Chapter 253: Good vision

The two lovebirds were having a pleasant dinner together, chatting about this and that when Amber started to change the topic.

"So, what happened? Why were you sleeping on the porch?" she asked, her chin on her hand as she looked at him curiously.

Erick froze, his spoon stopped midway to his mouth before he placed it down on his plate. He scratched the back of his head awkwardly. "Honestly, I did not realize that I had fallen asleep there. Dane's power must have slowly weakened, thus making me fall asleep."

"Dane?" she repeated, looking confused. "How did Dane come about? Did you shift last night? What happened?" she asked, questions shooting quickly from her mouth.

Erick let out a light chuckle. "Slow down, honey," he said, laughing. "One question at a time."

He then continued, answering her patiently, telling her about what had happened that night, how he half-shifted and tried to chase Rehan until the outskirts of town.

Amber's eyes widened in surprise. "You saw Rehan?!?" she said in disbelief.

Erick nodded. He then looked at her in the eyes. "He was with Mrs. Paccito."

Amber gasped in shock. "What? Mrs. Paccito? So was it really true?" she asked. "You saw them together?"

Erick nodded again.

Amber exhaled a deep breath. "Wow. I'd never thought that it could be real," she said, feeling shocked. "This is going to be so awkward..." she continued as she stared off-space.

Erick frowned, confused. "What do you mean?" he asked.

"What about my job?"

"What about your job?" he asked back, still confused.

"Like, how awkward would it be when it comes to the boss versus the ex-boss! And knowing that you're going to side with Ronan, of course, I would be with you since you're my mate!!" she exclaimed.

Erick laughed. "I don't see how that can be such a problem," he said, chuckling.

She shrugged. "You'd never know," she said slowly.

Erick stood up and caressed her head lovingly. "Don't you worry about it. You're just overthinking it. Even if there is a problem, you can just come to me, okay?" he said.

Amber nodded as she smiled up at him.

While the two mates were having a pleasant evening, it wasn't so for the shifters at the Kendall packhouse. The atmosphere was grim and tense as Lachlan, Fergus and Elder Zyair were discussing the information that they had received from the imprisoned warlocks. In a few minutes, they were going to have a meeting with the other elders to get their opinions and feedback about these. Jose and Ezekiel had already gone back to their hometowns a couple of hours after that little meeting in the Kendall's underground prison.

"So, I believed that we should start as soon as possible. We can't let this go on and let them get the upper hand," Elder Zyair said. "Didn't that warlock say that Harding has started on an experiment that may bring chaos to this world? He's going to make the power between all the shifters to be unbalanced. Hence, this does not just concern the werewolves but other supernatural beings!"

Fergus nodded as he looked over at his Alpha. "I agree with Elder Zyair."

Lachlan sighed. He then stood up and said, "Alright then." He turned to Fergus and said, "Inform the triplets, Erick, Hamish and Dex to join in the meeting."

Fergus looked surprised. "Dex too?" he said.

Lachlan nodded. "Yes. He's been getting stronger lately. And it's been a while since he had joined any mission. I'd like him to get more involved now, helping with Erick, especially when Hamish might not be around due to job."

Recently, Latham no longer trains the newly shifted shifters as he became busy with his own work and also accompanying Lachlan at the packhouse. Instead, Dex, who has now married with his mate, had taken over the training.

Although he and Zoe don't have a child yet, the two weren't in a rush. Probably because Dex wanted his mate to get used to the shifter life. After mating with Zoe, he brought her to live with him, where she was slowly trying to adapt, which was going well. And even if she wasn't close to Amber and the other female shifters, they weren't awkward with each other. Yes, she knew about them being shifters and wasn't appalled by it. Rather, she embraced it as she herself became one after mating.

And apparently, after Dex had taken over the training, he became closer to Latham, seeing the latter as an older brother or guardian. The two became close where Dex always comes over to see Latham, to ask for advice when it comes to training. Hence why, other than training the new shifters, he would also assist Latham at his workshop. This was especially convenient since it helps Latham to be able to trust Dex to deal with the workshop if he was being called by the Alpha to the packhouse.

Fergus bowed his head in respect and said, "Yes, Alpha."

Few minutes later, the meeting room in the packhouse was crowded with bulky men and one woman. Despite the late hours, the atmosphere in the room was still lively and bustling as the elders of the pack talked with one another, while the young ones sat in their seats, quiet. This was because they were a bit miffed that they were pulled away from their mates and were told to attend the meeting.

Lachlan looked around him and nodded in satisfaction when he saw that everyone was there.

He placed his hands on the table and leaned forward. "Alright, let's start the meeting," he announced.

He then stood up straight and continued, "So, after much thought and getting the information from the warlocks, it was informed that Harding is back and is getting stronger. He has been conducting experiments, trying to make the power in this world unbalanced. So, before that happens, we need to put him down. However, we aren't sure about his current powers right now. And because of this, we would need to look into it."

He turned to Elder Zyair, who nodded back. The latter then stood up, looking at each shifter in the room and said, "And we actually found a clue on the whereabouts of Harding's hideout. So, we're going…"

Before he could finish his sentence, Paccia, who had been silent all this while, raised her hand up. Everyone turned their heads towards her, including Lachlan.

Paccia looked at Lachlan first, asking for permission to talk without speaking. Lachlan nodded.

As she stood up, Elder Zyair went to sit down. Paccia cleared her throat. "Instead of just getting a clue, I have a better method."

She glanced at Lachlan again before continuing, "I've been experimenting with the skins of the warlock earlier. And this is the result." She grabbed her small pouch and reached inside. She then took out some dust and sprinkled them on top of the table.

Everyone was silent as they watched the dust being sprinkled all over. Soon after, the dust suddenly brightened and sparkled. It then began to float in the air before twirling around, similar to a small cyclone. It slowly widened its breadth before a small imagery started to appear in the eye of the tiny typhoon.

One could hear gasps around the table when they saw the vision being projected in front of them.

It was the same warlock that was being imprisoned in the underground prison!

The difference was that he looked healthy and uninjured. The audience in the room slowly realized that the image was showing them the past! They all quietened down as they continued to watch. Although there were no sounds coming from it, the image was very clear and vivid.

Erick frowned as he too watched the image.

Few minutes passed and the vision was still playing. The longer they watched, the more they understood that the image was playing backwards. And to their glee, it actually shows where the warlock appears from, before arriving at the vampires' dens.

Yes, exactly! The last image that they saw was of Harding standing in what appears to be his hall room in his hideout!

After the vision was over, everyone was still quiet. All of them were surprised, never expecting this good outcome.

Lachlan turned to Paccia and said, "Good work, Paccia."

Paccia beamed with happiness. She bowed her head and said, "Thank you, my Alpha."

Lachlan turned back to his packmates and continued, "With this, we can start to make plans to eliminate Harding once and for all!"

"Yes, Alpha!"