A Healer's Pain: Celestial Wolves Book 1✔

Chapter Thirty-One

"Nia's pretty powerful," Lex agreed, "We just don't know what she can do."

"Yeah, what with her being a godling of unknown blood and adopted by the Moon and all." Kai's voice held an edge Lex couldn't quite define.

"Look guys, I've had a lot on my mind lately. It's not like we've had time to hang since Nia came. I would've told you about it eventually." Not that he owed them an explanation, he was their alpha and he could withhold anything he wished.

Bas glared a warning at Kai who shrugged and looked away. Lex knew them well enough to know Bas was just cautioning Kai on his tone and not what he'd said.

"The thing is," Bas put in. "We all know gods are bad news and already that other god showed up because of them. Everybody knows our realm is fair game to them, their fighting ground. How long before some even more unfriendly ones show up because of your mate and her siblings?"

Taking a deep breath Lex held it for a few moments longer then slowly exhaled it. He'd read some mystical mumbo jumbo that said such breathing helped to calm one's rage. Lex didn't want to be the kind of alpha who lashed out at the least provocation, let alone some semblance of truth he didn't want to hear.

And Bas was right, the older generations where full of  stories where the gods had fought, turning the world into a bloodbath. The worst was when they went to war, it was their people who suffered. People who turned primitive and did unspeakable things to their enemies.

There were stories of gruesome rites, sadistic sacrifices and masochistic mutilations, all to please or appease some god. The wars between mythkind races had fallen to a few tensions that rarely resulted in death. But if the gods turned against each other - as they might over the moon's children - then those wars would resurge.

"Huehuecoyotl was already here when they came." He explained, his voice distant as his thoughts raced.

He hadn't even thought about any of this, too caught up in the joy of having a mate to use his brain. Not that he'd ever leave Nia, that was unacceptable, he just needed to start acting like the alpha he was. He needed to anticipate problems and come up with solutions. The obvious place to start would be with Bas and Kai who hadn't been as short sighted.

"Wee wee who?" Kai asked, looking at an equally confused Bas.

"We we kojo t" he enunciated. "Primodial form of the trickster god, very powerful, interested in Santiago for some reason, which might explain why he's had a hard time in his life. I mean in every story I've heard about the Coyote, he's muddled up things."

"Wow, back up and explain things a bit." Kai interjected. "Primordial gods? Coyote?"

Lex explained what he could. Some of the knowledge had come from Nia's subconscious when she'd shared her experience with the god. He explained how the god had kept tabs on Santiago from the time he was born, punished his birth pack for daring to lay a hand on him and blessed the Shadow's end for their treatment of Santiago. He sketched the essence of what Nia had shown them, leaving out some things that were personal.

"So he'd already possessed Leo before Nia came?" Bas asked, revulsion in his tone.

"Inhabited." Lex corrected. "Demons possess, taking over a person's free will and all. On the other hand the gods find common ground with someone, share their bodies and don't influence them one way or another without them agreeing."

Bas' face had a horrified look to it. "How about the 'Inhabiting'?" He asked. "Did Leo agree to that or do they just come in uninvited?"

Lex's face tensed as anger washed over him. "Oh yeah she did. Years ago apparently. I can't figure it why she would agree to it though."