comply right away? Probably not, she seemed to like to suffer unnecessarily. Idiot¸ she thought to herself.
“But I have come for another reason. Long ago I made you the mediator for the wolves. You have done your job well. I also put you over the healers and though they were not around for a time, their time is coming. There are healers even now that have not been exposed to the wolves and so their true nature has not surfaced. I know that you wish to go after your sister. You seek justice and as honorable as that is I need you elsewhere.” She paused as she looked out into the night. She stepped away from Peri and pointed out into the forest beyond the Romanian mansion. “There are five gypsy healers out there, living their lives completely ignorant of their heritage. Much like Sally, the gypsy blood of their ancestors flows through them, but knowledge of their heritage has been lost over time. Healers are precious and they have power that can be used for good or evil. I’m asking you to find these healers. I will designate a place for you to take them to train them, to teach them their heritage. Then they will need to be introduced to the packs because they have mates that need them. You know that the mate of a healer is always a dominant, they have to be strong enough to protect them, but that also means the darkness in them is stronger. These females range from ages sixteen to twenty, so they are of courting age.”
Peri waited for more and when the Great Luna didn’t continue she asked, “Do you have a location for any of them?”
The Great Luna turned and looked at her with a small smile. “Perhaps you would like me to go gather them up for you as well?”
Peri laughed. “Have you been hanging out with Jen?”
“The purpose is not in the outcome but in the journey. One road often leads to many places, Perizada, and this journey, this road will take you where you need to go and teach you what you need to learn. No one, not even me, can do it for you. You need to have your mate with you, you need to trust him and let him lead when necessary. You have always been willing to make sacrifices for others; I ask that you would do so again and save these healers. They need you both, they need my wolves and we need them.”
Peri stood looking out the window after the Great Luna left as quietly as she had come. For the first time in her immortal life she was struggling to do the right thing. The right thing would be to do what the Great Luna had instructed her to do and go find those healers. But what she wanted to do was hunt down her sister first and then go find the healers. Surely it would be safer for her to find the healers after the threat was dealt with.
“ Hey,” Lucian’s deep voice came from behind her just as his arms wrapped around her and pulled her back against his chest. She bit her tongue to keep from groaning out just how good it felt to be held and she went more than willingly.
“I can hear you, you know?” Though she heard his voice in her mind, she felt his chuckle in her back as his chest moved with it.
“Yes, I’m aware of the fact that you use frequent flyer miles in my mind gathering up information and such,” she said attempting to sound irritated. But the purr in her voice only made her sound like a slightly ticked off kitten. Lovely, she thought.
“ I am not sure what frequent flyer miles are but if you mean I am often in your mind then yes you are correct. As much as I like to use our bond, I like it even more when you willingly talk to me. What are you thinking?” He asked her.
“I’m thinking that the Great Luna didn’t disclose everything to us,” she answered honestly. “I’m not saying that I think she is being deceitful because that isn’t in her nature, I just mean that I think she didn’t reveal the whole puzzle.”
“We live in a world full of evil, a fallen world. She knows that we know we are going to face that evil whether it is spelled out for us or
“But I have come for another reason. Long ago I made you the mediator for the wolves. You have done your job well. I also put you over the healers and though they were not around for a time, their time is coming. There are healers even now that have not been exposed to the wolves and so their true nature has not surfaced. I know that you wish to go after your sister. You seek justice and as honorable as that is I need you elsewhere.” She paused as she looked out into the night. She stepped away from Peri and pointed out into the forest beyond the Romanian mansion. “There are five gypsy healers out there, living their lives completely ignorant of their heritage. Much like Sally, the gypsy blood of their ancestors flows through them, but knowledge of their heritage has been lost over time. Healers are precious and they have power that can be used for good or evil. I’m asking you to find these healers. I will designate a place for you to take them to train them, to teach them their heritage. Then they will need to be introduced to the packs because they have mates that need them. You know that the mate of a healer is always a dominant, they have to be strong enough to protect them, but that also means the darkness in them is stronger. These females range from ages sixteen to twenty, so they are of courting age.”
Peri waited for more and when the Great Luna didn’t continue she asked, “Do you have a location for any of them?”
The Great Luna turned and looked at her with a small smile. “Perhaps you would like me to go gather them up for you as well?”
Peri laughed. “Have you been hanging out with Jen?”
“The purpose is not in the outcome but in the journey. One road often leads to many places, Perizada, and this journey, this road will take you where you need to go and teach you what you need to learn. No one, not even me, can do it for you. You need to have your mate with you, you need to trust him and let him lead when necessary. You have always been willing to make sacrifices for others; I ask that you would do so again and save these healers. They need you both, they need my wolves and we need them.”
Peri stood looking out the window after the Great Luna left as quietly as she had come. For the first time in her immortal life she was struggling to do the right thing. The right thing would be to do what the Great Luna had instructed her to do and go find those healers. But what she wanted to do was hunt down her sister first and then go find the healers. Surely it would be safer for her to find the healers after the threat was dealt with.
“ Hey,” Lucian’s deep voice came from behind her just as his arms wrapped around her and pulled her back against his chest. She bit her tongue to keep from groaning out just how good it felt to be held and she went more than willingly.
“I can hear you, you know?” Though she heard his voice in her mind, she felt his chuckle in her back as his chest moved with it.
“Yes, I’m aware of the fact that you use frequent flyer miles in my mind gathering up information and such,” she said attempting to sound irritated. But the purr in her voice only made her sound like a slightly ticked off kitten. Lovely, she thought.
“ I am not sure what frequent flyer miles are but if you mean I am often in your mind then yes you are correct. As much as I like to use our bond, I like it even more when you willingly talk to me. What are you thinking?” He asked her.
“I’m thinking that the Great Luna didn’t disclose everything to us,” she answered honestly. “I’m not saying that I think she is being deceitful because that isn’t in her nature, I just mean that I think she didn’t reveal the whole puzzle.”
“We live in a world full of evil, a fallen world. She knows that we know we are going to face that evil whether it is spelled out for us or
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