Chapter 278


    Lanie


    My gentle m ental inquiry out to Xander and Zane told me they were still gleefully running as their wolves.


    They''d be gone for a while, which was good, because no matter how fast my fingers flew over the keyboard, | was having a hard


    time getting to where | needed to be.


    The dark web wasn’t as easy to navigate as the regr inte.


    The back door ways I''d found before when | was researching had since been mostly shut down, and the ones that weren''t led


    me all over to everywhere but where | wanted to go. Every rabbit hole | could imagine prompted me to dive into it while |


    searched with as many different questions as | could.


    Finally, frustrated to the point of tears, | shut myptop lid and pressed my fingertips against my eyes.


    | took a few deep breaths.


    | knew it wasn’t as easy as simply opening up a browser and navigating to a handy website that would let me download a


    cheerful brochure outlining all the ways hybrids were different. Even so, | couldn’t stop the simmering resentment getting ready


    to boil over as each link | clicked took me to junky sites, outdated message boards or, worst of all, gross porn.


    I sent up a silent plea to the Moon Goddess for guidance.


    Images formed and swirled in my mind as | did my best to tap into my Luna powers. They still seemed s distant sometimes. Like


    | could sense how to call on them, but they weren’t quite as responsive as | wanted


    them to be.


    | closed my eyes and tried hard to let the light of the Moon Goddess fill me. After what felt like an hour, |


    opened them.


    Only four minutes had passed.


    Now | was even more frustrated. | got up to pace around the room. It had been so easy before! I’d reached


    out to the Goddess, not really even knowing what, exactly, | was doing, and she’d answered by filling me with.


    confidence. This time, | got nothing.


    | tried again.


    | added words. “Oh, Moon Goddess, | beseech you to give me a sign of what | should be doing to get the


    information I’m seeking. Please fill me with your wisdom and the confidence to know what I’m doing.”


    | settled myself again at the keyboard and waited with my fingers poised to type away. Slowly, slowly, | tapped out one word into


    the browser window. Then another. It wasn’t making much sense, and it wasn’t the search | wanted to make, but somehow it got


    me to something that looked right. Or close to right, anyway, and


    that was a start.


    Relief washed over me. For a few minutes, it had really felt like the Moon Goddess had abandoned me.


    1/2


    ess her strength. She guided me to downloading a new browser and | also figured out how to mask myThis content ? N?v/elDr(a)m/a.Org.


    location.


    I''d never thought much about usingputers before, but now it was like I’d spent my entire life learning how to hack into sites


    and message boards | would never have known existed a few months ago.


    This stopped me. My heart raced, and my throat closed. A few months ago, | hadn’t had to know anything. like this. Now,


    whatever | could find out might save my daughter''s life.


    And mine.


    Quickly, | typed in another search string that | hoped would lead me to more information about hybrids. My precious Ste was


    growing so much faster than we could ever have expected. | wanted to be sure there wasn’t anything wrong with her.


    “C’mon,” | muttered as | typed a little faster but got stalled by a site that was clearly designed as a decoy. “Someone out there


    has to know something.”


    Asurge of Alpha energy tickled the edges of my concentration. Xander? Or Mason?


    | couldn''t be sure, only that whoever it was, he was getting a little agitated.


    Probably Mason.


    Not thinking much about it, | sent out a pulse of Luna energy. He’d been pretty clear earlier that he didn’t want me bothering him,


    and honestly, right now, | was just trying to get through as much of this dark web information as | could find before any of my


    mates got home.


    | wasn’t worried that they’d be angry about it. | knew they wanted to find out as much as | did. B knew how protective all of them


    could be, and thest thing | needed was three di cks swinging arou in my way.


    The Goddess was guiding me. She was showing me. And | would be the one to solve this puzzle... could get in just a little


    deeper.