Chapter 191


    “I told you not to,” Nichs said. “I gave you reasons.


    “You don’t understand,” I said.


    “What is there to understand? You are endangering yourself


    “Her sister is involved,” Julian cut in. He wasing closer to us.


    Nichs’s mouth snapped closed. He furrowed his brow like he didn’t know what to believe. “How do


    you know?”


    I looked to Julian. “Show him what you showed me.”


    Julian took out his phone, prepped the surveince video again and turned the screen toward Nichs.


    He watched the entire thing.


    “So she bought fabric. What does this prove?” he asked.


    “She was at the second ball. Julian matched a feather that I found from her dress to the feathers in the


    Then he found this footage. That’s where he’s been the past few days,” I exined.


    A muscle ticked in Nichs’s jaw. “She was at the party?


    “She was,” I said. “And she…”


    “Piper,” Julian said, and it sounded like a warning. Maybe he didn’t want me to tell Nichs the whole


    truth. Maybe he wanted to keep things between us.


    But I couldn’t do that. My secret–keeping from before had led to me losing my wolf, and while I didn’t


    regret doing what I did to save Elva and my sister, now I wondered how things might have been


    different if I had been more honest with Nichs from the start.


    Maybe he could have thought of another option.


    Maybe we could have survived together these past three years.


    I didn’t know. But this was so much bigger than me now. Nichs needed to know how deep my


    Sister’s involvement was so that he could protect all of us.


    She has thy wolf, Nichs, I don’t know how. But I caw her, and I felt i


    frowned. Could it be Iver own wolf?


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    Nichs’s arms were still around me. He held me, unwaveringly, like he wasn’t nning on letting go. I


    wanted to melt into him forfort, but I knew it wasn’t my ce.


    He lowered his head, and spoke softly to me. “This is so dangerous, Piper. If this is real, your sister is


    likely involved in some nefarious stuff. If you keep on this path, you are going to get hurt.”


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    “What else can I do?” I said back, matching his low tone. “If she’s a pawn in this, I have to save her. If


    she’s not…” It hurt me to even think of it, but I had to. I had to face the very real possibility that my


    ny sister might now be a threat to me and Elva. “If shees after Elva…”


    Nichs’s arms tightened around me waist as if on reflex. “That won’t happen.”


    “Only if we stop her. Stop them. You see now why I can’t give up. While I can never give up.”


    His eyes met mine and I could see the war waging within them. He didn’t want to agree with me, but he


    couldn’t deny that I was right.


    Slowly, he nodded. “I understand now.”


    “So you’ll help us?”


    He sighed. “I’ll help protect you.”


    “That sounds like a yes to me,” Julian said,ing closer. He patted us both on the back. A wide grin


    split his face. “Guess this makes us some kind of wonder trio.”


    “Don’t get ahead of yourself,” Nichs snapped.


    I lowered my forehead to Nichs’s shoulder and allowed myself to finally breathe.


    I didn’t want to go back to the celebration, especially after what I’d learned, and after what I’d


    experienced with Terry. Nichs offered to walk me back to my room instead.


    1 want to talk to Mark and the guards,” he said. “We’ll need to strengthen our security measures” Tm


    worried about Susie, though, I said. “She’s still in the ballroom, and Terry might target her.”