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Chapter 637

Chapter 137 : The Silver Eyed Wolf

*Lena*

Elaine took a few steps forward, her jaw flexing as she swallowed.

“Lena, you and I need to talk–”

“Obviously!” I nearly shouted, rounding the table.

I passed Alma, who was standing in the doorway to the kitchen with two plates of chocolate cake, looking more annoyed than confused.

Gideon rose to his feet, glancing at Xander before he motioned for Alma to retreat into the kitchen.

Ianthe gave me a tight-lipped smile as she sidestepped around me and left the room, leaving Elaine and me alone.

Except for Xander, of course, who was standing on the other side of the dining room table looking just as shocked as I was.

“Elaine,” I breathed, my initial shock ebbing away into outright confusion. “What happened?”

Elaine sighed deeply, running her fingers along the top of the couch as she walked toward us. I noticed the faded bruising along her jaw, and the scar along the bridge of her nose as she came into the light of the chandelier above her head.

“I don’t know how to explain what happened to me,” she said, glancing from me to Xander.

“You need to try,” Xander said flatly, righting the chair he’d knocked over in his haste to stand up.

I sat in one of the armchairs, keeping my eyes focused on Elaine, unblinking.

“I heard the two of you met Andromeda,” she said in a whisper, her eyes sparkling with understanding. “I just missed you there. I’d just left–”

“Elaine,” Xander exhaled, tapping his fingers on the dining room table. “What happened? We need to know everything, from the beginning.

“You’re my friend’s twin–”

“I didn’t know about my sister until the war,” she breathed with a pained expression as she sat on the couch, running her hands over her jeans. “I didn’t know. I thought…. It sounds crazy, but I can’t remember a time I wasn’t in Crimson Creek. I was just here one day, and all of these memories I thought I had… of a family, of parents–” She tapered off, shaking her head.

out into the hills when he wanted to collect a sample of the blood root. I thought… I

the side, a sudden realization creeping over his

I knew something was wrong. Ben wouldn’t have… he was looking right at me, I thought. He was walking toward us. I knew it wasn’t him when I saw his face clearly. It wasn’t him, but it was his voice. That’s

did you go back?” I asked,

kicked me, hard, and I wrapped my arms around my belly as

I actually saw something. I’d be reading tea leaves and palms because that’s what I remembered being able to do, for whatever reason, even though I had no memories

“Elaine,” Xander said sharply.

glanced up at him, swallowing hard. “I, uh. When I read your palm, I saw this place… wooded and just beautiful, a dream. I felt this pull toward it, and when I saw Ben in the hills, I felt that pull again. So, I went back out in the hills. I went to the same place I’d taken Xander and I just…. A woman appeared out of nowhere, begging me to come with her, pleading with me.

of my spine as Elaine folded her hands between her thighs, rocking her body back

wasn’t in this realm anymore. I was

“Then what happened?”

the realm,

“You went to Andromeda–”

That’s where I’ve been, all this time. That’s where I was taken when I was a child.” She rolled up her sleeve, her pale skin glistening in the amber light of the chandelier. She revealed a pale pink mark in the crook of her elbow, something that looked like a half moon scar. “I was born with it. It’s a witch’s mark. I am a shifter by blood, but somewhere in my family’s line is a witch who passed her powers down, but not everyone has it. Abigail,” she said, tears in her eyes, “she didn’t have it. No one in my family knew

“You were raised there–”

to this realm, to spy. That was my purpose. I was sent out to guard over you, Lena. I went to Morhan looking for you. But then I was… I still don’t remember how I ended up in Crimson Creek. Those memories are blurry. But Maxwell

Xander interrupted. “Just like

was happening, they called me home. Lena, when you brought the

didn’t,” I choked, my throat tightening around a sob. She didn’t

“But–”

you get here?” Xander asked, eyeing me

and I understood him completely. Announcing that

her was done, and to go home. But I didn’t know where home was. So, I came back here. I got here a few days ago.” She

you go find Alma?” Xander

him, but he nodded at me, his face void of expression. I chewed my lower lip as I rose, giving Elaine

“I’ll be back–”

said in a low growl that made the down hair on my arms stand on end.

the kitchen and closing the door behind me. I let out the breath I’d been holding and came face to

of you have any idea where Oliver might be?”

sink, her face

mentioned New Dianny; that’s all we

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*Xander*