"From border crossers to inmates, huh." Ava uttered under her breath as she walked inside Jude’s office. She eyed the large painting of Alaskan lake that took up most of the wall behind Jude’s table. Alaska is still better than the hot Texas.
"Orders."
"From whom?"
"My father."
"If you think I would let you do that— "
"We have time for everything." Jude calmly said. "I just let you in on a normal conversation with someone that works with... us."
"And by us?"
"I meant, the people who know about the experiments."
Ava nodded. She sat on the couch and absentmindedly lifted her fingers to play with the strands of her long hair— then cursed. She no longer had long hair. Ivy had black hair with a sleek bob haircut. It was straight too.
The woman looked fabulous.
"Hey, do you like Ivy?" Ava suddenly asked. Her question however made Jude cough.
"What?"
"She looks pretty. Don’t you like her?"
"She’s a witch."
"Ah..." Ava nodded. Witches and Shifters cannot be together. The mention alone of the thought of shifters and witches fucking around could offend a lot of people.
"She’s loyal to her coven. You won’t understand it since you didn’t have one."
Ava nodded. Right. She missed a lot of witch stuff because she didn’t have a coven.
Then she rolled her eyes.
Covens are just meant to protect another witch. A weaker witch would benefit greatly by joining a coven. The thought of following all those rules and special ’religious’ rites made Ava smile.
She had never tried it with other people but in the past, Gabriella would celebrate the summer and winter solstice with her. Witches believed that their abilities came from the nature so they would do everything they could to honor it.
Of course, Ava was different. Ever since she was young, she already knew that her magick didn’t come from nature. It came from her anger, her wrath.
"If you like her why not just go for it?" Ava asked.
"I just told you— "
"You didn’t answer my question Jude. You just said she’s a witch and you are a shifter." Ava shrugged. "I mean... no offense but most men want one thing from different women."
"While women want everything from one guy."
"Smart words." Ava snorted.
"What about you and that Lycan?"
"What about us?"
"You are a witch and he is a damn Royalty. A cocky one at that."
"Oh... you mean that?" Ava smirked then she lifted an eyebrow, suddenly interested in the conversation. "What do you think of him?"
"Funny son of a bitch."
"Taking that as a compliment."
"I shouldn’t have agreed to work with you."
"But you did." Ava shrugged and got up. She got herself a bottle of water from the mini fridge inside Jude’s office. "You didn’t have any choice. I am good at what I do."
"Right."
"So, you have a meeting with— "
*BANG!*
The door to Jude’s office burst open. Walking in was a beautiful woman wearing a long black dress with two slits that showed off the woman’s long legs.
"Amore..." Jude’s face turned ugly. He didn’t even glance at Ava as he got up. "I don’t remember scheduling a meeting with you?"
"Let’s talk." Amore said. She looked at Ivy or rather Ava. "Go out."
In response, Ava bowed respectfully. "Yes, high priestess."
"She stays," Jude suddenly interrupted.
"What?"
"Oh? You think I would stay with an angry witch alone?"Jude mocked.
"You— "
"Stay behind me, Sawyer."
Amore squinted at them. Then she sat on the chair across Jude.
"What do you want?" Jude asked.
"Ava... did you find out if she’s still alive?"
"I didn’t."
"Why?"
"The Lycans intervened."
"Tsk."
"Why do you need that woman so much? Isn’t it enough that your son took everything from her?"
"He wasn’t supposed to kill Gabriella."
The revelation made Ava flinched. But she immediately managed to control her emotions.
"What does that mean?" Jude asked.
"That’s all you need to know."
"If you won’t tell me— "
"That is none of your business. Your business is just getting her back at Trillium."
"We don’t even know if she’s still alive." Jude shrugged. He went to the wine rack and got himself some wine. "Wine?"
"Yes, please."
"Ivy?" Jude said. Almost immediately, Ivy got another wine glass and put it in front of Amore. Then she poured some wine for the older woman.
"Thanks." Amore uttered. She picked up and glass and downed its contents in one go. "More..."
"What happened to you?"
After another glass of red wine, Amore answered, "Nothing."
"You just walked inside my office without any invitation."
"I heard about Hudson."
"And?"
"We need more people."
"He already gave you thirty people last week. He can’t get that much people in a short time."
"Well, he needs to. That’s not negotiable."
"Amore, what is happening?"
"You don’t have to know."
Jude calmly sat down. He leaned back. "As the person helping you with your experiments, I think I have the right to know If there is any problems."
"It’s not a problem, alright? I just— "
"Was it your son, again?" Jude asked. "What did he do this time? Did he kill another woman?"
"No."
"Then?"
Amore shook her head. "The experiments aren’t showing any good results."
"Still mindless killers?"
Amore shrugged.
"The keepers want good results."
"And there is none."
"Exactly." Amore said. Then she met Jude’s eyes. "I think we need stronger blood."
"A werewolf’s blood isn’t enough?"
"Werewolves... are weaker than Lycans." Amore said.
Almost immediately, Jude scowled. "Lycans?"
"Lycans are more powerful than any shifters. If we get one..."
"Stop it."
"Why?"
"First witches, then shifters and humans. And now, you wanted us to get a Lycan for you?" Jude snorted. "You are losing your mind."
"Lycans have faster healing properties. They are stronger even in their human form. You have seen Matthew Graydon appeared and disappeared that night. He was faster than any—"
"He is the future King of Lycans Amore."
Amore pursed her lips. "I didn’t say we need to get him, Jude. I just said a Lycan’s blood. Any Lycan."
"And how do you suggest we do that? Lycans are secretive. They live in hiding and are surrounded by both strong witches and shifters."
"That’s easy. We just need distractions."
"Distractions?"
"I don’t know... maybe like a civil war?"
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