Battle of the Roses [Book 2]

Chapter 22

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Chapter Quote:
"What are you even doing here? Aren't you just a paper pusher?"
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Chapter 22

Hunter

It'd been two weeks since the Hunters had attacked. We'd found no trace of them on any of our patrols. We'd caught the scent of the two wolves from the new wolf pack but lost it once they got on the road. Spencer came over almost every day to hang out with Elsa. Ember, Elsa, and the girls in general enjoyed his company. Even the boys were warming up to him. Riley had a lot of fun teasing Spencer. Dmitri liked to wrestle with him. For a human, Spencer could hold his own, beating Dmitri more times than Dmitri would care to admit. However, the rest of us were wary of him. It just seemed too suspicious how cool he was with all of this. Sometimes I wondered if he might be a Guardian with the way he acted, the way he carried himself, not to mention the snarl he gave me when I'd shoved him into the wall the night he brought my dad back to the house. I didn't approve of his relationship with my sister. Not one bit. On more than one occasion I'd thought about telling mom and dad about them, but Elsa would never forgive me. I couldn't do that to her. Instead, I sat and watched them with a careful eye.

"Hey you," Josilyn greeted, wrapping her arms around me from behind. She stood up on her tiptoes to kiss me on the cheek.

"Hello gorgeous," I replied. "What are you doing over here?"

"I came to see you. With all the patrols we've been sent on lately, I felt I haven't seen you much."

"You are welcome to me any time you want. Maybe I can talk to mom and dad, see if I can get you on my patrol," I said, twisting around and pulling her into my arms.

"You know you have the largest area to patrol. My heart wouldn't be able to handle it."

"How is your heart?"

"As best as it can be. My medication dosage has stayed the same so that's always good news."

"Good." I kissed her on the head.

"Hello you two," My mom greeted. She held a vase of flowers in her hand.

"Oh those are gorgeous! Interesting combination too: striped carnations and daisies." Josilyn exclaimed. "Did you get them from my garden?"

"No, someone sent them. There was no note or anything," my mom replied. It wasn't the first time she'd received flowers out of the blue. Elsa and Ember had received them too, always on their birthdays and at Christmas. Mom received them on her birthday, Mother's Day, and Christmas. No one really knew where they came from, but we all had an unspoken answer: Caleb.

"Are you sure they're not poisoned or anything?" I asked, walking over to her. I sniffed the flowers for any trace of poison, mainly wolfsbane, but all that happened was that the flowers made me sneeze.

"Hunter, really?" My mom raised her eyebrows at me as she placed the flowers on the table.

"Hey, we're under a major threat here. For all I know the Hunters know about your flower passion and are trying a new method to kill you."

"I appreciate your concern but they're not poisoned. I promise you. Now go get ready. You have patrol duty in a few minutes. Elsa is going with you. So is Spencer."

"Why the hell is he going with us?" I demanded. "He's human. He won't be able to keep up!"

"Because you're investigating the south compound and since he was there the night Ren was attacked, maybe he can help you find things that will help us find out where the Hunters are."