Chapter 387

I shake my head and close my eyes again, pulling on Cyran’s strength.

“My name is Rik Forte.” Nothing.

“I am Alpha of Canyon Ridge Pack.” Nothing.

“Trevor is my Gamma.” Metal.

“Yep, that worked.” I say, smacking my tongue around in my mouth and trying to remove the taste.

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“It really does taste terrible.” Eli says behind me.

All of our heads turn to look at him.

“You can taste it, too?” Ailduin says, looking intently at Eli.

“Yeah. Grace is right, it’s gross.

I look back at Ailduin. “What does it mean?”

He’s looking at us and I can almost see the steam coming out of his ears his brain is working so hard.

“Let’s try something else. Angel.” He motions for her to come back over.

“I want you to try to mind link your pack, using Maia’s abilities. Liam, I want you to touch Angel while she’s pulling from Grace. Once Angel says she can link, I want you to try as well.”

I feel Alessia reach out, pulling from Maia’s strength before Angel’s eyes go unfocused. “I’ve connected to Sarah. She says Dustin is with her.” She says.

I watch as Liam’s eyes go unfocused and a moment later, a smile spreads across his face. “Dustin says we have terrible timing.

He turns looking at the group. “We couldn’t do this with Cara.” He says before looking back at me. “It must be your power.”

It worked. Cara hops up. “I want to try.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea, Cara. We don’t know how it might impact your or our little Peanut.” Rik says, coming up behind her.

Cara looks at Angel. “Do you feel tired at all?”

“No, it was more tiring when Maia was pulling from Alessia. But, Alessia pulling from Maia almost energized me.‘

Cara turns to Rik. “We’re trying it. If I start to feel fatigued, well, any more than I already do, I’ll stop.”

Rik lips press into a thin line, but he walks up to Cara, wrapping his arms around her. “I’m holding on to you, just in case.”

Cara smiles, then wiggles back against him before reaching out to me. I take her hands and look at Ailduin. “What do you want us to try?”

“Do you have any pack members away from the pack?” He asks Cara.

“We do. We have a couple visiting family in a pack that’s in the next state over, several hours drive from here.” Cara replies.

“Let’s try. Don’t overexert yourself, we don’t want to hurt your child, but I’d like to see if Artemis can pull from Maia’s strength.”

When I take Cara’s hands, the connection between our wolves is instantaneous,

“Whoa.” I say, startled by how easy it is to connect.

“We are family.” Maia tells me out loud. “I will always be able to connect to my child, just as Alessia will.” I turn and see that Alessia has pushed forward again.

“Always.” She agrees.

“See what I mean? It’s weird.” I hear Liam whisper to Eli.

“It definitely is.” Eli agrees.

“Cara, I want you to concentrate. I know you have the ability to mind link long distances, but with Maia’s help, Artemis should be able to mind link your pack distances, members, even though the distance extends past your reach.”

Cara, like Angel, focuses on my face. I feel it when Artemis pulls Maia’s strength and Cara inhales sharply. Rik is instantly on alert. “Cara, do we need to stop?”

“No, Angel is right. Maia’s strength is almost…invigorating. I feel great.”

I watch as she focuses on her task and then her eyes go unfocused. It takes a few minutes, but suddenly she speaks. “I have them, both of them.”

Ailduin looks at Rik. “Your turn Rik. Have Kai pull from Artemis and see if can also link your pack members.”

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Rik’s eyes go unfocused. It takes him a bit longer, but suddenly his face lights up with a smile. “I’ve got them.”

We drop our hands and take a moment to appreciate the significance of what just happened.

“I believe we have underestimated the strength of Aloysius‘ line. Or perhaps, as with Bellona’s line, it has strengthened with a reincarnation.” Ailduin says.

“This has been most enlightening. Aolis and I have much to chronicle. I want to go back and look through my books, but I don’t believe that the Guardians have ever worked together like this. I believe the more you practice, the stronger you will become, individually and together. I would like to come back in two weeks‘

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time to practice and test some more. But in the meantime, you can practice together or with your mates to see if you can boost your Guardian strengths.”

We all agree to meet back here in two weeks‘ time. Hopefully, Cara won’t deliver early, and she can also participate in the training. We say our goodbyes and head back to our packs.

Cooper

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