Caging the Wolf by Grey Sofia

Author:Grey, Sofia [Grey, Sofia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Acelette Press
Published: 2015-04-17T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Dad closed the kitchen door with a firm clunk behind him, and I was left staring at Mum. “What the hell? Levi only wants to stay the night, not move in or anything.” Dad had never behaved like this before.

“I don’t know, love.” Taking my arm, she guided me to the living room. “He’ll have good reason though. Let’s give them a few minutes to talk before we go and rescue your boy.”

I dropped my bags on the carpet and sank into an armchair next to the Christmas tree. As usual, it was completely overloaded with sparkly baubles and tinsel, and all the toys and trinkets I remembered from childhood. At least some things hadn’t changed.

One spinning ornament caught my eye. A tiny wooden wolf, carved in intricate detail. We had a full set of these, had hung them up for years, and I’d never given them a second glance. Now though, I looked at it properly. That crazy talking-dog in the pound had been a wolf, I was sure.

“Mum, where did these wolves come from?”

She looked up from her phone. “They were a present from some of your dad’s distant cousins. They were carved in Wales.” I knew before she said it. “In Snowdonia.”

“Levi has friends there. I don’t think I’ve ever been.”

“We took you when you were little. One of your father’s family research trips.”

“He doesn’t bother with that any more, does he?”

Mum stood, and walked to the windows, to adjust the curtains. “No, love. He told me some secrets are best left hidden. I think he found something he didn’t like.”

“What, like a murderer or something?” My imagination ran riot.

Her reply was halted when footsteps sounded in the hallway, and Dad came into the living room, followed by Levi.

Dad smiled, but it looked forced. Behind him, Levi shuffled his feet and stared at the carpet. Anxiety clawed inside my chest at yet another outbreak of craziness. Did my father already know him? How could that be?

“It’s getting late. Levi can stay tonight, and I’ll drop him at the station in the morning.” Dad’s voice was gruff.

I took a deep breath, and pushed to my feet. “What’s going on? You don’t act like this with any of my other friends.”

“Jessie,” he began, but Levi interrupted, his gaze seeking me, and locking on to my eyes.

“She deserves to know, Mr. Morgan.”

Dad shook his head. “I disagree.”

There was something terribly wrong with this picture. Common sense told me to trust my father, but my gut screamed to go to Levi. I covered the few steps between us, and reached out to take his hand. His fingers instantly tangled with mine, and the butterflies in my stomach calmed at the touch. “Dad. I have to know, whatever it is. I know you’re hiding something, but Levi is…” I groped for the right words. “He’s important. To me.”

“You met him an hour ago.”

Time to face up to the crazy. I lifted my chin and met Dad’s hostile stare. “I’ve been dreaming about him all week.

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