Bab 130: Chapter 123: Are you a shifter?
Paccia took a deep breath and let it out. She then looked at her Luna in the eyes and said, "I suggest that he has to look for his wolf soul as soon as he can if he wants Dane to heal."
Luella mournfully looked down at her unconscious son, feeling very worried and distraught. Noticing her emotions, Amber took her hand and patted, trying to comfort her. Even if she was comforting Erick's mother, numerous questions flooded her mind. Wolf? Soul? Dane? She was seriously getting more confused as they talked. She really did not know what to say, other than whispering soft comforting words.
Paccia then turned to Melody and gave her further instructions on what to do next. Although Melody was the pack doctor, Paccia was recognized as her superior because she used to be the pack doctor until she passed the position to Melody, her apprentice.
Just then, Lachlan came walking in, looking dishevelled and tired. He had just gotten back from the Mayor's office where Zant had been instated as the acting Mayor. It has only been a couple of days since he became the mayor but there has been a lot of changes to the council where he changed most of the people near him to his people. And also most of the police force that he had assigned to his security were all human beings, which made Lachlan suspicious.
Behind him were the Beta, Fergus and the triplets. All of them wore a worried expression on their faces. Lachlan stood beside Erick's bed, his scowl looking grave as he looked down at his son. His wife who stood across him on the other side of the bed, just gave him a concerned look. He had heard the news from his Luna and from Noaz. He told the latter to tell him the whole story later as he wanted to visit his son as soon as possible. Nothing was more important than the wellbeing of his family.
"When will he wake up?" Lachlan asked, his eyes still on his son.
Paccia stood beside Lachlan and answered quietly, "Anytime soon."
As if he could hear Paccia's answer, Erick's face suddenly wrinkled, seemingly to be in pain. Shortly after, they could see him blinking his eyes and slowly, his eyelids lifted to reveal a dazed look. "Mom?" he said groggily as he turned his head to the side. He then looked surprised when he saw Amber standing beside his mother. "Amber, what are you doing here?"
Amber grabbed one of his free hands and gripped it tightly, her eyes watered with concern and distressed. "Erick! Are you alright? Do you feel dizzy?"
Erick nodded his head and then shook his head slowly. He was still surprised to see Amber there, especially in the packhouse.
"I was so worried. There were these two guys who suddenly appeared… One of them grabbed me by the neck…"
"How's your neck?" Erick quickly interrupted her.
Amber touched her neck. "It's fine," she said, brushing away his concerns. Although it had hurt earlier when the young man lifted her up by the neck, it doesn't hurt anymore. She was just worried how she would explain to her family about the marks on her neck. Ahhh… She will think of something later. For now, she was still worried about Erick as she continued, "Then there was this huge werewolf! It talked, telling me to get Hamish and all. And…"
When the others heard her mentioned 'werewolf', all of them exchanged glances with one another. Clearing his throat, Lachlan sent a mindlink to everyone in the room, except Erick, ordering them to leave the room to give these two some privacy.
Without any word, they all left the room, leaving Erick and Amber in the room. Even Luka was carried out of the room by Noaz. Amber was startled by their sudden departure, especially Fergus and the triplets. They just came and then left without saying any word. What was the point of them coming in the room in the first place?!?
There was a bit of an awkward silence once the adults had left the room. This was probably because Amber had just realized how 'clingy' she sounded. She covered her face with both of her hands, her face heated up from embarrassment.
Erick weakly chuckled as he watched Amber turn red in the face. He reached out and pulled down one of her hands. He then gently pulled her closer to his bed.
Looking straight at Erick's eyes, she suddenly remembered her previous question. "Erick…" she said slowly. "Please tell me the truth."
Erick tilted his head in question.
"Are you a shifter?"
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Lachlan and the others were inside Melody's office. In a small room, it was quite crammed, especially with five well-built men standing around, taking much of the space. Lachlan stood behind Melody's table with his arms crossed across his chest, looking quite sombre.
He turned to Noaz, who was standing nearby, waiting for his Alpha to give him permission to talk. Before entering the room, he had left Luka with one of the packmates, giving him stern instructions to take special care of the wolf.
"What happened?" Lachlan simply asked.
Noaz proceeded to tell his Alpha of what he knew and how when he came to the scene, Dane had already weakened and was nearly killed. While he was talking, he was also feeling a bit terrified as Lachlan's alpha aura was slowly emitting a deathly aura. Noaz could feel the pressure pushing down in him as his Alpha continued to stare at him intently with his gaze.
By the time he had finished talking, Noaz was panting, dropping down on his one knee, seemingly out of breath as he clutched his chest, trying to catch his breath. Lachlan turned away from him and turned to Fergus. "Spread the word that Noaz will be prohibited from shifting for a day when the full moon comes."
In Burkendall town, a full moon usually lasted at most three days. For any shifter, being unable to shift during the full moon can be painful as they have to control their wolf soul from emerging physically, forcing their two souls to fight against each other. And because this was an order from the Alpha, they could not disobey his orders.
Noaz could only look down as regret and repentance swamped him.
Knowing how Latham was still in charge of training the new shifters, he could not possibly assign him to keep a lookout for Erick. So, Latham decided to leave it alone and let Noaz continue with his task. Furthermore, he wanted the latter to atone for his mistakes.
Everyone in the room continued to discuss what to do with Erick and also the happenings in town. Since the task that involved Acting Mayor Zant, Lachlan could not leave it alone that easily so he decided to take charge of that himself. He leaves the task concerning Erick to Noaz, instead.
After they were done, everyone was dismissed, leaving Melody alone in her office. She let out a sigh and said, "Whew. That was intense." She hardly joined any discussion with the Alpha so it was quite overwhelming and a bit intimidating for her, to say the least.
She then walked to her table and sat down where she began to write some reports on Erick and Luka.
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