Blind Devotion (The Shifters) by M.D. Grimm

Author:M.D. Grimm [Grimm, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2012-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

THE young woman stared at the iron bars, then glared at Jack with a degree of hatred that startled him. He put the keys into his pocket, thinking with amazement how young she was. She couldn’t be older than twenty, yet already she had such hatred for them. She was petite with long black hair that fell straight and ended halfway down her back. Her eyes were an unusual pale color.

“You can’t keep me in here,” she said, her hands bunched into fists. “I know my rights. You have no cause.”

“You have no rights,” Travis interrupted her. The knuckles of his hand holding the cane were white. “You lost all your rights when you joined that lynch mob disguised as something noble.”

“What do you know of them?” Shannon spat.

“I know more than you think I do,” Travis said with quiet menace. “Your precious family murdered mine, and they blinded me!”

Jack saw the woman consider Travis, then watched her eyes widen as if in recognition. Jack grabbed Travis’s arm and pulled him away from the bars.

“Travis, we don’t know what abilities she has. We must use caution. Control yourself.”

Travis’s chest expanded as he took a deep breath. Jack changed his grip to a soothing stroke.

“She smells like them,” Travis growled, his face lowered. “That scent makes me think of the last thing I saw. My family, butchered.”

Jack wanted to pull Travis away, to hug and protect him. But he had a job to do. And part of that job was to swallow his own rage.

“Go home, okay? Let me handle this. I’ll come by later.”

Travis nodded, though his body was rigid and his hands shook. He turned toward Shannon, who Jack noticed was close to the bars, listening. Travis then turned away from both of them and walked up the stairs and out of the basement.

Jack went back to the cell and Shannon stepped away, her eyes fierce.

“I know who you are,” he said. “But I want to know why you are here.”

She said nothing, turning away and crossing her arms over her chest. Jack regarded her sadly. She was so young, beautiful, and strong. Why did she have to be the enemy? She reminded him of Jena. Her fierceness, her stubbornness. It was easier when the enemy was a faceless entity or a maniacal man. But this girl was being used to infiltrate Haven. She was being used to destroy shifters. If they did kill her, Jack would be the one to do it. And he would hate every minute of it.

“I don’t know what they told you,” he said. “But whatever it was, know this: we aren’t evil, Shannon. We aren’t murderous beasts.”

“Yes you are,” she spat, whirling around so fast her hair slapped her face. “You are all demons, abominations, and our leader will destroy you all!”

Jack blinked at the venom that dripped from every word she spoke.

“I know what you are,” she continued, now in a strained whisper. “I know what you monsters do. You rip, and tear, and destroy.

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