Chapter 79

He had blonde hair and sunken eyes. His skittish look told me everything I needed to know about his state of mind. The boy reminded me of Lucas.

"Kid," the large Beta behind him said, "the Alpha doesn't go back on his word, ever. If he says it's that way, then that's how it is."

"I bet you want something, t-t-though," the kid said watching the carpet under his feet.

Joel moved in front of the boy and nodded. "I do want something. I want to talk to the female that travels with you. You have my word I won't hurt her, but I want to know where she is getting the spells."

"Damn it," the kid in the middle cursed, "we told her to stop that, sir. Please forgive her. She's a human orphan. She found us and we've just stuck together. We've lived as a family for almost ten years now. She started selling those things and we told her to stop. I thought she had. She hated to see us go hungry, though."

"We don't want to harm her," Joel said, "I would like to question h