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“Do what I say!” Somewhere a surge of strength let me yank my hand out of his grip and remain upright even as the wind and wash buffeted me.
Sterling stopped five yards between us and the helicopter. The FrostFur gathered in a confused, hostile crowd. My grandfather stormed to the front, still imposing at sixty-something, thick shoulders and wrists as big as my ankles.
Garrett raised his bow and drew, the gleaming point of the arrow glinting as bright as the claw-gauntlet on Sterling’s hand.
My grandfather pulled up short, eyes widening and his jaw unhinged for a moment before the shock on his face transmuted to utter hatred.
“We need to go,” Hamid shouted at the three of us. “They’re not going to be stunned for long!”
Garrett shouted, “This is family business. Get in the bird and butt out!”
“This is insanity!”
“Nobody is paying you for your opinion, now get on the bird or I put an arrow in your neck.”
I shoved Hamid. “Go.”
He looked between all of us and refused to move. I turned around to face the same direction as Sterling, but didn’t risk getting any closer.
Sterling’s shout shook the trees. “Alan! Face me for what you’ve done!”
My spine sang as if I were a violin.
My grandfather charged.
Sterling ducked, stepped sideways, and a swipe of the gauntlet leveled the needle-like claws at the old man. “You aren’t who I want. Does your Alpha hide from me now?”
One eye on my grandfather, I moved close to Sterling, inhaling his scent with gratitude and crushing emotion.
Sterling pointed at my grandfather. The gauntlet gleamed in the weak sunlight. “I am not here to negotiate.”
My grandfather didn’t move.
“I saw what was done to her,” Sterling said. “Silver is war, silver is death. My Luna, you reek of pain and blood.”
Probably not all I reeked of. “I’m fine, my Alpha. That’s my grandfather.”
“Does that mean you want me to kill him?”
“Put that away before you hurt someone, mutt.” My grandfather spit in the direction of the gauntlet, although his eyes stared at it like it was a holy relic.
Sterling twitched his wrist and a tiny click, and my grandfather jumped back as the acrid smell of silver hit my nose. I cringed and my arm flinched in its socket. Sterling, however, grinned, then flicked his wrist again. Another click and the scent of silver disappeared. “Go find your Alpha.”
Grandfather didn’t have to go far at all. Alan appeared on the far side of the camp with Faris. Long strides gobbled up the distance between us, and he held up a hand to settle everyone.
And behind Alan: Jerron and Daniel.
Sterling snarled. “What is Jerron doing here?”
“He’s miserably uninformed and thinks I came here to ask FrostFur to help with our pairing. Daniel has no idea what’s really going on either.”
Sterling lowered his head and growled deep in his throat. The muscles under his coat bunched, tensed. “This changes nothing. Just an extra task.”
“An extra task?” I asked, not understanding.
Jerron stood abreast of Alan and shouted, “What are you doing here?”
“He is painfully stupid.” Sterling risked a quick glance at me. “Go. My father will look after you.”
