Chapter 45 Theon and Naomi slowly turned to face each other. Both of their faces mirrored the shocked look of the other. "What do you mean baby?" asked Naomi "She makes him sick. On purpose. That makes her a bad lady right?" Alex asked with a shrug. It seemed simple enough to him. "I am so glad Lottie is coming here." Naomi said as they started to drive off towards the airport. "Between us we should be able to get a better picture of what' going on and if she comes out for the so called 'girls night' with my new Bestie hopefully we can gain more information. If it's a spell or a curse we may be able to figure out a way to counter it." Naomi sighed "But what I can't figure out is why you can't smell that she doesn't smell right. Witches, even hybrid witch wolves, don't smell the same as us, they smell well, like they're going rotten. Or soured." Theon shrugged. "I've never noticed her scent. Literally I know almost every scent on the pack grounds but now you say that I can't remember ever having smelled Lucy. But she must have one or your brother would never have felt the mate bond with her in the first place" Puzzling over this Naomi leant her forehead against the car window, watching the countryside whiz by as they drove to the airport. Naomi didn't like mysteries. She was going to figure this all out or die trying. Several hours later they were back at the house but this time with Lottie in tow. An excited Alex was hanging off her hands already harassing her to bake him something. Laughing at his antics she scooped him up. "I don't even know where you put all this cake you eat" she teased him. At that moment Maria arrived to take Alex to the Alpha residence so that the adults could talk about the current situation. It took about an hour to explain it all to Lottie, the visions, the witches, Lucy etc, "Hmm" Lottie mused "tell me about this illness, when did it start? who was patient zero? What are the symptoms?" ""It started off slowly" Theon explained "It started with a farmer from the outskirts of the pack. He was sick for a few days with what seemed like flu but then he started showing signs of his wolf suffering as well. He said he could feel him getting weaker in his mind and he was unable to transform into him. Then he stopped hearing him altogether, a week later he slipped into a coma, two weeks after that he dies. People have had varying symptoms and various reactions, some people have been sick for a year some for weeks but it all end the same. Their wolf stops and then they slowly die." Theon looked close to tears. He looked defeated and exhausted in that moment. Feeling the desperation within him Naomi stood and put her arms around him, holding him close "It's okay" she said "We can fix this. We will fix this" Theon looked into her eyes and saw the fierce determination in them. At that moment he belived her 100%