I accepted the call. I tried to answer with a casual, light, “Hi, Mom!” but she cut me off before I could finish my short sentence.
“My Natalie!” She sounded abundantly relieved, and an unpleasant mixture of unease and guilt churned in my belly. “Whatever you do, do not leave your territory tonight! Stay home with Alpha Reid! Do you understand me?”
I was slightly taken aback. I suspected she’d had a vision—I couldn’t imagine any other reason she’d be calling at a time like this, as I was confident my father had filled her in about the cursed elephant.
Whatever she’d seen, it must’ve scared her, and that scared me.
“I’m not going anywhere, Mom.” I stood up from my seat and started for the doors to go back inside the packhouse. “Are you calling about the phone call I received earlier?”
