Nova POV:
After running for an hour Kia skids to a halt outside the council building and quickly shifts so I can dress in the clothes that have been placed out for us.
“Have I messed up?” I ask turning to Luca and Jax.
“No” Jax says immediately, “it’s time you showed everyone exactly what you are capable of. You have been hurt, betrayed and suffered through a lot which others have so far been oblivious to. It’s time Nova.”
Turning to look at Luca I see the inner turmoil in his eyes as he offers me a small smile, “you should never have had to hide who you truly are in the first place, there are others out there as you well know that will want you for power. That’s why I’ve always been apprehensive about your emergence, but Jax is right. It’s time.”
With a deep sigh I slump down on the step as I gaze out across the fields in front of us, “I have no idea what I’m doing” I admit.
“Does anyone?” Jax asks. “Everyday people have to adapt and change their paths, their plans and their hopes. It’s part of life. When I became Alpha, although I had been trained by my father my entire life, I still sat there in that office chair and had absolutely no clue what to do at times. But you have to trust in yourself, in those around you that are there to help and in our pack and most of all, Kia..she is so wise Nova.”
Nodding I stay quiet for a moment. “I can’t believe he ripped our mother’s heart from her body” I quietly sob as Luca wraps his arm around my shoulders, tears silently rolling down his face.
“It explains why we could only see their faces before the burning” Luca mutters grimacing at the memory.
“You didn’t know? Who dealt with their bodies?” Jax asks surprised.
“Elder Frost as he was on a council visit at the time, a border patrol alerted us however Axton and I at the time were in an important meeting and had our walls up. Luca got there before we did” I whisper as the memories come flooding by.
“So was Frost with the border patrol?” Jax asks.
“He was running solo on his way to the neighbouring pack, Elder Bernard had gone on ahead, it was thought to be a safe route” I explain.
“Elder Bernard has come to our pack before” Jax mutters.
“He heard the attack and the nearby border patrol joined him, by the time we got there there were only a few hunters left fleeing, Kia was furious and killed them. All but Caroline” I admit. “But Frost had covered our parents bodies at that point as he said he didn’t want to upset us further and as an Elder of the Council we naively trusted him.”
“So I assume no one saw him kill your mother. Did their bodies not get looked at before the burning?” Jax asks in confusion.
“I assume so. Two border patrol members were also killed though so maybe they did see something and that’s why they were killed, or they died fighting. We won’t know now. The bodies were examined by Frost and a council Doctor who arrived 2 hours after the attack, due to it involving hunters they took the lead and Axton, Nova and myself concentrated on ways to better protect the pack. Working kept us distracted and had us not focusing on the loss we were feeling. We thought that’s what our parents would want. I felt the family bond snap at the time of the attack and knew they were gone so I immediately got involved in the fight” Luca answers solemnly.
“So the doctor could be the third traitor” Jax says looking between us both. “How long does it take to get from the council building to your pack Luca?”
“Roughly 3.5 hours” he says as his eyes grow wide.
“The doctor got there quickly. We need to find out if that was a coincidence or if he knew he needed to be there relatively fast” Jax muses.
“Fuck” I exclaim throwing my hands up, “I didn’t even think of that.”
“You had no reason to suspect them both at the time Nova, don’t focus on that. Which doctor was it?” Jax asks.
“Dr Norton if I remember correctly. Nova you need to speak to Elder Martin” Luca says jogging his knee as he thinks.
“Either the doctor is a traitor or he was commanded not to say anything” Jax says as he looks deep in thought.
“Nova” I hear being called behind me as I turn to see Johnathon rushing outside. “Are you ok?”
“No” I whisper.
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