Chapter 28

"Good, because Lily, I am desperate here. I need to prove to the Warriors that I'm ready now. My son will be proud later."

Lily asked, "Are you sure about that? I mean-"

She was desperate. "Of course, I am sure," Jessa replied. "After my sister went missing without a trace a few months ago, I went to our Warriors squad intending to blast through the ranks to gain the magic I needed to find her. The catch? The wolf magic that would allow me to link to her was a two-level Warrior ability. I had a long way to go, assuming I even survived. This training was what I needed. I had to push myself."

"Oh, that is just crazy."

"I know, girl, but the Warriors were doing a good job of pushing me too. Thanks to Leon and Stephen, I was on the fast track, an accelerated path of intensely brutal training. And I wasn’t the only one."

"So the Moonlight pack has a Warrior's squad dedicated just to, um-war? I mean, to m-maybe do some mission?" Lily inquired as she sipped another d