Page 70 of Wild Wolf
“It was you that night in the forest. Not Erica and Shirl,” she blurtedout.
Risa and Elaine exchanged glances. In less time than it took to blink, they both morphed into her former best friends. Faeglamour.
All this time she’d thought her friends had aided Bryce. It was a small relief to know they hadnot.
“You egged Bryce on to hurtme.”
The two Fae sisters morphed back into their normal selves. Once she thought them beautiful, with their long silver hair, pale skin and blue eyes and their flowing gowns of pink andwhite.
Now she saw the cruelty and jealousy lurking beneath thebeauty.
“It was not hard. He was weak, and weak Lupines are easy to control, and influence. All we had to do was whisper suggestions when he wasalone.”
Risa twirled the knife in the air. It spun around slowly. “We figured you would not stick around to see what else he would do to you. And the pack was ours to control. As long as they kept making the wine we need, we left them in peace. But you came back, suggested to Nolan about making changes. Craig was the same and that’s why he had todie.”
Horror filled her. “You killedhim.”
“Easy enough to push him down the mountain. Craig talked of giving the vineyard that grew our grapes to his enemy as a peace offering.” Risa sneered. “He said it would be best for the pack. When his son considered making peace as well, we started the fires to distract him, make him think the Harlows were behindit.
“Enough!” Elaine snapped. “Let’s get on withit.”
If she was half-Fae, then she had powers of her own. Jordan focused all her energy and thoughts on beingFae.
I’m not turning into shish kebob because of youtwo.
She had too much to livefor.
Jordan hummed loudly to hide her fear and thought of holding a glowing ball of pure energy. She focused, closed her hand and then openedit.
A baseball-sized glowing globe of energy sat on her palm. Without thinking, she flung it at the knife in Risa’shand.
Risa yelped in startled surprise as the knife flew out of her hands. A smile curved Jordan’slips.
“Thanks for telling me my heritage. Means I have the same powers youdo.”
“Not quite. You’re inferior and we areancient.”
Saying that, Elaine hurled a similar ball of energy at Jordan. It smacked her square in the stomach, burning like fire. Doubling over in pain, she cried out, clutching herstomach.
“We need no mortal weapons to kill you,” Risa said in her high, sweetvoice.
Jordan bit her lip. She must fight them, and do her best to keep them here because if Nolan found out, he had no Fae defenses to protecthimself.
If Selene was truly her mother, perhaps the queen could aidher.
“Selene,” she cried out. “Mother, helpme!”
Risa giggled. “She will not hear you. We purposely waited until she was in a deep sleep. Helping the Mitchell pack with the grapes and the fires has drained her magick. Why else do you think we put fungus on the grapes? Helping your pack drains her so much that she will not awaken untiltonight.”
Scents flooded her nostrils, the burning of her own flesh, the sickly sweet smell overriding the floral and forest scent of theFae.
You’re on your own.Get it together,Jordan.
With all her might, she centered herself and her magick, thinking of draping her body in a magick barrier. Shrieking with rage, Elaine and Risa hurled energy globes at her, but this time, her body repelledthem.
Yet she knew she couldn’t keep this up for long. They were too strong and her powers too fragile. Jordan backed up, watching them, remembering what Nolansaid.
Keep your enemiesclose.
