Typhoon & Tempest

Chapter Twenty Four

"Nothing!"

"It's a surprise." Jack explained, and stood up off the pink carpet. "You finally ready for us to snoop through your library? We've been here for over an hour."

Andrew's bright eyes softened. "Yeah sorry about that, pack meetings always take longer than I want them to."

"You are the alpha aren't you? Can't you just leave?" Jack raised an eyebrow.

"I am the Alpha," Andrew smirked, "but I still have my advisers."

Jack hummed to herself, wondering if he actually listened to them and took their advice or just let them talk. She turned back to Lily who was still sitting on the floor with Alice. "You coming to the library?"

Lily turned to Alice, smiling. "Thank you for letting us hang out in your room."

"It's okay. You two are allowed. Andrew and Ryan aren't."

"Why am I banned?" Andrew frowned but Alice ignored him, like usual.

"We'll let you finish your surprise drawing and come back before we go?" Lily said, standing up, brushing the pink fluff off her knees. Alice beamed and dove back into her drawing, holding all the pencils yet again.

Lily left her to it and followed Jack and Andrew into the library. When they'd shown up to go over the pack's books, Alice had answered the door with a beaming grin at the sight of Lily. She'd said Andrew was in a meeting, and Alice jumped up in excitement when Lily asked if they could hang out with her in the meantime. They learned very quickly that Jack couldn't draw to save her life.

Andrew pushed open the doors to the study and Lily breathed in the comforting smell of old leather. "Sorry about taking so long." He said as he walked over to lean on his desk. "What are you looking for?"

"Anything that references the woman in your grandfather's log." Lily said.

Andrew scoffed. "Good luck, I've scoured these logs since I was a kid, nothing sticks out."

Lily shrugged, ignoring the despair that clang in her stomach.. "It's still worth a look. The books here are far more extensive than the ones the school has."

"Of course - the ones in the school were donated by the pack." Andrew said, watching as Lily put her bag down and walked over to the nearest shelf. "The school doesn't have the logs, but they have any texts we have multiple copies of."

"Show off." Jack smirked.

Andrew met her stare. "Impressed yet?"

"Nope." Jack turned away without another glance, examining the shelves. "Where do you want to start Lily?"

"I can take this side, you and Andrew take the other?" Lily said. Jack blinked at her and huffed.

"Okay, come on Andrew, let's see how much you know about these books." Jack said, waving him over to the other side. Lily glimpsed Andrew's eyes lighting up in challenge, but his jaw was clenched at being ordered around. He was an alpha, the most dominant wolf, and he didn't like being demanded to do something.

He was in for a challenge if he thought Jack would roll over. Lily cocked her head to the side, making a note to herself. Jack vs. Andrew - Jack winning, within seven minutes.

Lily stroked the old spines, letting the pool of hope swell inside her heart. Maybe there was something here to help her, to tell her what she is. There could be anything in those pages, but she wished it was an answer to the adventure her life had become. All adventures had maps, keys or legends of some kind. Lily took a book of the shelf, hoping there was a legend about her.