Midnight CEO

21.

"Come, Ebony, we must leave the woods. It is not safe out here for a lost human," Henry said, trying to pull me forward.

"No, I have to wait here for Carter or Callan. Oh god, Jake. He must be so worried right now. I should stay here and wait for them."

"We cannot, I'm afraid," Henry said gently.

"Please, they will come for me," I said, putting my hands together and begging him. "Carter always comes to find me."

Henry looked at me for a moment, and I guess I did look and sound like a complete freak right now. "Fine, I will stay with you for a while, but then if they do not turn up, you will have to stay by yourself or come with me."

"Thank you. I'm not crazy, I promise. Carter went to find, Oh no, Genevieve. She was right here, and I needed her to prove Carter's innocence. He will be put to death if she gets away." I looked around frantically for any sign of her.

"You are convinced that strange blonde woman is Genevieve Morgan?"

"It was her. She locked me in here to kill me and make Carter turn into the wolf. Carter is trying to find Leon as he is planning to start a war with my world and yours, and he is using me as bait to anger Carter. That woman you just met was Genevieve."

He once again stared at me for a moment. "I'll admit she was acting strangely, but I was at Carter's trial with the elders. There was concrete evidence for her death. I mean, they had her body."

"I don't know who that poor creature was, but it was not Genevieve. Jake saw her, and now I saw her. I know this sounds crazy."

"So, you're telling me that Carter Morgan, the man accused of killing Genevieve Morgan, is innocent and that his ex-wife and his brother are working together to frame him and ultimately be put to death so that war will break out between our worlds?"

"He wants power, and he wants some sort of amulet that Carter has from his father. I don't know what it is, but it must be very powerful."

"The amulet? I have heard stories about this amulet from my father. They say it possesses the blood of a hybrid, the most powerful being to ever be created and walk the earth, but that's all they are stories made up by Morgan's father. The amulet does not exist." he shook his head.

"What? That can't be true. Leon killed his father to get his hands on this amulet. Why would he do that if it didn't exist?"

"You know his father was an outcast in our society, right? He was a great leader once, but he married a wolf, the species we loathe the most, and I hear that she might have even been human as well, no offense. You see, in our society, we don't marry outside our kind. It's unheard of. I mean, don't get me wrong, I like humans. You are quite funny and loyal, and you make wonderful pets for company, but to marry one? It's just unheard of. The Morgans have always been looked down on in our world because of their parents, especially Carter. He was more like his mother and seemed to want to change things around here, but he soon discovered that he couldn't, and he, just like his father, became an outcast. He then married Genevieve, and they had a son, but it was not enough to stop his curiosity about humans. He left our world a very long time ago, and I hear he is doing quite well, but there is no magical amulet, Ebony. It's just a story their father told them to keep them in line."

"That doesn't make sense. Carter told me about the amulet."

"Did he show you this amulet?"

"Well, no, but ..."

"It doesn't exist. Don't you think if it did, someone somewhere would have seen it? It doesn't make any sense. I do agree that his brother Leon is a complete loon and needs to be stopped, and I do wish Carter the very best with that one. Leon always favored his wolf side."