Rejected To Be Your Second Chance novel Chapter 104

　　　　"Brother." Mason met me outside just as the cars drove away.

　　"Yes?" I said and turned around.

　　"What do we do about Sebastian?" he asked.

　　I smiled a big smile that filled me with genuine joy. However, for my brother, it meant agony. He groaned and shook his head slowly back and forth.

　　"Don't do this to me. I'm begging you! I'd rather work at the preschool changing diapers on the pups for a year!" He cupped his hands in front of his chest and pleaded.

　　"You've got this. There's no one I'd trust more with this than you, brother," I said and clapped my hand on the side of his face encouragingly.

　　"Why the hell can't you go? Or send some warriors," he whined as we returned to the house.

　　"I'm going on my own mission," I said.

　　"To where? Can I come with?"

　　My shoulders shook as I laughed. I turned and looked at my brother as we entered the house.

　　"I'm going to find the Seer."

　　"In the Nightingale Forest, where you think she may live?" he asked with a baffled expression.

　　"That's right," I said and winked.

　　"I'll go with you. If you're going to be that close to the Emberclaw pack, you'll need backup!"

　　"I have backup," I said.

　　Mason stopped and stared at me.

　　"Who could be better than your own brother with the same alpha blood that you have?" he asked.

　　Footsteps were heard coming down the stairs, and Justin dropped the bags on the floor. He looked up and smiled, dressed for a long walk in the woods.

　　Mason looked at him and then turned to me with wide eyes, betrayal written on his face.

　　"Seriously? You're taking the newbie instead of me?" Justin winced as my brother's tone turned edgy.

　　"I'm taking an Emberclaw," I said, hoping he'd understand the implication.

　　"So you two are going into the forest to look for the badass woman who can see the future, but you're sending me to go to that sky-high hippie jackass to look and look for an even dumber guy than the alpha he's staying with?" Mason whined.

　　I looked at Justin and then back at my brother. "Yeah, pretty much," I said and smiled.

　　"Load the bags in the car." Justin nodded and took the bags outside.

　　Cara came down the stairs with Graham. Mason and I looked away in disgust as they started licking each other's faces beside the railing.

　　"That is not what a father wants to see his daughter doing." He pushed Graham away.

　　"Sorry, Dad."

　　"Thank god," Mason breathed.

　　I, too, scratched the back of my head as I turned back around.

　　"Why are you guys all packed?" Mason asked.

　　"I'm going with Kade and the super-wolf to hunt down the Seer."

　　I glanced at my brother because I knew full well that betrayed face would be back.

　　He drew a deep breath and rolled back his shoulders.

　　"I'm getting very upset right now," he said, adequately expressing his emotions as our mother taught him.

　　"Don't worry, bro. You get me," Graham said and slapped his shoulder.

　　Mason showed a tense smile. "Great," he said with distaste.

　　I choked on the laughter that bubbled up.

　　"Be careful, children, and Mason, remember that Alpha Rilery might be a dumbass, but he has more substances in him than a pharmacy does, so never trust a single move he makes or word he says," our father warned.

　　Everyone went out and hopped in the cars. Cara and Graham were saying goodbye by the car. Mason closed the trunk before coming to say goodbye.

　　"Be careful in there, and you—" he said and looked at Justin. "Make sure you all come back in one piece. You know better than anyone that the forest isn't a joke."

　　Justin bowed his head and grinned.

　　"Yes?" I asked.

　　Cara and I looked equally confused. However, I felt it then—the scent was getting stronger, but it was not how I wanted it.

　　"It's coming from the west," I groaned.

　　"It makes sense. If she is who your king has been hiding, it makes sense that he would want her close," Cara said.

　　"What do you want to do?" Justin asked me.

　　What I wanted and what we had to do were two very different things.

　　"Let's go," I said and started walking out west.

　　We had to be quiet, careful, and as invisible as possible. Having Justin was what gave us an advantage. He knew how their warriors operated and when they stepped over the border. It wasn't often they went this far away from the pack.

　　"It's getting stronger," Cara said and wrinkled her nose.

　　"And sharper," Justin said, sounding confused.

　　We walked past more trees and bushes. Everything everywhere looked exactly the same. Other times when I was here, fireflies were leading my way. I couldn't get lost, but we were so deep into the forest by now that I wondered how we'd get out.

　　Something was lighting up behind a big rose bush. We took careful steps to see what it was.

　　When I saw it, I couldn't focus my eyes. Something had to be wrong.

　　"This is it," I said with certainty.

　　"How can you know?" Cara asked.

　　"I've been here before," I said and walked around the bush.

　　The cottage was small. The light wasn't like when she brought me here, but I knew this was it.

　　"Alpha Kade."

　　I turned around. Over by the trees where the small clearing ended, she stood holding flowers.

　　"Why are you alive?" she said, her face contorting in confusion.