A Man Called Wyatt by Heather Long

Author:Heather Long [Long, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780998656489
Publisher: Heather Long

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Adam

Somewhere near Lake Erie

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The house was quiet—exactly how he preferred it. His adherents kept their distance. Even his most loyal didn’t want his attention. Outside, the snow piled up. The wind off the Lake choked them year after year. Adam liked it cold; he liked the quiet. It was almost enough to silence the screams, which followed him when he walked into the world. He preferred the cities, where dense populations and construction overwhelmed the land.

They could be quiet, too.

A scuff of motion against the wood floors alerted him to a new arrival. Boots were to be taken off before any of his walked into the house. No clunking around him. They wore slippers, ones Adelaide sewed. Hands folded behind his back, Adam let the newcomer wait. The storm had been promised for days, and its arrival was a glorious thing.

A faint clearing of a throat intruded. Finally, a low voice spoke, “Father?”

Henrik.

The German transplant had proven a loyal foot soldier, but he required far more reinforcement than the others. After the loss of Delilah on his watch, Adam found he had less and less time for such indulgences. “What is it?”

“Gentry is no longer.”

Yes, he was aware. He’d felt the snap of the tether he hooked into all of his adherents. The weather-gifted had been dispatched to snow in his targets. He wanted them contained for a time. The last thing he wanted to deal with was Quanto’s annoying band of do-gooders.

“Our man at the fort sent word that most are still on the ranch, though he could not confirm all. The woman, Scarlett, gave birth.” Henrik stuttered. Scarlett was a firestarter. Four times in his life, he’d made a play to acquire both her and the wolf, and four times he’d been rebuffed. The children had promise though. Perhaps it was time to bring in human allies who could cross the odd boundary on the ranch and bring him…

“Father?” Henrik was still talking. “Do you have any requests for me to send back?”

“Where is the man they call Wyatt?” The First One would be coming for him, and it was long past the time they settled the ridiculous dispute.

Henrik went silent. Which was telling enough. Why did his people always fail him?

“Bring me Rudy. It is time he earned his keep.” The young man could phase through objects, and he’d begun to buckle under the leash. His obedience had taken time, but now he would prove his loyalty.

“As you wish, Father.” Henrik retreated, his relief stinking the air behind him. The soft shuffle of his feet faded, then the blessed silence returned.

Returning his attention to the great snow shooting sideways toward him, obliterating the world beyond the windows, Adam sighed.

War. That was what Wyatt wanted from him. Another war. It would consume resources and his carefully cultivated flock. Last time, he’d lost nearly every one that served him and Wyatt should have died that day. Almost had.

Damn Quanto. The war could have been ended decades before, and now he would have to fight it again.

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