Don't Leave Me

Chapter 15

I stared out the window of the conference room in the pack house. There was a training session happening out in the clearing being led by Diego and Nikolai. I was tense. I glanced around the room before my eyes landed on Cade who just walked in. Moira was sitting on the other side of the room talking to Stephan who looked more relaxed today. Yuri sat next to Moira ignoring everything around him. Jonah was with Elder Knight and Daniel in his office. They were who we were waiting for. Cade walked up and ran his hands from my shoulders to my hands and brought them up to kiss them. 

"They'll be here in a minute." He whispers.

I let out a sigh as he drops my hands. I move my hair out of my face and look back out the window. I wanted more than anything to be able to protect these people. I heard the door open again and the hair on the back of my neck stood. I tore my eyes from the window and watched Elder Knight, Daniel, and Apa close the door behind them. 

"Well?" I keep my voice calm.

"We found him." Knight says but his face doesn't look happy.

"But?" Moira asks.

"His name is Huxley Wren." Knight frowns.

"The Huxley Wren?" Stephan's voice echoed in surprise.

"Unfortunately." Daniel also frowns.

"Unfortunately?" I ask. "Is he dead?"

"No." Apa shakes his head. "But the possibility of him helping with this situation is very small."

"Why?" 

"Did you just come out from under a rock?" Yuri narrows his eyes at me. "Huxley Wren was the leader of the lycans during the territory wars. He created hundreds, maybe even thousands of lycans. He killed thousands of people, supernatural or not."

"He was known as the most powerful lycan warlord." Stephan adds quietly.

"He wouldn't give two shits about your problem...he probably doesn't even know who your lycan is." Yuri scoffs. 

"Actually, you're wrong." Apa says narrowing his eyes at Yuri. "Theodore Claremont was one of the leading officers in the 1638 Dupane war. He would have been one of Huxley's right hand men."

"Theodore Claremont is the lycan you're having a problem with?" Moira asks looking at me.

"Yes." Cade says.

She stares at me and then her eyes go wide. "Oh my God." 

"Moira." Apa hisses.

"You were with him. I remember hearing about you." She pauses. "Anna."

Now my eyes go wide and I clench my jaw.

"You...you slaughtered whole villages with that lycan." 

I felt my throat close and tears stung my eyes. "I wasn't myself." 

"Do you think that excuses what you did?" She asks.

She still looks calm. I can't sense any anger from her.

"Of course not." I say blinking as a tear runs down my cheek. "I can't change what I did. I know that no amount of apologizing will take back what I did...but I can try to stop him now. That's all I have left." 

"Good." She says. "I can tell he did a real number on you." 

I give a shaky nod. 

"Then we will help you put him in the ground with or without Huxley." She smirks and nods.