Bring Him Back, Jack by Holly Day

Author:Holly Day [Day, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2021-06-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Malik didn’t know where to go. Zev had told him to go in the opposite direction, slowly jog as soon as he’d gotten out of the yard, but where too? He’d done something to get their attention. He’d heard the growls and the snarls and had wanted to stay to make sure they didn’t hurt Zev.

His heart was beating fast as he ran down the street, away from the block of apartment buildings. He could keep going. Could run and never come back. There was no stake in his heart, no chains around his wrists. He could leave, disappear, grow out his hair and try to blend in as a human. He could…but it would mean leaving Ivan. He couldn’t. Phantasm or not, he had to stay with Ivan.

Ivan was his.

“Why are you slowing down? Come on.” Zev slapped his shoulder and he ran out in front of a car.

“Are they following you?” Malik chanced a glance over his shoulder as he sped up. “Where is Ivan?”

“I saw Jim leave. As soon as the Chevy drove down the road, I stopped growling at them.”

Malik nodded and increased the tempo to keep up with Zev. “Won’t people think it’s weird when we’re running this fast?”

Zev slowed a fraction. “Soon we’ll be outside the city, then we can run faster.”

Malik nodded, enjoying the lightness of running without chains weighing him down.

“Redwood, is he gonna let them go?” Zev glanced at him before crossing another road right in front of a car.

Malik shrugged. He didn’t think Master ever would let Ivan go, but perhaps Raina, and he suspected it was her who Zev was worrying about. “I think he’ll kill me, sell Ivan, and maybe let Raina go…or not. Depending on how much he wants to hurt Ivan.”

Zev growled. It only lasted a second or two, but it had Malik’s muscles tensing. He did not want to fight a werewolf.

“Stealing the diamond is to buy your freedom.” He didn’t make it a question, and Malik didn’t answer. He wasn’t sure stealing the diamond would help the situation.

“Through the woods here.” Zev motioned off the road and into the forest. Malik had never been in a forest. The scents and the sounds filled him with a sense of freedom he’d never experienced before. Zev increased their speed. They jumped over rocks, ducked under branches, and ran until sweat was coating Malik’s skin.

“Do you think it’s possible to steal the diamond?” Zev was a little out of breath, perhaps not as much as Malik, but running hard got to him, too.

“I have no idea. I’m never there when he plans the hits. Master sends me in to die in his place should there be trouble.”

“Master?” Distaste was dripping from Zev’s voice.

“Redwood.” Heat climbed Malik’s face.

“I understood who you meant, but if you’re gonna be free you can’t refer to him as Master.”

They were quiet for several minutes, running deeper and deeper into the woods.

“I know of a small place down south.” Zev glanced at Malik over his shoulder.

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