We went to my old room not long after that, once it became clear I could barely keep my eyes open any longer. I had so much more to discuss with Wesley, like the fact that Jordan was my brother, but that would have to wait.
My room was all white and sea green, and one of my favorite parts about it was that this room looked just like Wesley's, unlike the one in our other house. It was the same size and had the same old white furniture, passed down from my grandparents' time. I fell asleep the second my head hit the pillow, not even waiting for Kaden to crawl into bed with me.
In the morning, I woke to the sound of waves and felt more at peace than I had in a long time. Kaden was beside me, Wesley was alive, and I was safe. I squeezed my eyes shut, savoring this moment, fearing it couldn't possibly last.
I showered and dressed first, then headed downstairs while Kaden got ready. When I got there, Wesley was already in alpha mode. He paced back and forth across the kitchen floor as he fried eggs and bacon for breakfast. Whereas last night he'd been hesitant about going after the Leos, now he seemed eager to take them on.
“You said that Mira was talking to the Pisces alpha?” he asked, pausing to lean against the counter. "I'm glad she's all right. Her parents weren't so lucky, unfortunately."
I nodded around a swig of coffee. I'd always suspected Mira had a crush on Wesley, and I'd wondered if Wesley felt the same. Then again, my brother had always had taken full advantage of his mate-less status with all sorts of women. That was before the Convergence though. We'd all changed a lot since that night.
“She’ll get back to me as soon as she has any news." I grabbed some plates from the cabinet. “What about the Virgo pack? You said one of them healed you."
Wesley began serving the food. "I can ask, though they're usually pretty hesitant to get involved in any conflict."
We sat down to eat, just as Kaden joined us, his hair wet from his shower. Wesley caught me checking him out and made fake gagging sounds. I rolled my eyes. Maybe things hadn't changed that much.
"I've been thinking," Kaden said, as he accepted his plate of food. "There’s going to be a solar eclipse in about a little over a month—when the new moon blocks the sun's rays from Earth. That would be the perfect time for all of us to meet. The Sun Witches will be weaker then, or at least that’s what I’d assume. I don’t know much about the power of Sun Witches, but those of us with Moon Witch blood always get stronger then, so it stands to reason they would be weaker."
Wesley paused with his fork raised in the air. "So your pack does have Moon Witch blood?"
"Yes, some of us do." Kaden glanced at me pointedly, and I realized this was the time to tell Wesley about my powers. I'd left that part out last night since I wasn't sure how he would react. Most of the Zodiac Wolves saw the Moon Witches as the enemy, after all.
“Do you know anything about my mother?” I asked after taking a deep breath.
Wesley shook his head. “No, I never met her. Why?"
“She was a Moon Witch, not a human like Dad always said."
Wesley dropped his fork, his eyes going wide. "She…what? How do you know?"
“When I was at the Convergence, the only way I got away from Jordan was because I unlocked some sort of…power inside of me. I can teleport from patches of moonlight. Kaden suspected I had Moon Witch blood, and the Sun Witches confirmed it while I was in captivity. They performed some sort of spell on me.”
Wesley stared at me like I'd grown a second head and I tensed, but then he cracked a grin. "That sounds pretty sweet. You'll have to show me later."
I relaxed immediately and mentally scolded myself for ever doubting my brother. He always loved and accepted me no matter what. "I will."
Wesley grabbed some more bacon and sat back down again. "I'll go through Dad's files and see if there's anything on your mom. I’ve already started looking through them, trying to find anything to help me as alpha. I already found something in his email about you.”
“How did you pull that off?” I asked, blinking in surprise.
“His password was really easy." Wesley snorted. “King Crab.”
“How very like him,” I said, rolling my eyes. “Really, it was almost like he wanted you to crack it. What did you find?"
"Correspondence between the Sun Witches and Dad. They were working together.”
“What?” My brain ground to a halt at those words. No, that didn’t make any sense. Why would the Sun Witches betray the Cancer pack at the Convergence if they were working with Dad?