RedNovelChapter 479
Rick stayed on his knees in front of Shelly until she grabbed him and hugged him. A soft voice called from the
living room. "What does our runes mean?" Alannah stepped into the dining room, her hands wrapped around the
small swell of her growing baby bump. "Is it hurting my pup?"
| sighed. "Yeah, Alannah it is." Her hand flew to her mouth. "But don't worry." | nearly laughed at my words. | just
asked a woman to not worry about her pup. | jumped back to her question. "Abby's rune was to drain her. Ricks
is to give him power until it over loads his body, and yours..." | sighed again. "Your rune is a bastardized version
of a mate rune."
"What does that mean?" Shelly asked, touching her arm.
"I don't know." | blew out a breath. "I know the runes because of my father. He never went into detail about the
mate rune."
"That's because he didn't think you would need to know. The man has the forethought of a gerbil." We all turned
around and saw my grandmother coming out of the kitchen. She met our faces. "What? | love the boy, but he
meddles too much." She waved her hand. "Anyway, before mate bonds were a thing. So a very ling tago.
Couples would have mate runes. It would create a bridge to each other. So they could speak to each other's
lycans." She turned to meet my eyes. "You know why the mate bond was created." | nodded. "But this was
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtbefore that. It also links your power, your souls, and let's you share between the two."
"But none of us are mated to Vince." Shelly stared between my grandmother and
me.
She nodded. "Exactly. His witchling turned something sacred into something corrupt." She walked over the
Shelly. "Lift your arm, please." Shelly nodded. "The original mate rune was two circles, one full and one empty. It
represented the Moon goddess in her two forms. The full moon represented the person it was on, while the
empty one was their mate. But do you see this line through it, and the sigil at the end?" Everyone leaned in.
"Yeah..." | furrowed my brow. "I've never seen that one before."
She nodded. "That's because that is one that the witchling made for Vince. This line." She traced her finger over
it. "This is how she is rerouting the power. Then she redirects to Vince." She shook her head. "Disgusting." She
turned to me. "You are going to remove all these tonight?" She sighed and then turned on Rick. "This one will be
the most difficult." She sighed. "It has done a lot of damage, and his wolf is weak."
| nodded. "I don't even know how | am going to get all of them off."
My grandmother cto my side. "The small ones will be easy. It is just a leech. Find it, kill it, and then will be
free. Vince will feel it, but who cares?" She looked at Rick over her shoulder. "His is deeper. He is a dumping
ground for Vince. You will face a lot in side of him." She went to cup my face. "You do not run from ghosts. Teach
him." Then she was gone.
"What does she mean by that?" Rick sat back on his feet, and | sighed.
"I don't know." | stood. "But | guess we will figure it out together." | pointed to Shelly. “You are up first." | nodded
to the table. “Lay down."
off
Shelly kissed Rick while I cleaned the stuff from Abby. "We will get through this." Rick nodded, but even
1 could tell he didn't believe her. She
shook him. "Say it."
He closed his eyes, and he blew out a breath. "We will get through this." Shelly nodded and used a chair to get
onto the table. She crawled to the middle and then laid back.
She looked atas | lit one candle. | sprinkled a few herbs inside of the bowl and lit scotton. "What should
| do?" Her question caughtoff guard.
"Lift your arm o er your head. Then relax." She nodded. | grabbed the dagger and looked at her. "This is going to
hurt."
She watchedwith the dagger and closed her eyes. "I trust you. Even if | didn't act like it before with Abby."
Isnorted and then cut into her. | cut deep, causing her to whimper. But | had to remove the brand before I could
find the leech.
"Shelly?" | had to stop cutting because she was healing too fast.
"Yeah?"
"Tell your wolf to stop healing you. If she has to, tell her to go slowly. | need to remove the brand and then the
magic before the skin grows back. She nodded and then | started
to cut again. But she was started
healing.
Command her. Nix offered.
"I'm sorry. She said she can't help it." Shelly whispered.
| leaned over her. "I'm doing this for your own good." | turned to Toya. "Get a towel." She nodded and turned
away. "Shelly. | command you to stop healing."
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