Chapter 55: Coming Home To Chaos

Grayson

I hated to leave out from the Blue Blood Pack without a formal goodbye, at least. I got a call from my pack that I was needed back as soon as possible. I let Piper know what was going on and would come back as soon as we had everything taken care of. What I was not expecting was to go home to a pack full of chaos. Two of my back members were found dead near our borders. One was a young pack member named Brian. He was only seventeen. The other was one of my best warriors. Tommy had been on patrol the night before but never made it home. He had a wife and two young children. This is not how I wanted Piper to meet the pack.

We both left the pack house with my beta and a few warriors.

"Do they know who did this yet?" Piper asked and took me out of my train of thoughts.

"Not yet we are going to see if there are any clues left where their bodies were found."

"OK, hopefully, we will find something." She said as we continued to walk. We had not been here long, but my pack members seemed to take a liking to Piper, and she seemed to like it here so far. I could smell the scent of blood, and it was mixed with something else. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I was on edge, looking around, trying to put a name with the scent. But, I was also on edge that Piper was here and keeping her safe as well.

"I think I know what was here," Piper tells me in our link, and I remember she can read my thoughts if I don't put a hold on them.

"What is it?" I ask back but out loud. If she knows what killed them, my beta and warriors need to know so that they know what to look for.

"I feel the leftover residue of magic. I am sure a witch has been here." She tells us, and I hear the growls that leave my pack members.

"What do you mean by residue?"

"When magic is used, it leaves a residue on the air. If you are a witch or warlock someone that practices, you can feel the leftover residue from their magic. The darker the magic, the heavier the deposition will be. It is heavy here, similar to a large black cloud." I take a deep breath listening to her. She starts to move her hands and says words, but they are so low, and I am sure they are in a different language that I can't understand her. I see lights start to shine and move around the area. It is like they are dancing, then they disappear in a puff of smoke. I look at Piper, waiting on her to tell us what she did.

"There was blood magic performed here. I am not sure what the intent of the magic is, but whoever did it is old and knows magic well." She tells me with a sad look on her face. I take her into my arms to comfort her.

"So it is someone like you that did this?" One of my warriors says, and I can hear the hostility in his voice, and I feel Piper sink more into my arms. The growl leaves my mouth and is louder than I even thought it would be. It causes Piper to jump in my arms, pissing me off even more.

"She may have magic, but she is nothing like the person that did this. She is also your new Luna, and you better show her the respect that she deserves. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" I say in my Alpha tone, and he bows his head to us both in submission.

"Alpha, I think we need to head back and come up with a plan to make sure the borders are more protected." My beta says, trying to change the subject. But before I can speak up, Piper beats me to it.

"I will place a protection spell on the pack lands. It will also alert us if someone uses magic to cross into the pack lands."

"Can you do that from here?"

"I will have to visit several spots around the pack land, and I will need some ingredients." She tells me, looking at all of us in the process.

"OK, give Brad the list of stuff you need, and then me and you can figure out what spots on the lands you need to go to," I tell her as I nod to my Beta Brad. As Piper walks to Brad, telling him what she needs, I take another walk around the area, looking at the scene. I don't see anything left, but my gut tells me that I am missing something. Then, finally, I see something shining a few feet away. I walk over and pick it up. It is a charm like off of a bracelet. What is this doing out here? I think to myself. Then a jump when Piper puts her hand on my shoulder.

"I am sorry. I did not mean to scare you." She says, giving me a brilliant smile.

"It's OK. I just found this and wondering what it is doing out here." I tell her as I hand over the charm to her.

"It looks like a wolf and the moon. Maybe it belongs to one of the men." She says, and it might have, so I take it back and place it in my pocket. I will ask the family of the ones who were killed to be returned to where it belongs.

"Do you know where you will have to go already?" I ask her with a questioning look.

"well, not exactly, but that is what you are here for, right?" She says, giving me a mischievous smile. I pull her into my arms and lean down next to her ear.

"I am here for anything that you need," I whisper and nip at her ear. She jumps but also moans and leans into me. Then the sound of someone clearing their throat takes both of our attention.

"I have the items you needed here, Luna," Brad says with a bit of blush on his face. I laugh while Piper responds to him.

"Thank you for your help, Brad." She tells him as me and her both take the supplies she needs.

I started the fire she asked me to so that she could heat the ingredients. I am not sure what all she has in the pot, but the mix smells good. She said that she needed to leave the mixture in four locations—North, South, East, and west of each other. I have never watched anyone make a concoction before, but her beauty is unmatched by anyone. She looks so at peace and happy as she mixes the stuff. Finally, she places it in four pouches and looks at me, smiling.

"I need you to take me to the border of the pack land," She says, giving me that gorgeous smile.

" I will take you where ever you need to go," I tell her as I take her hand and lead her to the edge of the pack land where we are. I can tell she is blushing, and I like it.

"How long will it take us to get around the whole pack land?"

"It will take a while if we walk, but if you ride on my back, it will be faster."

"How would that be faster? Then you would be carrying both of us." She says, and I can't hold the laugh that leaves me.

"Here I will show you," I say as I start to remove my clothes. I think the realization of what I had meant and that I was getting naked just hit her cause her face turned red as fire. I laugh and continue to remove my clothes. Then, finally, I shift and make my way up to her, nuzzling up to her with my snout. She runs her hand over my fur, and I swear I just purred like a cat. Her touch feels good on my fur.

"Are you sure you can carry me?" She asked out loud, and my wolf huffed at her. I use my snout to push her toward my back. She laughs and climbs on my back.

"Hold on," I tell her through our mind link, and I take off to the border with her on my back.