everyone,” Samara said. “Come on, guys.”
Seth and Kyle both stood up from their spots on the floor next and the couch, where they had been sitting next to their mate s, and followed her out of the entertainment room and into the dining room.
In a lowered voice, Samara turned to them. “There are a few things I need to ask you both. Since it has to do with the gifts that Grandpa Joe gave us, I thought we could talk in private with one another. I don’t want to keep the gifts a secret from the pack forever, but I figured that we could for now, at least. Just until we can figure ou t exactly how they work.”
“Okay, that sounds fine to me,” Kyle agreed, nodding his head. He smoothed out his light blue polo t-shirt. “Wha t did you want to talk about?”
“My first question for you, Kyle, is did you figure out how to use the watch that Grandpa Jo e left you yet?” Samara asked.
Kyle glanced down at his wrist. “No, I haven’t figured it out yet, and it’s extremely frustrating. I wear it every day, hoping I’ll be able to figure it out. I play with it and everything, but . . . I can’t seem to figure out what it does. I’m beginning to wonder if it even does anything at all.”
“Hmm.” Samara noticed that he was wearing the watch at that moment . “Can I see it for a minute?”
“Sure,” Kyle replied, removing the watch from his wrist and handing it over to her. “Seth told me that he figured out his pin. I wish my watch did something cool like that.”
“It probably does,” Samara replied, glancing up at him. “We just haven’t been able to figure it out yet.” She touched the tiny nodules on the watch, afraid that touching the wrong thing could make the watch do something she wouldn’t want it to do, like conjure dark spirits or something. After a few moments of fiddling with it, though, nothing happened. She wrapped the band of the watch around her wrist and stared down at it, trying to think of things that it could do. “It tells more than just time,” she murmured, reciting what her grandfather had written in the letter to them.
“What else do you think it could tell?” Seth questioned, raising an eyebrow.
“Well, it seems like all of the other gifts he left us are used to help us find our enemies,” Kyle pointed out. “The pin burns and changes colors when it detects that there’s an enemy—or someone from another pack, at least—nearby. The compass is used to help us find our enemies. It leads us to them or whatever. Do you think this gift also helps us find out who our enemies are?”
Samara shrugged. “It’s as good a theory as any, but I don’t know how we find out who our en emies are just by wearing it.”
“It would have been easier if he had just left behind a magic ball that knew who our enemies were and what we shou ld do,” Seth said with a sigh.
Taking the watch off again, Samara noticed a button on the side that she hadn’t seen before. She pressed the button, unsure of what was going to happen, and she watched as the digital display screen filled with the number three.
“Three?” Samara quest ioned. “What could that mean?”
Kyle shook his head. “I don’t know. Maybe it means that there are three enemie s within a close range to us?”
“I guess that could be what it means,” Samara murmured. Handing the watch back to Kyle, she added, “Make sure you’re the one who keeps wearing it. Grandpa Joe wanted it to belong to you , so there might be a reason.”
Kyle nodded. “Yeah, I won’t let it out of my sight, especially now that I need to figure o ut for sure what three means.”
Samara turned to Seth. “Have you felt the pin burn anymore since we were in the woods that night?”
“Actually, I have,” Seth replied. “It only confirmed what I already knew, though. When we were at the Catskills, I felt the pin burn when we were at dinner in the restaurant. Of course, I didn’t realize until later that it was because Darren was
Seth and Kyle both stood up from their spots on the floor next and the couch, where they had been sitting next to their mate s, and followed her out of the entertainment room and into the dining room.
In a lowered voice, Samara turned to them. “There are a few things I need to ask you both. Since it has to do with the gifts that Grandpa Joe gave us, I thought we could talk in private with one another. I don’t want to keep the gifts a secret from the pack forever, but I figured that we could for now, at least. Just until we can figure ou t exactly how they work.”
“Okay, that sounds fine to me,” Kyle agreed, nodding his head. He smoothed out his light blue polo t-shirt. “Wha t did you want to talk about?”
“My first question for you, Kyle, is did you figure out how to use the watch that Grandpa Jo e left you yet?” Samara asked.
Kyle glanced down at his wrist. “No, I haven’t figured it out yet, and it’s extremely frustrating. I wear it every day, hoping I’ll be able to figure it out. I play with it and everything, but . . . I can’t seem to figure out what it does. I’m beginning to wonder if it even does anything at all.”
“Hmm.” Samara noticed that he was wearing the watch at that moment . “Can I see it for a minute?”
“Sure,” Kyle replied, removing the watch from his wrist and handing it over to her. “Seth told me that he figured out his pin. I wish my watch did something cool like that.”
“It probably does,” Samara replied, glancing up at him. “We just haven’t been able to figure it out yet.” She touched the tiny nodules on the watch, afraid that touching the wrong thing could make the watch do something she wouldn’t want it to do, like conjure dark spirits or something. After a few moments of fiddling with it, though, nothing happened. She wrapped the band of the watch around her wrist and stared down at it, trying to think of things that it could do. “It tells more than just time,” she murmured, reciting what her grandfather had written in the letter to them.
“What else do you think it could tell?” Seth questioned, raising an eyebrow.
“Well, it seems like all of the other gifts he left us are used to help us find our enemies,” Kyle pointed out. “The pin burns and changes colors when it detects that there’s an enemy—or someone from another pack, at least—nearby. The compass is used to help us find our enemies. It leads us to them or whatever. Do you think this gift also helps us find out who our enemies are?”
Samara shrugged. “It’s as good a theory as any, but I don’t know how we find out who our en emies are just by wearing it.”
“It would have been easier if he had just left behind a magic ball that knew who our enemies were and what we shou ld do,” Seth said with a sigh.
Taking the watch off again, Samara noticed a button on the side that she hadn’t seen before. She pressed the button, unsure of what was going to happen, and she watched as the digital display screen filled with the number three.
“Three?” Samara quest ioned. “What could that mean?”
Kyle shook his head. “I don’t know. Maybe it means that there are three enemie s within a close range to us?”
“I guess that could be what it means,” Samara murmured. Handing the watch back to Kyle, she added, “Make sure you’re the one who keeps wearing it. Grandpa Joe wanted it to belong to you , so there might be a reason.”
Kyle nodded. “Yeah, I won’t let it out of my sight, especially now that I need to figure o ut for sure what three means.”
Samara turned to Seth. “Have you felt the pin burn anymore since we were in the woods that night?”
“Actually, I have,” Seth replied. “It only confirmed what I already knew, though. When we were at the Catskills, I felt the pin burn when we were at dinner in the restaurant. Of course, I didn’t realize until later that it was because Darren was
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