Wolf Endangered (Willow's Forbidden Pack #2) - Avery Song Page 0,228

to take on a chair?"

It made good fucking sense, and the longer the silence thickened in the office, the more I realized he could be exactly right.

"I don't think many realize the High Court isn't solely witches or magic users. From the archives, there is a fae member, a wolf king, and the leader is a wolf queen," Nico revealed. "I know this because it's generational knowledge handed down to me. Obviously, these members on the High Court are decades old, with a few living closer to the thousand-year range."

Now it made sense why Neo had switched to Nico - his royal heritage delivered generations of power, knowledge, and memories.

"Then you're literally implying that Willow was meant to take this chair," Saint concluded with seriousness as he rested his arms on his knees and leaned forward.

"I feel there has to be one more trigger to confirm it, but that would make sense in regards to where those tattoos are coming from," Nico revealed. "Those tattoos showing up all over Willow's legs, those aren't normal incantations. They're rooted symbols, meaning they were etched into her body at a prime age when her magic was flourishing at its peak."

"What if Willow's psychotic side was created on purpose?" Everyone looked at me. "Hear me out...but what if that incident with the man who tried to kill Willow was someone who knew what Willow was being prepared for and decided to get rid of her entirely? The incident clearly got the attention of the Coven, that then aided with her survival and surged her with magic, right?"

I looked to Onyx for confirmation and he nodded. "That was the one time they were willing to go above and beyond for Willow without questions. It was also the first time Roberto had really shown that he gave a flying fuck about Willow."

"Do you think that's why he's in a coma? Maybe another trial to make Willow break and cave before the official 'celebration' of her rising to this chair?" Saint suggested.

"If Roberto knows the truth of this potential hypothesis, he could have had the intentions of revealing it to Willow after she signed the deal," Dimitris offered. "But obviously he fell into a coma."

"Since Willow didn't go insane with the presence of Willa, could they have assumed she'd probably give up down the road?" I wondered.

"Willa?" Onyx inquired, and I noticed Saint, Dimitris, and Viktor were looking my way in question.

"That's Psycho Willow's name," I revealed. "Neo named her."

They looked at Nico. He shrugged and smirked like a mad man – well, he was fucking crazy.

"Like it?" he offered. "Though I don't care what you think."

Dimitris rolled his eyes while Saint sighed. Onyx shook his head. "I'm just going to assume Willow was perfectly fine with the name."

"Indeed," Nico replied but was back to being serious. "After the incident, did Willow go to some type of therapy?"

I realized Neo was back from his higher pitch, and he took us by surprise with his question. Eventually, Onyx replied, "She did. Physical and mental therapy. I can't really go into details because I wasn't there, and to be honest, I'm not sure if Willow recalls much. I've noticed once she's dealt with her emotional pain with an incident, she tries to block it out with magic. It only raises its ugly head when triggered."

"Willow mentioned something during the torture sessions with Officer Ronald and his crew," Neo brought up. "After Willa was triggered. She said something about a torture center for a short period of time: flickering lights, metal tables, torture aesthetic. She said it was during the time Onyx was away."

I could tell it didn't sit well with Onyx from his expression, but he remained silent while Viktor spoke up. "That doesn't sound like Roberto's setting. He did his torturing in the dungeons and with very minimal to no light. There were therapy sessions Willow had to attend, but when she returned, she was always in a daze or completely zoned out."

"We can't confirm anything until we can get big facts," Dimitris muttered in annoyance.

"Let's say Willow is the candidate. How are we sure? I mean, if she is, it would make sense with why it feels like we're getting attacked from every corner, but what is making such a possibility known to the world aside from potential rumors?"

Neo seemed deep in thought. We watched him open his eyes to reveal those spinning red magic circles.

"Only the chosen royal participates in the show."

The silence that followed was