Mated to the Alpha and His Beta (Lanie Stanton) novel Chapter 435

Chapter 435
Mason

I might not have ever had a pack under my command, but that didn’t make me any less of an Alpha than my brother. The instant Stella told us the High Council was planning to infiltrate the tunnels, the two us got into position, flanking our pack. Zane also instantly moved into Beta mode between us.

We might be the Alphas, but we were under the command of a Celestial. We all turned to face her. She was concentrating hard, her eyes narrowed and expression twisted.

“I thought there’d be more time before they moved,” she muttered. “Something has changed. Give me a minute to Seek.”

“What’s she talking about?” I thought to Lanie through our mate link.

Our Luna shook her head, her eyes focused with laser precision on our daughter. “I don’t know. Give her a minute.”

“What does Seek mean?” I thought to them all.

Even though we were all using the mind link, it still sounded like we were all whispering.

“To Seek is to send out my mind ahead of me,” Stella said aloud. “Like a scout. It’s not telepathy. It’s more like a projection of myself, while my body stays here. Mother, you were Seeking when the Goddess called you into the forest, but I can do it on purpose.”

“And do it so well,” Lanie said aloud with a smile, proud smile. “Do you need us to do anything for you while you Seek?”

Stella shook her head. “I’ll need a minute or two. I want to see where they are and what they’re doing.”

Her eyes went white, but hazy, like they were full of clouds. Her lashes fluttered. A soft sigh puffed out from between her lips, and then, just like that, she was back with us.

“Can we stop them from coming through the tunnels?” Xander asked. “Keep them out of Brightsky?”

She nodded, her expression grim, but her eyes alight. “I can make them think they’ve encountered a rockslide, blocking them. It won’t keep them forever, but once they figure out it was fake, they’ll understand that they were tricked. They’ll retreat…”

She paused, that white cloud going over her gaze again. It lasted only a few blinks this time. She focused on us.

“They’ll go back to Standard and regroup. They’ll figure out we’re still heading to Fallen Crest. They’ll make their way there, maybe on our trail or maybe in another fashion, but it won’t matter. We will still get there before them.”

“Is that what you’ve seen for certain?” Lanie asked.