Captive: A Graced Novella (The Graced Series) by Amanda Pillar

Author:Amanda Pillar [Pillar, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Dystopian, fantasy
ISBN: 9781508070870
Publisher: Maatkare Books
Published: 2017-06-22T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I’ve never really contemplated a happy ending, not for myself. But I do hope my sisters will find joy, somehow. I’ve yet to work that part out.

~ Quin Kirkman, Journal

“Aww, did the guard just show the little human concern?” Wolf couldn’t help the taunt that emerged. He’d been stuck down in the cell for days, his wounds spreading fire through his body. It hadn’t led to an improved temperament. It would also be another three days before Trace would send a party to come looking for him. Trace and Quin had given Wolf a week to try and break the girls out, or they – more accurately, Quin – were coming to get them instead.

“I guess he doesn’t want the only doctor eaten.” That was from the human. The statement was so dry it made him thirsty. Quin hadn’t mentioned that the vampires had access to a human doctor when he’d given his intel.

“Maybe you could come and check me out, then.” If he hadn’t been in so much pain, and the human was close enough to see his face, he might have waggled his eyebrows.

“Aside from the obvious, is there anything wrong with you?”

“What do you mean by ‘obvious’?”

“Well, you’re certainly a little unhinged. But I’m not a psychiatrist, so that’s just conjecture.”

“I doubt there are any left. I reckon they would have been all eaten.” He heard the vampire chuckle-wheeze at his statement.

“Yeah, they would have been some of the first on the list,” the vampire said. “Aside from the geneticists. All that ‘how do you feel’ bullshit, or the ‘was killing that person really necessary?’ was annoying.”

He thought he heard the human gulp.

“When did the clan get a doctor, anyway?” That was from the vampire.

“I was taken in the last raid,” the human spoke slowly.

Quin – or Trace – hadn’t mentioned there were any human doctors in the village. How little did they even know about their cattle? If there’d been a doctor, then he’d have had them moved into the compound; they needed every potential surgeon they could get their hands on. The precise removal of livers meant that the humans could survive the harvest; it was important it was done right. He had some weres who were trained to do the extraction, but only one dedicated to the task. Sometimes were instincts would kick in and things would end rather badly.

Wolf heard the vampire guard’s footsteps approach the prison area and decided to bite back on the last retort. Instead, he lay on the floor quietly. He’d decided it was a more comfortable option compared to the metal slats of the bed. His prison mate’s identity had yet to be confirmed, but he had a suspicion as to who he was spending his jail time with.

He wondered why Tatiana hadn’t just killed Marcus outright. It’s what Wolf would have done, if he forcibly took over another were’s territory. It was foolish to leave your enemies alive.

“Here,” he heard the vampire guard say. The sound of a door unlocking and footsteps echoed throughout the concrete rooms.

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