16. Nothing is as it seems

Alma

Egan and I left Kemy’s room and went to ours. He ran his hand through his hair anxiously.

I sighed, it was hard to see a way through. But I trusted the Great Golden Fire and I knew that if it decided to not help Kemy, it was because it wasn’t supposed to be like this. There was a better way, a way in which she could be more than whole and wake up to a better reality; and something told me that this other way had everything to do with her mate.

Egan turned to look at me and placed two gentle hands on my shoulders, “I know what you are thinking about, Little Ruby. But if we let him come close to her, he can use this proximity to harm our clan. We harbour powerful magic and powerful magical instruments in this house— itens the Alpha-to-be of a power-hunger pack could be greedy for. His father didn’t seem to hesitate to kill, torture and destroy to gain and maintain power, so what would his son do to obtain such powerful magic?”

I looked into space as many thoughts swirled in my h