Chapter Seventy Seven
THANE
I had flown by my private jet before; I rarely used it. I do believe technology has done more harm than good, and as werewolves we had less need for it. While the humans relied fully on the use of technology for almost… everything.
Logan had left me with Isabella. She hadn’t uttered a single word to me but things were better that way, as long as she was able to communicate the directions to Simon, my pilot, I was fine with the silence. The flight stretched on for a full day, and I didn’t enjoy a minute of it; I would prefer Bruce ‘Shifting Spell‘ anytime to this.
“This is the only landing space closest to the mountains.” Simon informed us from the cockpit.
“It will have to do.” I responded.
Finally, the jet lowered down on a natural clearing.
It was snowing lightly but I didn’t need to worry about the cold; my body could maintain the heat.
Isabella was the first to get out; it seemed like she had been counting the minutes and seconds till she could finally get out of the aircraft, and I didn’t blame her; I felt the same.
I got out next, instructing Simon to stay and wait; he nodded.
I could travel in my wolf form, but it will take even more time, and I wanted to get back to Riley as soon as I could, just as I promised.
“That.” Isabella pointed, “It’s the Everveil Mountains. If we can get there before nighttime, then we can get back here and leave just as quickly.”
“How did you figure all this out?” I asked her, slightly impressed.
“This little trip doesn’t make us friends or anything… I hate you, Thane, and I am here for my sake.” She reminded me before walking forward.
Come to think of it, I had never seen Bella mad. All those years ago when we had been together, she never once got angry; maybe it was because she knew her death was near, and so she wasn’t willing to waste even a second on something so trivial. I couldn’t say the same about now.
“We would get there faster if we ran.”
“Just in case you didn’t notice. I can’t exactly reach my wolf right now; I wouldn’t have asked for your help if I could transform.”
I took off my clothes.
She immediately turned away, but I did catch her peeping.
“I trust that if I go… out of control, you help me get back in line.”
She only gave a slight nod, and then I transformed. I paused, waiting for her to climb on. She walked closer, running her hands through my fur; my wolf liked it, but I was still in control. I took a step back,
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giving her a warning stare. She snapped back to her old self–the very same one that was still mad at me for throwing her out of my pack and attempting to reject her.
She picked up my clothes and climbed on, albeit a bit reluctantly. The moment she was seated, I took off for the mountains.
I had doubts; if this was that easy to get, shouldn’t people have discovered it?
It was too late to turn back now.
We got to the top of the mountains by noon, I spotted strange pink lights in the distance; only when I got closer did I realize they weren’t just lights. They were flowers. the most beautiful flowers I had ever seen. I couldn’t deny they did look magical.
Isabella climbed off my back, and I switched back to my human form; she passed my clothes back to me, but her eyes remained on the flowers.
“I can’t believe it. It’s really true–I didn’t know if we would find it, if it would still be here, but it is real. “She gasped in awe. “They are called the healer lilies, she said to me.
“Take one and try; if it does heal, then we take a portion back.” I said, and she glared at me, obviously not liking the fact that I wasn’t gaping at some flowers just like she was. She walked towards the flowerbed, and she gently uprooted one. It glowed in her hands.
“I don’t know how exactly this works.”
“So you managed to find a plant that cures every illness but didn’t bother to discover how it’s been used?
