Tasting

410–Silas Must Hypnotize Her

Nash:

We walked outside to discuss the matter. I noticed the expression on my brother’s faces and knew immediately they had found something significant to talk about with me.

“Silas told us about the anklet she wears,” Cain started, pacing back and

forth once we were outside the mansion.

“Yeah, I discussed it with him,” I replied, glancing around. “We are not exactly surrounding the mansion.”

I knew this was what Nora had asked us to do.

“Stop being a child and obey her every command,” Ryker groaned at me. Oh, I see what he was doing.

He was so clever, thinking he could upset me by not following her orders and become her favorite. Well, right now, none of us was really her

favorite.

But if there was someone, it would be me. I am her mate. Her only mate that she can trust and love.

“Okay! Guys, this is not looking good. Nash! I want to know what is going on,” Silas faced me as if I knew something and wasn’t telling them.

“Yes, tell us what you are hiding,” I was stunned when Cain accused me as well.

“I know all that I have told you,” I folded my arms, but my brothers shook their heads.

“Fine. I will go ahead and tell you guys something I have been concealing for some time.” My heart flipped inside my chest when Silas cleared his throat to say something, but before he could proceed, I noticed Ryker shift in his position.

“Silas-” there was a strange gleam in his eyes as he looked at Silas, “you are going to help us.”

“Help you how?” Silas frowned.

“You need to hypnotize her to find out what she is hiding.” The minute I suggested that, my brothers looked surprised and even pleased until Cain pointed out something.

“But Silas cannot question someone who doesn’t have a wolf, and she wears a ring to silence her wolf.”

“Yeah, but she has a wolf,” Silas uttered.

“Silas-,” Cain stretched his neck, and in that moment, I knew he was putting pressure on him.

“Why couldn’t you hypnotize Natalya back then to make her answer our questions?” I watched Cain confront Silas, who shrugged.

“I didn’t even know if anyone needed my assistance. You guys assumed I couldn’t hypnotize her. I mean, it would have been hard for someone whose wolf is not awake, but I am sure I could make her say a few things here and there,” there was a peculiar look on Silas‘ face, “I learned it right then and didn’t tell you guys. But how was I supposed to know that you needed me to get some information out of her?”

He was not wrong because we had practically assumed. “However, even if he could hypnotize her, what about April and Daphne? Those two have powerful people around them. Brody and Mr. Ford had prepared them well on how to avoid getting hypnotized. They even carry wolfbane with them to take quickly whenever they feel threatened in such a manner.”

I was trying to calm down the situation, but I was also telling the truth.

“So if Natalya told us where she had kept the stuff, April and Daphne could have still lied. They couldn’t be hypnotized, so we wouldn’t know where they were keeping the evidence,” Silas interjected, explaining, “but it really is saddening that the girls deceived you guys.”

I narrowed my eyes at him for being so tricky before my gaze landed on Cain and Ryker.

We communicated silently, making Silas look at all of us one by one.

“I am on your side. I swear nobody told me what was going on. I could have helped, but still, Daphne and April-” As he continued to talk about those two, we silenced him with our new plan.

“You will hypnotize Nora and make her answer some tough questions,” Ryker folded his arms over his chest.

“What? No! She will get so angry,” Silas complained, shaking his head vigorously.

“Oh, sorry! He doesn’t want to look bad. He’s not like us who can make themselves appear evil just to keep her safe. Not everyone can take such a huge step for someone he has only called stepsister for a year,” I pouted, giving him a sad look but definitely getting under his skin.

“Excuse you! She is not just a stepsister to me-” he instantly fell silent after receiving a hard glare from Cain and Ryker.

“Yeah, but still–we can do a lot for her. For us, we care about what she is hiding. But for you, it’s just about staying in her good graces, which we understand.” Of course, I had hit the right nerve,

He stared me right in the eye and then muttered, “Fine. I will do it.”

“That is the spirit. Because once we find out what is holding her back from leaving that asshole’s pack and why she is wearing that anklet, we will save her, and then–you will be the first one she thanks,” Ryker patted his shoulder, and a strange look of pride crossed Silas‘ face.

“Oh and by the way, Silas couldn’t have hypnotized Natalya at all. Her wolf waking up a little inside her was a lie,” Cain casually told us.