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"Have we learned anything new from Flynn?" I asked James. He shook his head.
"Bay has been talking to him but he hasn't really told her much."
I didn't like the idea that Bay was interacting with the Keeper. Remembering the way he had looked at her brought out the protectiveness in me.
"I don't want Bay anywhere near him," I told James.
"I couldn't agree more with you but she has insisted."
Bay was a force to be reckoned with but there was something about having her near our enemy that set the alarm bells off in me.
"I don't care what you have to do. Keep her away from him," I said, giving him the order to go to any lengths to keep his sister away from Flynn.
She wouldn't be happy but keeping her safe was more important. I could handle the repercussions. She would be angry but I had to trust the instinct that told me to keep her away from him.
"Have there been any sightings of the Keepers?" I asked, still needing to keep tabs on what was happening on the outside. I was still the alpha and it was my responsibility to keep every pack member safe.
"No." I wanted to be relieved, but I wasn't.
Crystal
I felt weird. I couldn't put my finger on exactly why I was feeling that way, though. My emotions felt like they were all over the place. One moment I was feeling so agitated my hand tapped against the bed and the next moment a wave of hot anger pushed through me, suffocating any other emotions. It was like a seesaw of emotions, up or down with no in between.
Kyle had left half an hour ago to go and check in with James and Cade.
Give yourself time, I told myself. I had just finished the change and needed to give myself time to heal.
But with Flynn sitting in a cell in the basement, and with a group of ruthless Keepers who were surely going to show up soon to get him back, I was running out of time.
And I had no idea what that entailed for us. There would be repercussions for taking him. Trying to soothe the fear I felt, I took a deep breath and released it. I was feeling more and more like an emotional basket case. I tightened my hands into fists and clenched my teeth as I rode out the emotions that gripped me. After a few minutes I started feeling better.
We had no way of knowing how mating with Kyle would affect the Keeper side of me. The fact my change hadn't been normal just reinforced that I was different. What I was now was an unknown. Physically I still felt weak, and I hated it.
There was a knock at the door before Bay walked in. I was surprised to see her.
"Hi," she said before standing beside me. "I just wanted to check on you."
I straightened up, giving her a weak smile. "I'm okay."
She studied me for a moment. "Shouldn't you be ready to shift yet?"
I shrugged. I couldn't explain why I had no drive to morph into my wolf. Just the thought made my body ache.
"I'm not sure why I'm not."
She continued to watch me. It made me feel a little self-conscious so I raised my hand and touched my face.
"Sorry," she said, trying to give me a friendly smile. "It's just you're the first werewolf/Keeper I've met."
That took me by surprise. Kyle had made it clear that other than a few selected people, he wasn't going to reveal my secret beyond those few. And I was pretty sure that had excluded Bay. I remained quiet while I tried to figure out what to say. Should I admit it or deny it?
"Flynn says we need to be scared of you," she admitted before biting her lip while she waited for me to elaborate.
"You've been talking to him?" I asked. Flynn wasn't the talkative type and the fact he had confided in her surprised me.
"Talking would involve more than a few sentences," she dismissed. "So how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine," I told her, hesitant on revealing anything to her.
