closer to him, pinning to his chest.
“What did I tell you?” he growled quietly.
I sighed but complied. She needed to gain their trust. I was sure that she would do it. I felt peaceful around her. She ant no harm.
I felt Logan’s eyes on , and I felt his need to hold . But he was standing close to the woman, and I knew that he wouldn’t move an inch so that he could stop her if she tried to hurt .
“My na is Anna.” the old woman said. “I’m here to help.”
“Do you know sothing about ?” I asked her, and she gave a small smile.
“I know everything about you, Emma.” she said softly.
My heart raced.
“How about you sit down and I tell you the legend of the White Wolf?” she asked, looking from to Logan.
Logan growled at her, making frown.
She could have already hurt if she wanted to. She didn’t, and sohow I knew that she wouldn’t.
Drake sat down next to Anna and growled. “One wrong move, and you are dead. Rember that.”
Anna looked at Drake and smiled. “I know, Alpha Drake. No need to remind .”
Logan stepped away from the woman and approached . He pulled from Andrew’s arms and buried his nose in my hair.
I could feel his erratic heartbeat, and a wave of pain washed over .
“I am okay, Logan.” I said quietly, placing a kiss on his chest. “She won’t hurt .”
Logan let go and placed a small kiss on my lips. He pulled toward a chair and made sit on his lap. He wrapped his arms around as tightly as he could.
Andrew sat down on the armchair. He never moved his eyes from Anna.
“Talk.” Logan growled at her.
Anna took a deep breath and smiled at .
“Samuel didn’t know anything about you.” Anna said. “The dark witches that worked for him were too young to rember anything. They were too young to interpret those books. The things they told Samuel were misinterpreted and mostly wrong.”
“But I do have those powers they ntioned.” I said, making Anna sigh.
“You do.” she nodded. “You are also very charismatic, kind, and understanding, and your people love you, right?”
“Yes.” Logan answered for .
“That is a description of the first White Wolf.” Anna said. “She was a very charismatic, kind, and loving woman. She was full of understanding, and her pack mbers always ca to her for help. The witches who worked for Samuel read that wrong. They thought that those things ca with being the White Wolf. That isn’t your power, Emma. That was a description of the first White Wolf. You would still be those things even without your powers.”
I gulped and took a deep breath. Logan kissed my temple and tightened his arms around .
“There was only one White Wolf before you.” Anna continued. “She lived a long ti ago, and we never thought that another would be born. We thought that the curse was broken when she died.”
“The curse?” my brother asked, his voice trembling.
Anna looked at him and nodded.
“The existence of the first White Wolf was really a curse made by a dark witch.” Anna said, looking back at . “Back then there were only two packs of werewolves, but they were getting stronger. They were expanding, and it was only a matter of ti before a third pack would form. The witches didn’t like that. They wanted the shifters to stop expanding. They wanted them gone.”
I shivered, and Logan tensed up.
Anna took a deep breath and leaned back on the couch.
“The witches thought long and hard about what to do.” Anna said. “They couldn’t just kill the wolves because that would make the Goddess angry. They didn’t want her rage. So they decided to use the wolves’ very own strength against them.”
Anna stopped talking and glanced at Logan.
“They decided to use the mate bond to create a war between the two packs.” Anna said quietly, and I could see the sadness in her eyes.
My heart raced. My body tensed up. My mind shut down.
What did she an by that? Why did she look so sad? How did the witches use the mate bond to inflict a war between the two first packs?
“Explain.” Logan said, his voice trembling.
I could feel his fear. It was burning him. It was drowning him.
I was helpless. I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t take away his fear.
Anna took a deep breath and looked back at .
“The witches cursed the White Wolf with two true mates.” she said, making my heart stop beating.
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