Independent She-wolf novel Chapter 41

"Still, why did you let me die?"

The Spirit Wolf sighed. "Even I don't have the power to stop a rabid rouge's venom."

Tears spilled over my eyes. "What am I supposed to do?" I asked desperately.

"This is where I will take action, my dear," it told me. "I have a proposition for you."

It was going to offer me a deal? I would do anything to be alive again. Jace and I weren't ready to be separated. We needed each other now more than ever. The rest of my family, too. "I will do anything to be back," I said.

A smile spread across the Spirit Wolf's face. "I was hoping you'd say that. Come on, walk with me." It walked off and I ran to catch up with it, almost tripping over a tree root in the process. We walked along the autumn forest. Leaves were different shades of reds, oranges, yellows, and browns. They sprinkled the trees and were spread out over the ground. Then, the Spirit Wolf explained what I had to do.

"You see, Danielle, I don't like the rouges or the stalkers. They are causing trouble among the werewolves. I don't like it. I need them gone and I need you to do it."

Me? I was shocked. "Wait, but if they bit me, I'd just die again. I mean why don't you have one of your more direct descendants do it. They'd be better at it."

The Spirit Wolf looked at me. "Hear me out, Miss Cameron. You are special. I didn't choose just anyone to have the gene of being a werewolf. I gave you the power because I knew you could do it.

"Now, about returning to your mate, I want the both of you to eliminate all of the rouges. There are forty-seven of them. If you eliminate them all, you can have your life back."

"Why don't you just kill them?" I asked.

It looked at me like I was insane. "Because I don't have power over who dies and when. I need you to kill them all. Of course, I won't let you die again until it is your time. I will give you and your mate immortality in order to do this job."

"Are you serious?" I asked. "You want Jace and I to kill them all?"

"Yes," the Spirit wolf said. "But there is a consequence if you don't do your job. You must kill all forty-seven of them in the span of five years. And I will make sure there no more wolves to go rouge. But listen to me, Danielle. If you don't do this within five years, your will die again. This time there won't be any way to come back. And I will make it so your mate can never die. You two will be separated forever. He will live a life on misery forever. Do not procrastinate."

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