Brother’s Best Friends Are My Mates novel Chapter 104

Matt

I wanted to punch the wall when I heard about Lia’s conversation. It was bullshit that we were the ones who had to deal with this. Why did we have to handle this when they should deal with it in the first place?!

It was insane. We had done what we did to rescue Gabi because the Rosewater Coven had no right to take one of the children she was having with Michael. Yet, somehow we were guilty of that.

“How the hell do we look into this?” I asked, not bothering to hide my amusement.

Colby sighed. “Lia and I were talking earlier. She suggested that she make a formal information request with the Witches Council. They probably have something in their records.”

“I have to call them anyway,” Lia reminded us weakly, her face turning into a scowl. “I’ve tried to call them twice today you know but they didn’t answer. Bet they want us to drive out there and force us to make the drive.”

My face shifted into a scowl this time.

“No, we can contact them on the phone. There is no way we are driving out there. It’s bullshit.”

Colby shot me a look. “I know it’s bullshit, but we also need to play ball with them. If they want us to drive down there then we might have to do that. Can’t you see Lia wants to get this over, already?”

This made my stomach twist into knots. One look at Lia’s face told me that she was stressed about this. I swallowed, my gaze softening.

“You doing okay, Lia?”

She shrugged weakly. “I don’t know. It’s just important for me to contact them and see what they have to say. If they don’t know what the Rosewater Coven was watching over then I might have to make a freedom of information request with the council.”

The frustration of being jerked around was getting to me. It was like they thought we were dogs and they felt that they could tug our leashes in whatever direction that they wanted.

Witches and Wolves did not get along. This was something I knew without a doubt.

Grumbling to myself, I sat down next to Lia and offered her some silent moral support. “Well, if you want to call them go ahead. We are there for you.”

Lia stared at the phone, avoiding doing the last step.

I could see she didn’t want to call them. She was probably afraid that our newly quiet life was about to get a lot more complicated.

Admittedly, I understood the frustration. Everything was going so well now. All of us were in a good place with the packand Lia.

Then there was the team. We were on our way to going to the finals and winning our first championship with the team. Why would I want something to mess up the peace I’d manage to carve out?

***

Lia

After several minutes, I decided it was time to call the council. I had avoided it enough already and couldn’t wait any longer.

For a few moments, the phone just rang before disconnecting. Matt growled softly, earning himself a jab to the ribs by Jesse who mouthed for him to be quiet.

I smiled at them reassuringly, deciding to call them again. Just because I couldn’t get them on the phone for the first time didn’t mean I wasn’t going to try again. I’d keep calling them until I was able to talk to them.

This was important! My life with my mates was at stake here! Not to mention the rest of my pack

The speakerphone crackled as the call connected. I sat at the table, arms crossed, my four mates around me. Jesse stood stiffly, arms folded like he was ready to fight the phone itself. Matt leaned against the counter, scowling. Rain drummed his fingers on the table, clearly impatient. Colby just sighed, rubbing his jaw like This was already giving him a headache.

A woman’s voice came through, firm and controlled. “This is one of the High Priestesses of the Witches’ Council. Am I speaking with Lia Brown?”

“You are,” I said flatly. “And my mates are here too.”

“As expected.” her voice remained level. “This concerns all of you.” “Yeah, because apparently, everything is our problem now,” I muttered. Jesse shot me a warning look, but I ignored him.

“We’ll get straight to the point,” she continued. “The Rosewater Coven was not merely residing in that land. They were its keepers.”

I frowned. “Keepers of what?”

A brief pause. Then, “An ancient race of dragon shifters.” Silence.

Colby blinked. “I’m sorry, what?” Matt scoffed. “That’s a joke, right?”

“It is not,” she said. “For centuries, the Rosewater Coven used their magic to suppress them. It was the only thing keeping them from waking.”

Rain let out a low whistle. “And now that they’re gone…” “The dragons are beginning to stir.”

I exhaled sharply. “Are you kidding me?”

She had to be kidding. was she telling me this right now? It didn’t seem possible that there were dragons… god damn dragons that were waking up at this very moment.

She didn’t hesitate. “There will be war.” A heavy silence filled the room.

Jesse’s jaw tightened. “And if we can’t stop it?”

Morgana’s response was instant. “Then you prepare for the end of an era.” I exhaled slowly. “That’s dramatic.”

“This is reality, Lia,” the high priestess said coldly.” And whether you like it or not, you helped set it in motion.” I gritted my teeth. “Tam getting tired of people saying that like I did it for fun.”

“No one cares if it was fun,” she said. “What matters is what you’re going to do about it now.” My anger started to rise. “We were trying to rescue our pack member!”

“This is irrelevant. You were warned that whatever happened would be on your shoulders but you decided to go ahead with it anyway.”

“This isn’t fair.”

She sighed. “Life is not fair. Now, are you going to do something about it or not?” “What if we say no?”

“Then we will be forced to bring charges against you on behalf on the Witches Council and overall Witches association.”

I pressed my fingers to my temple. “Fine. We’ll check it out. But if we get torched by a dragon, I’m haunting you personally.” She didn’t even flinch. “Noted.”

The line went dead.

Why was it that witches never seemed to have any sense of humor? Even with my former magic teacher, when I cracked a joke she never so much as let out a chuckle. Or perhaps I was dealing with older witches that just didn’t find my sense of humor very funny.

Silence followed. Jesse opened his mouth to say something, but Colby beat him to it. “Alright,” he said, standing up. “Let’s get this over with.”

Rain looked at him, grinning. “Guess it’s time to go dragon hunting, huh?” Matt shook his head. “This is insane.”

I shot him a look “Welcome to our world.”

Jesse sighed, looking down at the phone. “Morgana’s right about one thing. We don’t have a choice anymore.” “Yeah,” I muttered. “Now we find out how bad this is.”

My only worry was how dangerous were these dragons and just what were they going to do to us?