The Werewolf Whisperer by H. T. Night Page B

Wyatt?”
    “None of us are ready to wage war against him and you sure as hell are not.  Krull is the most powerful Mani ever.  He possesses more Mani gifts than any Mani before him or since him.
    “Well, I’ve been doing some crazy shit over the past two days.  I just might have him beat.”
    “Like what?” Yari asked adding to the conversation.
    “A lot of things,” I said.  “What kind of gifts did Atticai have that you all knew about?
    “He had every gift Krull does.  They were pretty much equal except we all thought Atticai was The Chosen.
    I asked again.  “What gifts did Atticai have that Krull still has?”
    Hector who never says anything said, “They both can fly.”
    “All of you can fly!” Tommy interjected.
    “Not as a bird, but as a vampire,” Wyatt clarified.
    “You’re telling me that seven foot bean pole that kicked my ass could fly?” Tommy asked.
    Wyatt grinned, “He had all the other Mani gifts as well.  The only thing Atticai couldn’t do was see in the future.  If he could have, he would have known he wasn’t the Chosen.”
    “What if he did know?” I asked.  “Maybe that’s why he left me for dead to be bitten by all of those snakes?”
    “There is always a chance he did.” Yari said.  “But I don’t think so.  There was a lot of good in Atticai.  He chose not to follow Krull.  He and Krull had the ability to take over the world if they would have joined forces.  Atticai refused.”
    Tommy added, “Do you think it was in the Triat’s will that Josiah killed him?” 
    All of the other Mani looked at each other as if to say they didn’t know.
    “You all look disappointed that ‘The Chosen’ wasn’t Attica,” I remarked.
    “We’re not disappointed,” Yari said.  “We just had no idea it was going to be you.”
    “The word isn’t disappointed,” Wyatt said.  “We were just fucking surprised as hell.  Then when you refused to talk to us for weeks, we wondered if it was all a mistake.
    “Do you guys think it was a mistake now?” I glanced at all of them.  Lena and Yari both shook their heads.  Hector and Wyatt however looked at me blankly. “Are you and Hector completely on board, Wyatt?  I need to know.  Because if you’re not, I completely understand and would hold no resentment towards you—if you wanted out.”
    Wyatt paused and looked at Hector.  “We don’t want out, Josiah.  We just want to make sure when all of this is over and when we prevail over Krull that you don’t plan on killing us.”
    “What?” I asked surprised. 
    “Why wouldn’t you, Josiah?”  Wyatt continued.  “We both tried to kill you.  We’re two of the three reasons you became a Mani unwillingly.
    “All of that may be true, Wyatt.  But that isn’t who I am.  I respect that you were loyal to Atticai.  You were only doing what you felt the Triat wanted you to do.  I can’t be any angrier at you than I am at Tommy for kicking my ass in the ring a month back.  He only fought me because the Commission told him he had to.
    “So, we’re cool?” Hector came out and asked.
    I smiled at Hector and Wyatt.  “We’re cool, guys.  As long as I know from here on out that I can trust you, all is forgiven.”  I looked at Yari. “So what’s the deal with Krull?  Is he going to hunt me down until he kills me?”
    “Or until you kill him,” Yari answered.  “Krull is a prideful son-of-a-bitch.  Atticai was the only person who ever matched up with him.  Since you laid him out, he now looks at you like a greater challenge.  He had no idea what hit him.”
    “Only because I sucker-punched him.” I stated.
    “In a Mani on Mani fight, everything goes.  You were well inside the rules.  Krull won’t forget.  But neither should you.”
    “I almost wish we still had Atticai.  It would be one more body.”
    “Atticia would have never yielded to you,” Lena interrupted.  “What happened to him that night was his destiny.   The Triat knew