His Plump Mate (Book 1: The 'His' Series) novel Chapter 656

Thalia POV

“What?!” I said loudly.

“Just as you heard, Julian wants Blackstone out of the way so he can get to Mia. He said she is the key,” Adrian said.

“Sinclair told you this?”

“Yeah, during our afternoon conversation. She said they have the tool schematics from before it was changed to a glove. She is ‘fixing’ it for them. She also said that the other tech lead, some guy named Angelo, is the one who covered Sinclair closing Julian’s account with a fictional person named ‘Condor’,” Adrian said.

Aiden is laughing. “Julian still hasn’t figured out that you’re the chosen one, Mojito. That works to our advantage.”

“Does it? He is still after my sister, Aiden.”

“Yeah, but that gives us an edge.”

“I want the focus off her, Aiden,” I said, and then I told Adrian, “Tell Sinclair to tell Julian that I am the chosen one.”

“What?! No!” Aiden said.

“Yes. We are ready. We have the gloves, the stones, the traps; everything is ready. Reid will be here in a month to have his warriors train with us. Isaiah finally completed the blood pact with the warriors. They are training. Rodrigo is safe with us. Now is the time to go on the offensive.”

“Then we wait until Reid is here and his warriors are training with us. We need them to accept us as co-alpha and co-Luna so we can communicate with everyone. Don’t pull the trigger yet. We are still three months out. The war is coming to us regardless.”

“I agree with Aiden, Thalia,” Adrian said. “You can’t give away anything yet. We don’t have everyone in place. You are thinking emotionally. Think rationally, and you will see we are right.”

My shoulders are shaking. I am angry, nervous, emotional, and Adrian is right; I’m not thinking clearly.

“I need to run this off,” I said, leaving the pack house and shifting. Nyx is angry too. She is running at full speed. We head towards the lake. Every time we need to let out our emotions, we come here. She understands my need for the water. That never changed.

‘I know you want to leave and handle Julian by yourself, but there is a reason the Moon Goddess has been preparing us. Remember, she said the war itself would be quick. It’s everything leading up to the war that was the real battle, Thalia.’

‘I know. She’s my sister. My mother is there. There is a whole other Shadow Maw pack that is my family near them. What if something happens to them?’

“No. We have to brace ourselves, Aiden. There will be deaths on our side. There is no way around it. Nyx told me that she can’t say who is leaving us.”

Aiden’s eyes softened. “Baby, everything will work out. I don’t know what the Moon Goddess has prepared, but we will fight and protect our way of life. If we don’t, Julian wins, and everything we know will disappear. We have to trust the Moon Goddess knows what she is doing and has her reasons.”

“It’s our family, Aiden,” I burst into tears again. “I don’t want to lose anyone. I want my family to live good, long lives.”

Aiden holds me and lets me cry into his chest. I’m terrified of losing anyone in my family. We are all mated. We all have pups. How could I bear to lose anyone?

“No matter what happens, Mojito, we will take care of everyone. We will figure it all out. In times of war, there are always casualties. I’ve been in enough battles, Thalia. I’ve lost good men and women. It’s inevitable, even if we wish that weren’t the case.”

I nodded and held Aiden tightly. He cannot die. He has to stay. I won’t survive without him.

He chuckled. “Nine, remember?”

“Nine,” I said.