Use my Immortal stuff. Easier said than done, but he was right. It was time I fought beside them.
"What'd he say?" Kates moved forward a step.
I skimmed the group. Brown looked scared and excited at the same time. Pippa was wary. Emily looked like it was beneath her to be with us and Kates gave nothing away. She was ready to fight. In that moment, I knew everything was going to be okay. It had to be. I'd just gotten this group of friends, even my brainwashed roommate.
Before I replied, I caught a mischievous glimmer in my roommate's eyes. It was masked quickly, but it was there. Then I caught Kates' gaze and nodded in Emily's direction. She understood immediately, shuffled one step to the side, and backhanded the girl. Emily went down hard.
"Ah! What'd you do that for?" Brown slapped her two hands to her cheeks.
Kates snorted. "Like she was really going to help us."
Pippa bit her lip. "She's right. Emily can communicate with Pete. She would've told him everything that was going on with us."
"So what did your lover say?"
"Right." On to business. "We're supposed to guard the east side. He doesn't want any wolves to climb up the cliff."
Pippa's eyes went wide, but Kates smirked. "Have you seen that cliff? A bird wouldn't come that way."
"What do you mean?"
Kates led the way to the east side. When we stepped outside, the entire east side of the house was a stone patio. It extended outwards and around the back of the house. A basketball court could've fit on it. We went to the edge and looked over the cliff. Brown gasped and reeled back. I didn't blame her. My own stomach jumped into my throat at the sight beneath us. Water crashed onto boulders below. The fall would've been two miles down. Huge boulders littered the floor of the ocean. Wind rushed against us at a violent speed.
I could see why a bird wouldn't fly upwards.
"It's a vacuum effect," Kates explained. "Nothing could climb up those walls. They're made completely of rock so it's going to be hard for any werewolf to scale it. If they come up in their human forms, the wind's going to just knock 'em down. Anyone climbing that thing is suicidal."
"He wants to make sure."
She rolled her eyes. "Roane doesn't want you near the action. Forget that. I'm going."
"Me too." Pippa jumped next to Kates. "I'm going to fight too. You guys are protecting me, but my family's bloodline is old."
We all stared at her.
She blushed. "That means I'm stronger than the normal werewolf."
"Ah."
"Gotcha."
"That makes sense now."
"Let's go." Kates started to turn.
"Wait. What about us if werewolves come up?" Then I looked at Emily, who groaned from the lounger that Kates had placed her on. "And what if she wakes up?"
"Really?" She quirked an eyebrow at me. "Put her back to sleep, Miss Almighty."
With a curt gesture to Pippa, they were both gone within an instant.
Brown mused, "Why'd she call you Miss Almighty? Was that metaphorical or rhetorical? Is there a difference? I should look them up when I get home." And then it didn't matter. Brown circled around me with her hands in the air. "I was thinking that I could try some spells. When I'm around you, I feel my magic more. Maybe if I'm connected to you, I might be useful."
"Connected? What do you mean connected?" I moved back a step.
"Our minds. Like meditation. We can chant together."
Suddenly a howl split through the air. Brown grew silent. And the air grew heavy. A somber feeling came over me. I felt him in that howl, the Alpha called to his pack. A second later a unified chorus howled back.