Chapter 38

• "I can only guess that this Rafe person had something to do with why none of us cared that Jenna disappeared. According to Aislinn he was standing there watching us all and no one questioned his presence or the presence of his men and they were there as well. Aislinn said that distance from Rafe has a lessening affect on his abilities. I for one am feeling it necessary to question not only my own actions that night but things that I observed on the way in that were unusual as well. Now that you've mentioned those questions you brought up, Terrick, and I don't know about anyone else, but I seem to remember strange greenish bonfires. I'd say that the bonfires may have had something to do with it as well. Right now I have quite a few questions that still need answers. So I can't do more than tell you all what I have and attempt to arrange for additional solutions. Aislinn was only able to shed some light. But she is for the most part ignorant of the finer details. Rafe seems to want something. She thinks it has to do with our standing stones. We've owned that property since I came to leadership and our possession of it was never questioned. I always believed them to be an attractive landmark and a reminder of our past. But it seems there may be more to it than that. We're going to have to look into quite a few things to get the rest of the answers we seek. But I believe the worst threat is the possibility of traitors amongst our own number and the now imminent threat posed by the Tairneach."
• Terrick growled his annoyance. "Don't you think it would have been better to turn the bastard down when he first started all this coach as opposed to waiting until the girl was beneath you to deal with the fact that you preferred this random human you picked up at some bar?" Cullen had to use every ounce of control he had to keep from launching across the table at Terrick. He had known that the subject would be broached, but Terrick was taking too many liberties with his position in the pack.
• "How do you know that you can even trust her," Celia asked with more jealousy than Cullen would have expected from her. "If she's having these visions is she even human? How much do you really know?" Celia didn't like the way Cullen was referring to Aislinn at all. And from what she had heard about where Aislinn had spent the evening Celia was feeling a strong desire to rip the girl's throat out.