Chapter 137. A Step in the Right Direction

Magnus

Theo's nuptial joining was scheduled to be held at the large garden behind our main house, so it inevitably meant that the whole place would be teeming with activities for most of the day. This also meant I could come along as a guest without getting any strange stares from any member of the pack. Meredith had left before sunrise, so I just prepared and left with the hopes that she would show up at the venue much later.

"Do…Elliot!" Astrid called out as she rushed towards me, her hands spread out to hug me.

"Not too much now," I whispered into her hair, "we don't want to get any curious stares."

She nodded and pulled back. "Gaius just left," she started, her words rushing out in hushed whispers. "He didn't tell me where he was going, but I followed his awful scent, and he's in the woods!"

"So, do we follow him?" I whispered back, and her head bobbed up and down anxiously.

"It'll be better to do whatever we have to there, where no one else m