every woman in town. “How many do you think have some kind of psychic powers or something?”
Selena gave a one-shoulder shrug. “Depends on if they're fated mates or not. I'll put a poll in the Wolfspace group to find out.”
“Well, let's try to get as many of them together as we can.”
Zara tapped her lip. “You're thinking we can pool our powers?”
“I mean...' Helena nodded slowly. I'm making this up as I go, but yeah.”
Niko stood and started taking off his clothes. “I think the power of the sacred circle can only help. We'll gather the packs, you gather their significant others and we'll meet there in an hour. The other guys all shed their shirts and pants in a second and shifted into huge wolves.
Helena had officially seen one too many giant peens today. She only cared to ever see one Troika's manly bits for the rest of her life. This plan had better work.
Within half an hour she and Heli had half a dozen women piled into the back of Kosta's purple vintage pick-up. They didn't have to worry about getting pulled over because there was a whole line of police cars in front of and behind them carrying more probable mates. About a third of them had been filled in and indicated they had some kind of ability, psychic or not. The rest were getting told that they'd find out exactly what was what when they got to this sacred area in the Reserve.
As promised, Niko, Max, Kosta, and a whole slew of other wolves were waiting in a beautiful clearing that Helena never even knew existed in this protected piece of forest.
A few dozen wolves shifted and went to greet their girlfriends and boyfriends. There were definitely some shocked faces, but on the whole the humans were simply happy to see their significant others not having to hide who or what they were. More than a few used hands, scarves, coats, and other items or body parts to cover all the nakedness.
Niko and Zara came over to join Helena who was the only unpartnered human. “This is your show. What do you want us to do?”
Helena had taken a lot of dance growing up and one particular one came to mind as right for the occasion. “Wolves around the outside in a circle, women or humans or other people who identify as psychics and mates in the inside circle. You guys go clockwise around us, and we'll do our thing in the middle.”
God, she hoped this would work.
The group of humans joined her in the center of the clearing when she waved them over. Niko shifted and howled. The rest of the wolves followed his lead and shifted back into their four-legged furry versions, then took up their places about three feet behind the group gathered in the middle.
“I'm the first to admit, I'm pulling this out of my butt, but there doesn't exactly seem to be a manual for how to be a supernatural mate, so anyone who has an idea, feel free to speak up.”
One lady raised her hand. “I started making some notes about being a shifter's girlfriend, sort of a guide. I can bring it next time.”
“Yeah. I had that idea too. When this is all over, let's form a book club or something,” another girl said and nodded.
“I want everyone to hold hands and we're going to start by just walking in a circle, but I've always believed there is power in dance, so if the music moves you, shake your groove thang. The point is for us to all, I don't know, get on the same wavelength or something. I'm hoping someone will get a vision or whatever that will point us to where Aleksei and Taryn are being held. Then the wolves will take point and mount a rescue.”
Writer girl raised her hand again. “What music?”
Well, shit.
Heli grabbed the woman's hand next to her and nodded at everyone else to do the same. Awesome. At least someone was organized. She hoped Heli's phone or bluetooth speaker would be loud enough, and the music was danceable.
A beautiful woman who Helena didn't recognize, dressed all in white, with gorgeous olivy-brown skin and a twinkle in her eye, took Helena's hand, and Zara's with the other.
“Oh, I don't think we've met,” Zara said. “Are you a wolf's mate? I'm Zara.”
“Oh, we've met, dear. I'm most definitely a shifter's mate. Just here to help and lend my powers. Shall we?” She nodded toward