• The • Rise • Of • The • Shapeshifters •

Chapter Twenty One~ Shut Up and Let Me Protect You.

He sighed. "Don't you trust me?"

Did I? Sure he saved my life, he's been true to me this whole time but he was still a hunter. And like Marie had said, I can't change that by being in his life for a short span of time

I trust him.

I want to trust him.

"I just want to know what you keep insisting we prepare for, if it isn't The Venatores then what is it?"

"The truth." Dario mumbled.

"What's that suppose to-"

"Ally." Lucien said with some kind of urgency. "I can't tell you. It's not some oath or anything like that, it's just not my place to tell you. It'll work out. I promise. But if things do take a turn for the worse... You need to be ready to do anything. Okay?"

He's been so secretive lately. I searched his eyes and all I saw was worry.

"Okay." I whispered.

This was all scaring the hell out of me. Even the birds didn't like the sound of that because they all stopped singing.

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Lucien's POV

•Flashback•

"This makes no sense." Mason said with a blank look.

"It doesn't add up." Delia agreed nodding slowly.

"The Venatores never leave the job half done." Kevin said shaking his head vigorously.

Dario and I sat there shell shocked at what Cora had said before she left us with our tumultuous thoughts.

Isaiah? Isaiah Allen? Alive...? How?

Why would they recruit him? Don't they know who his daughter is? Who his partner was?

Of course they must know. They have eyes every where...

"That's why Cora's here isn't it?" Mason asked his eyes searching mine suspiciously. "To finish the job."

That statement hung in the air among us.

Dario and I gave each other a meaningful side glance.

We weren't sure on that but what we did know was that a deadly family might just take a stroll through Kingswood and Ally was not an orphan.

"We can't tell them." Dario said lowly. They were our friends, but we still were who we are. The only way to not hurt anyone was to not say anything.

I gave a stiff nod. "But they have to be ready."

He nodded in agreement. It was sealed.

Alecia's POV

When Lucien spaced out for the third time during our walk, I snapped at him.