The Mute Wolf

Chapter 16

It was nearly a week later a knock on the door came and a familiar older man stood in the doorway. We were unsure exactly what my father had told the council and even more unsure as to when and how they were finally going to deal with Ares. My supposed "mate".
I had stayed inside Tyson and Josie's house as much as I could to avoid being seen by Ares or any number of his small followers. My scent had been thoroughly masked thanks to the amount of incense Josie burnt along with the clothes I had borrowed and that my heat had gone so wouldn't be giving me away.

Eric from the council had finally arrived at our door and Josie led him into the lounge where he remained silent; as though he was thinking very carefully about what to say next. That's never a good sign.
"I'm sorry it took me so long to get to you. I had to ensure I wasn't followed and on top of that we've had difficulties securing a plan to put an end to Ares once and for all." Eric's smooth British accent filled the room and I felt a pang of anger rise from within me.
"I've been here for almost a week and you don't have a bloody clue how to stop him?!" I began raising my voice as Tyson shuffled closer to me placing a strong warm arm around me for comfort.
"I understand where you are coming from. However, because he is who he is, and because of how dangerous he is we must proceed with caution. We thought we were too late in that he claimed you the day he brought you here. Once that happens, there would be nothing we could do. If he gets his hands on you..." Eric began explaining but Tyson suddenly cut him off.
"He's not touching her!" His voice sharp and clear forced a smirk to my face.
"Let's not forget you must be careful as well, Mr Dragonstone. If Ares finds out about you in the process of finding Miss Raine here..." Eric began once more but this time he was cut off by Josie.
"That'll certainly never happen. Not on my watch. I've done a good job for nearly 17 years it's not going tits up now." Josie spoke confidently and I couldn't help admire her.
Eric's blue grey eyes darted between the three of us before finally settling back on me.
"I can think of a way to get Ares where we need him to be. But it's dangerous. One wrong move and it could all be over. Not to mention your father would disapprove highly." His cautioned words caught our attention and I felt Tyson's arm wrap around me even tighter.
"What is it?" I asked him bluntly. My father only gave me one instruction; stay as far away from Ares as possible. If this was a plan he would disapprove highly of, I can only guess it involves me being near him.
"To draw him out, we would need you..." Eric trailed off.
"No! She's not going anywhere near him!" Tyson burst out pulling me even closer so I was almost on his lap. Not that I'd mind that, we haven't been "together" since my heat and I was aching to have him. Now I'm being told I have to actually find Ares and if he gets me and forces me to mate with him we're all screwed!
"My father told me to stay away from him. I know I've never really listened to him much in the past but I think this is definitely one thing I should listen to. It's too risky!" I exclaimed. I began to feel goosebumps form across my arms at the thought of being caught by him once again and how much he scared me. And I don't scare easily.
"I agree with Ember, that plan is far too risky." Josie added folding her arms.
"I understand, however, I don't see what other option we have. It would be the quickest way to bring him down and I'm sure if we planned it just right, this will work effectively." Eric tried to sound positive in this plan of his but none of us were convinced it could work. It's a huge gamble and I'm the one that would suffer the most out of this.

After over an hour of discussing all the potential and most likely risks and going over in detail exactly what it is I was going to have to do, Eric left to rejoin his fellow council comrades and left me to prepare for what was about to come. Was I planning my own funeral here? What other option was there? He had to go. I couldn't take being in the same vicinity as him knowing he could find me, hurt me and do things I'm really trying not to think about. And if he found out about Tyson, he'd kill him and that would hurt most of all. We'd gotten so close over the last few days. He'd only leave when he had to work and he was only gone a few hours. Apart from that, we were constantly together, making each other laugh, cooking together, binge watching tv shows and we even shared the same bed now. But we weren't allowed to do anything sexual in the house with Josie around, it was her only rule. Which made having him all over again very difficult. Especially when Josie had someone else to help her run her store, she could be home most of the day. And the short while she would leave the house to go to the market was not long enough by far.