RedNovelWe pulled the sheets off of everything and then spent a few minutes bringing extra chairs in for everyone. My
dad took his chair and patted the chair beside him. Ronnie leaned against the window, facing the door.
My dad grabbed my hand. "I have missed you, baby girl."
"I missed you too, dad." Nix pushed forward, our eyes flashing.
"We have all missed you." Nix's smokey voice cfrom my lips. Loki pushed forward and smiled.
"Once this is done, | want to go for a run. With both of you." Loki's eyes were mirrors of my own. "I still have a
pup | haven't met."
Megan psuhed forward, and | felt my eyes shift to her brown ones. "I would really like that."
Loki receded, and my dad reached his hand out. His finger tips danced under my left eye. "I never knew." His
thumb pressed into my cheek. "I'm sorry."
Megan tilted our head and chuckled. "Amy didn't even know | existed until you taught her magic. Without you, |
would have stayed hidden, like last time." Megan lifted our hand and snagged his. "Never apologize for
something you couldn't help."
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There was a knock on the door. My dad squeezed my hand once before he dropped it. "Cin."
Toya's father cin with a few other alphas following behind him. "Bad time?" "Not at all." My dad gestured to
the chairs. "It's a little tight again. Not like at the Agora." He chuckled. "This is my daughter, Amy. Amy this is-"
| stood. "I know." | smiled at each man. "I've met everyone in this room when | was younger. It's good to see you
all again."
"You have grown up." Alpha Tim smiled.
"I have indeed." | gave them all a quick bow and then | settled back in my chair.
"Okay." My dad clapped. "Amy, why don't you start at the beginning?" | looked at him. "What happened after you
left here?" | opened my mouth to start, but there was another knock. My dad turned towards the door, and
before he could say anything, a man cin. He was huge, taller than any man | had ever met. Nix snorted.
He's a little shorter than the king. | drew in a breath and shushed my wolf. She snorted out a laugh, but I turned
to my dad. "Thoth? | didn't expect you to show up." He sounded surprised, but my lungs stopped working. My
head snapped back to the man so fast. His face was covered by a mask. He turned and froze. "Thoth?"
That got his attention. He cleared his throat. "You toldyou were coming back here with the alphas figured
you wanted to have a
meeting to plan our next steps His
had a
voice was low, but the use
voice changer built in to it, because his voice was warped. Heturned to me. "I didn't know Amy was going to be
here."
My dad waved him in. "Ronnie, grab him a chair." My dad nodded beside me, and Ronnie smirked.
"Of course." Ronnie left and cback with a chair. He slid it next toand then gestured to it. "Thoth."
Thoth took a breath and then shimmied his way through the chairs, taking a seat next to me. He looked over at
My dad shook his head. "Not me. Amy. Go ahead, darling." | turned to him. "Start when you left here. | already
caught everyone up to speed about what happened before you left."
I nodded, and | started talking. | had just gotten to my heat, and how | dealt with it alone when | got a message. |
pulled out my phone and kept talking. But my voice trailed off when | checked the message from Rick.
"You went through your heat alone?" Alpha Tim asked, pullingaway from my phone.
"Yes. | had someone | thought might help.” My words were distracted. "But he wanted to wait for his true mate
and he didn't wantto resent him later." The alphas a nodded their heads. | slid my phone back into my
pocket and tucked that information away. | told them about Nina and Nadine. About Vince. Brandon. And finally, |
got to the end. "They call themselves the
Brotherhood of Blood."
Thoth stiffened beside me. But my dad furrowed his brow. "Who does?"
"Vince, for one. But | think it's the people who started all of this before the old king died. Someone named
Garith."
My father, Ronnie, and Thoth froze. Thoth slowly turned to stare at my dad. "Did you say Garith?"
| nodded. "I know the name, but can't place it. It's like something is makingforget. And it isn't until the name
pops back up that | remember.” | shook my head. "Rick found emails between Garith and Vince. It looks like
Garith started this all. But | don't know where | know the nfrom."
"He's my father."
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