Melissa F. Olson - 04 Boundary Broken by Melissa F. Olson

Author:Melissa F. Olson [Olson, Melissa F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

I had reached the same conclusion. If whoever had hired the werewolves just wanted to kill witches, the woman would have attacked in wolf form. Most vampires now carried a small blade to cut, rather than bite, their victims. The baggies suggested the wolf had planned to bleed me to death, then carry the blood away to make it look like a vampire attack. It would appear as though Maven had sent her people into Wyoming to break up the meeting. Violently. As plans go, it was smart as hell—and that scared me.

“All right, Lex,” Maven said next. “You’ve got all the pieces of this thing. Walk us through her plan.”

What she was really saying was convince me you get this. Katia shot me a look of sympathy, and I took a deep breath. “Okay. Morgan knows there are only three years left before the treaty between you and the witches is over, which means you’ll be negotiating a new one soon. You said yourself that you’ve sort of already started, by grooming the Cheyenne pack to come into the state. That—the weekend pass—gave her a way in. She made sure the werewolves were killed in a big, public way—so there was no chance it wouldn’t make the news. That sent all the witches in the state to Hazel Pellar’s door, and I’m guessing Morgan still has people loyal to her.”

I paused, then added, “I also think she got one of them to goad Lily until she used her apex magic.” I hadn’t wanted to reveal Lily’s slip, but Maven needed to understand the scale of this thing. I wished I could see her face, to gauge if she was upset with Lily, but all she said over the phone was, “Go on.”

So I did. “While Hazel was distracted and off-balance, Morgan got the witches to come to Wyoming so she could persuade them that she’d been the victim all along. I think the moving offer is a sham. During and after the meeting, the werewolves were supposed to kill the witches and make it look like a vampire attack, a sentence I never thought I’d say out loud.” The Colorado witches were already distrustful of Maven, and anyone who didn’t understand vampire politics and resources would find it perfectly believable that Maven would send her people into Wyoming—hell, I had believed she could do that, before she’d explained it to me.

“And what would she accomplish by framing me?” Maven’s voice was calm, and I figured I was doing okay, but now we were getting to the guessing part.

“If the werewolves had succeeded in killing witches, Morgan would have had someone in Clan Pellar propose a change in leadership in Colorado rather than a move to Wyoming.” Morgan wouldn’t make the suggestion herself—that might put suspicion on her, or at least make it look like she was taking advantage of the hypothetical murders. But if someone else suggested it, and all the witches in Colorado believed it . . .

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