The Alpha's Keeper

XXIV: God Of The Mind

However, Eleanor’s kind smile made him calm when he saw Edith.

He hardly recognized the forest guardian when he said, “Wow! I had never been in the presence of a witch, and here are three. They are much prettier than the stories say.”

Edith gave a small laugh and, looking at the boy. She could not help but comment, “You really are a young man.”

Just as she said that, Edith looked at Joshua, and she asked, “How did he find you?”

Smiling, Joshua laid the wolf unconscious on the ground and looking at Set. He said proudly, “This is the jewel of the pack, and his name is Set. He is a very clever boy.”

Set blushed at the compliments and, looking at the ground, said, “I only do what you taught me…” when he said that, he looked up and, looking at Joshua, said, “Chief, they will help you. Regain leadership.”

Joshua shook his head, and the disappointment on Set became palpable. Joshua felt the weight of responsibility but ignoring him, he looked at the boy and said, “I need to ask you some questions, Set.”

“Whatever you need, chief!” The boy replied immediately while looking at him with a smile.

Joshua looked at him and calmly asked, “How did they get out of the barrier?”

Set thought for a second and said, “Gerald spoke to someone, a strange guy, but he broke the barrier without problems. Gerard’s most loyal men are coming after you.”

Seraphim smiled and, moving forward, looked at the boy to ask, “Doesn’t that make you one of his most loyal men?”

Set shook his head vigorously when looking at Joshua, and he said, “No, I swear not! They brought me in because I’m a good tracker. Michael said I should cooperate!”

“Don’t worry, I trust you, Set,” Joshua said, smiling. Then he looked at Edith and nodding, and he said, “Listen, I must go to my mother’s palace, the moon queen. Michael knows where it is, and you must find a way to talk to him and tell him that something bad is about to happen.”

Set looked at Joshua. He shook his head and then said, “Michael is in the forest, he did not come, and according to Gerard, we will not return until we catch you.”

Joshua looked at the ground disappointed and, planting his face on Edith, let out a sigh, but the young woman calmly said, “Do what they order, you child, but you will keep us informed of the movements of your group.”

Set made a pained face again when he said, “I want to help, but our connection is shared. Not being able to talk to you there and coming is dangerous!”

But Eleanor approached before she placed a medallion with a small stone on his neck, with that she said, “You must not come or put yourself at risk. If you take the stone with your right hand, you can speak directly to me in your mind. I will communicate what you want to Joshua.”

The boy smiled and, looking at Joshua nodded, he had never had such an important job, and now he could help his true leader. Joshua looking at him, put his hand on the boy’s shoulder when he said.

“If you get to talk to Michael, you must tell him that things will get complicated. I will need his help and yours at one point!”

Set nodded and looking at Joshua. The alpha’s face darkened as he said, “Set, thanks for your loyalty, be careful, and don’t expose yourself.”

When Joshua said that without warning, he made him inhale the aroma of the bottle that Edith gave him, the young man was instantly unconscious. Eleanor’s smile lasted in his dream till when he felt small kicks in his abdomen. When he got up, he looked at almost the entire group of wolf hunting Joshua watching him.

Standing up, he asked, “What happened? Where am I?”

Igor, his partner, was at his side with a face full of anger when Gerard in front of him said, “Joshua uses his damn witches with magic from his side, and the hunt will be difficult. Set we will need you more than ever now, and you have to find him!”

Set looked around, and it seemed that everyone had swallowed what happened. He looked for Joshua’s scent but could not find it. The alpha had moved, on his neck hung the stone that that beautiful woman had given him without a doubt that he would be useful to his leader, but Joshua had said things would get complicated, and Set couldn’t stop thinking about what he meant.

Joshua watched through the window as the van moved down the road. Eleanor was driving while Edith was in the passenger seat watching the landscape. On one side of the van, a motorcycle followed them easily, and on it, Seraphim kept close to the group.

Eleanor, while she was driving, she complained, “Edith, you don’t have a teleportation point near that place. It’s super far!”

“No, I don’t feel sorry! I have never been to that place. Actually, that is the area of another servant of death!” Edith replied with a smile while looking at the landscape.

Joshua, who kept looking out the window, asked, “There are only four servants of death, aren’t there?”

Edith nodded when he said, “And do they all have the same powers as you?”

Edith turned to see him, and with a somewhat thoughtful look, she said.

“Not exactly, witches. Before having a god to serve, all have what are known as fundamental spells. We can all do these basic spells. After swearing alliance with a god, you get a specific branch of spells.”

Eleanor, who was smiling behind the wheel, said, “Edith and the servants of death have all the spells related to death, so in general terms, they are one of the most powerful witches there is.”

Edith tilted her head to agree with Eleanor when Joshua, looking at her, asked, “And what god do you serve your Eleanor?”

“To the god of the mind!” The smiling girl said, “That’s why I can use all those spells related to thinking!”

“The god of the mind is not a fighting god?” Joshua asked while looking at her curiously.

Edith smiled and said, “Of course! The one who is not a combatant was our dear Eleanor.”

When she said that, Edith stroked her head while she continued, “You must understand as Set is good at tracking and you are the same to fight witches, there is a huge range of spells with each god. There are many who can´t control all the spells to perfection. That’s why even servants of the same god may have different powers.”

Then she added seriously, “The power of the gods also influences. Death is one of the most powerful gods, and its spells are practically infinite.”