Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 124

Connor attaches the bag to his back as he moves silently through the city streets following the gray sports car. Thankfully, due to the traffic, it is hardly a fast-moving pursuit and it is easy to move unseen through the shadows without drawing the attention of humans or the two in the car. The car finally moves onto the motorway and Connor pauses to strip his clothes, stuffing them in his bag and shifting. Connor's large silver wolf emerges and he runs within the treeline, making sure to keep a close eye on the vehicle. The gray car travels to the border of the half moon pack.

Connor settles in at the entrance waiting for them to reemerge. Terrance no longer supplies that certain potion, he has made up a large range of common potions to supply within packs to help with a large range of things from minor abrasions on pups all the way through to infertility.

He is no longer anonymous, everyone knows that Elixir is Terrance. Who is protected by the elite group, no one will make a move on him at all. He sleeps well at night knowing that he is working toward good things.

There is still a large demand for something to replace the serum. No one has been able to make anything with the same effectiveness and with no side effects.

No one asks Terrance for it anymore, as they know no matter how much money is on offer he will never put it back into production. Only supplying it to one person now. He has seen what harm it can do.

Terrance was always thinking too simply, he didn't realize that it would be used by such a monster to do such heinous things. For him to know that it could be used far beyond a cheating mate is something he will never allow to repeat. **3 weeks after separation**

"Are you ready for this?"

Connor looks at Evie but has to look away almost straight away. It hurts too much to look at her at the moment. Terrance was finally in contact and while Connor could tell that he wanted to say something important, Connor changed the subject when Terrence was struggling and had made it clear that he could not tell Connor where Leilani was. So, after a long awkward conversation of getting nothing out, Connor finally asked the question he wanted to know and Terrence had a potion express shipped straight to the stormy pack. It only just arrived the day before.

Evie, at this moment, looks eerily similar to Leilani. She has the same white blonde hair and very similar features. After putting the contacts in her eyes, she could nearly pass for Leilani if it wasn't for that spark of life and that fierce aura that Leilani carries with her, which is what sets them apart. That is hard for anyone to recreate, impossible for Evie who is still trying to find her footing in life.

Evie's fingers run through her white blonde hair, she can tell that Connor is uncomfortable with the hair and she is almost as much. Her hair is soft and freshly cut after not being touched in the years of captivity. "Can I ever really be ready for this?"

"If you really can't do this, I can phone and cancel, but I believe in you"

"Canceling doesn't make the problem go away, I do need to know what is happening"

They sit in the car in silence side by side on the drive to the Azure pack, Evie's birth pack.

Connor doesn't have access to the type of hacker technology that they would need to find out what is going on, but being an Alpha, Connor prefers a more direct approach. There is nothing like seeing the situation first hand to know what's truly going on. Once Alpha Storm called for a meeting, there are very few packs that would ignore his call, so it was easy to set up a meeting.

In order not to draw any attention to herself until she works out the situation and why she's being ignored in such a way. Evie doesn't want to go as herself. Connor is far from a womanizer and since he came out with Lani in such a high profile way a short time ago, so between them, they decided it was best for her to look similar to Leilani. They won't say her name and they won't lie about the situation, but they also won't tell the truth. Connor had to ask Terrance for his opinion as using Leilani's identity in such a way felt wrong, even though Connor knew deep down that Lani would do anything to help out Evie.

Evie looking like Leilani at the moment makes Connor extremely uncomfortable. It is all for a purpose, so he just has to s**k it up and ignore it.

Over the last week, a bond has blossomed between the two, not a bond that one would expect of a fated pair. A pure true friendship.

Evie is incredibly damaged and still hates contact and knows that that will go on for a very long time. A random embrace, her hand held, touch still makes her uncomfortable unless it is with Connor, but it is only because of the soothing sparks that allows it. She knows that she will still never want a lover.

"Are you worried?"

"It is impossible not be"

Evie's conducted a basic search, but all she can find is things about her disappearance and the search that ensued. But from then on there is no readily available information.

She has been more worried about getting herself into a state that she can actually meet people and leave the comfort of her own room without the company of Connor.

"I will be there, I will be your back up. As soon as you want to leave, we will leave. The Azure pack has become quite withdrawn now and information has been suppressed. I am not sure if it was in response to too many people coming out claiming they had information about you"

"I doubt it, they would have come if that was the case"

"Best case scenario, they didn't believe the group when they called and all of this is a huge misunderstanding and they will welcome you back with open arms"

Evie's mind travels back to the photos, the reason she was there in the first place, her stomach twists violently and she has to swallow hard to keep the nausea at bay.

"What is the worst case scenario?"

Connor coughs awkwardly, the possibilities are infinite.

"We will cross whatever bridge is shoved in our way when it comes to it"

"I wish Leilani was here"

Connor grips the steering wheel tightly. In this situation, he would usually look at Evie, but he cannot talk about Leilani while Evie resembles her so much. "Me too"

"Why would the moon goddess do this to us?"

Connor just shakes his head and stares at the smooth black bitumen on the road in front of him. The trip to the Azure pack is rather lengthy. It is just filled with music as the two just sit in silence.

Before long, they pull up at the border of the Azure pack, the border patrol comes up to the car.

"Alpha Storm and the third in command of Stormy pack"

It isn't a lie exactly. The two are nodded straight through. Evie is wringing her fingers so tightly that the sounds of popping knuckles fills the space. Connor stretches out a large hand and places it over Evie's hands. "Relax, remember, as far as everyone is concerned you are Leilani, use that"

Evie closes her eyes and her chin drops to her chest as she breathes deeply, trying to channel Leilani. It is is an odd sensation arriving in her birth pack, what she should consider her home, but instead of the relief that she should be feeling, she can't shake the feeling that she is arriving in enemy territory.

Evie has never shifted, she was fed the serum for so long that it had a cumulative effect and is taking a long time to rid itself from her system. Connor did ask Terrance about it but he said that time was the best cure, anything else could damage her body further. A complete detox was the best option.

Evie's body is still in a bad condition. Three weeks does not cure four years of neglect, she is deficient in nearly everything, her muscles have wasted away to nothing. She is a blank slate, far from the alpha wolf that she should be. "Something is wrong here"

While Evie has not been able to shift, she has been able to feel her wolf more and more.

"It is okay, you are not you, you can walk out of here the moment that you want to, no one would dare do anything against me"

That isn't arrogance. Connor is just too high-profile at the moment. The Azure pack wouldn't risk such things.

"I am not me"

There is a comforting effect to that, like the confidence gained when wearing a mask. Evie breathes deeply as Connor pulls up the car in front of the pack house just as the door swings open.