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Rolling her eyes, she let him pick her up and carry her inside the cabin.
“I can walk.”
“Sure you can, after Sasha heals your ankle,” Rafe smirked.
He liked this a little too much, she mused. Whatever.
When they entered the cabin, the twins, Brenna and Bryce, rushed to her. “What happened?” They asked at the same time.
Luna wiggled for Rafe to put her down. When he did, she drew the teens into a tight hug. “I’ve missed you and the whole Pack.”
“The kids miss you too,” Rhea said, coming up beside her.
Luna let go of the twins and looped an arm with Rhea and pulled her toward the bedroom Luna and Rafe shared. She sensed that Sasha was already in there. “Where is Ana?”
Rhea’s smile widened, and she waved the twins to follow. “Ana is in her heat cycle, and Kieran has her locked in their house.”
Glee bloomed in her chest. The idea that Ana could be a mother soon excited Luna. “That’s great. She will be a great mom.”
“That’s what we keep telling her,” Sasha said when they entered the room. “Sit and let me look at that ankle you insist on walking on.”
The two people she didn’t argue with were her Healers.
She sat on the bed, and Sasha pulled a chair into the room from the dining area to sit in front of her. Sasha lifted Luna's leg and rested it on her knee, then wrapped her hands around the ankle. Warming sensations instantly eased the throbbing pain that Luna had been ignoring.
“So tell us about this stone and your plan to transfer the power.” Rhea leaned against the wall while the twins sat on the bed behind Luna.
Pulling the stone out of her pocket, she handed it to Rhea. Brenna jumped up and went to stand next to Rhea. “That has old magic. Like Rhea.”
Rhea frowned. “Yes, it does. The other one wasn’t this powerful.”
“Rafe thinks his brother used some of the power in the other.” Luna watched Brenna hover her hand over the stone in Rhea’s palm.
The stone started to glow, and after a few seconds, it levitated. Rhea glanced at the teen. “What are you doing?”
“Studying it.” Brenna’s words were a matter of fact.
Bryce sat up straight. “Bren.”
Brenna’s eyes glowed bright blue as she fixed on the stone, then her skin seemed to spark with energy. Bryce cursed and shot forward and grabbed the stone, holding it in both hands, blocking it from view. “What are you doing?”
Blinking, Brenna scowled at him. “I wasn’t pulling the power from it. Just studying how it works.”
Luna reached out to her. “Are you okay?”
Brenna nodded. “Yeah. But everyone out in the living room has a right to be concerned about you taking that power. It would kill you. I couldn’t take on the power, and neither could Rhea. It’s too much for one person.”
Bryce grunted and added, “But four people could balance enough of it to bring down Faelin and his army.”
Sasha let go of Luna’s ankle and scooted her chair back. “It had a few fractures. I’m surprised you could stand to walk on it like you were. I’ve healed them, but the ankle will still be tender for a little while. You should be back to jumping on it by morning.”
“Thank you,” Luna said, then held out her hand to Bryce.
He placed the stone in Luna’s hand. Standing, Luna tested her ankle, relieved that it felt ten times better. “Let’s go tell the others that the four of us will be using the power from the stone and form a plan to take down Faelin and his minions for good.”
Chapter Eight
Rafe faced off with Elise in the middle of the living room of the cabin. The crazy female liked to have an audience. And she had a death wish because she just tried to reach out for him again.
Stepping back, he crossed his arms over his chest and glared at her. “There has never been anything between us, so you need to get it out of your deranged head that there will be.”
Behind him, the door opened and shut. Then Hayden’s and Alec’s scents drifted around him. The two males walked around Rafe and Elise to sit at the dining table with Tanner and Kirk.
“I don’t understand why you’re like this.” Elise stepped closer, reaching out again.
That was when Rafe scented Luna coming out of the bedroom. Before he could react, Luna flew across the room and had Elise pinned, face first, into the wall with an arm