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"Damn right she is," the rest of my mates chorused.

And this terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day finally ended with a round of laughter under a star-filled summer sky.

19: Consequences

Lark

As our humans fell asleep under the stars, my wolves and I talked about the many things - good and bad - that came out of today.

Of course, we started with the mission to Cold Moon, since it had the biggest repercussions. As Topaz slept, I shared everything I knew, and Garnet added in details that he'd seen. Granite and Sid didn't have too much to contribute, other than commiserating how awful it was to be controlled by Cole, then shielded from their humans. Quartz asked a couple of questions, then decreed none of us would have anything to do with magic until we had a chance to learn about it and train with Angelo and the witches.

We were all on board with that.

Garnet talked a bit about what happened at Gray Shadows, but it didn't need much explanation. The king found Alpha Bellamy and Luna Ivana Jones guilty of killing an innocent wolf and abusing their pup. There was only one outcome for that, and Mason had taken care of it. End of story.

Quartz, how it go at the prison?I asked.You save anyone?

I didn't ask about the human guards because I knew he wouldn't have allowed any to live.

Seventeen alive. Most were very weak and in poor condition from being dehydrated and starved. We brought all but one back with us.

Why leave one?I frowned.

Two were wolf shifters. One from Bright Star and the other from White Pelt. Jayden contacted both their packs, and the Bright Star alpha himself came to pick up his wolf and thank us. As for the White Pelt, it will take some time for someone to retrieve her, since that pack is in northern Canada. She is too weak and scared to go so far alone, not that I'd allow her to, anyway.

Then I happy you brought her home.I gave him a smile.If there only two wolves, what kind of other shifters?

They aren'tallshifters, my love, but there were three jaguars from Brazil near the Amazon. A mated pair and their cub.

Cub?Sid frowned.

He will be fine. As I said, all the shifters are weak from hunger, but have no physical wounds.Quartz blew an amused breath out of his nose.Once we were far enough away, we stopped at a grocery store and bought out the meat section and several flats of water.

Bet that was fun to explain to cashier,Granite snorted.

No one asks Gelo too many questions when he has his work face on.Quartz shrugged.There was also a pair of chupacabras that Zayne killed, a gremlin that Zayden killed, a mated pair of coyote shifters, two thunderbirds, two pixies from the Woodland Realm, a black bear shifter, a peryton, and a dragon.

Silence.

A dragon?

Yep. The Goddess alone knows how a group of humans managed to drug and imprisonhim. Gelo says he's very young, though. He's not quite what we'd consider mating age.

Cool!Sid chirped.Even if only for a bit, I bet Five Fangs is only pack ever who can say a dragon lives there!

I meet him?I asked Quartz.

Sure. I don't see why not. He is pretty interesting.

What a peryton?Sid asked.

I was glad he did. I had no clue what it was, but felt shy about asking. I didn't want my mates to think I was dumb.

Deer with wings basically.Quartz sent us an image of it.Neither Jayden nor I knew what it was, either. Gelo had to tell us.

You said seventeen alive.Garnet looked thoughtful.Did some die in the fight, or you found them dead?

A trio of python shifters died before we could prevent it. The humans started slitting the prisoners' throats when they realized we were attacking.

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