Catching a Coyote by Serenity Snow

Author:Serenity Snow [Snow, Serenity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781773399287
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Cordelia picked her way through the dark, deliberately refusing to allow her eyes to go nightglow. She didn’t want the thin light cast by her eyes to give her away.

The man she’d met down on the docks, had been passing through which had waylaid her departure. The good thing was, he’d had the order she’d put in two weeks ago ready.

She always put one in when her gut started telling her it was time to move on. That way she didn’t have to stay longer than she felt was safe. The papers in her pack would allow her to get a fresh start in Canada and with the glamour spell she’d come up with, she’d no longer be white.

Cordelia liked it here. However, if Mallory was looking into her past or did start, Yamamoto would get wind of it and come looking. She didn’t want to put the few friends she’d made here in danger, especially Mallory.

She started to stroll past the old cannery that faced the ocean and the lighthouse when a dull thud stopped her in her tracks. Not normally squeamish, since there wasn’t much a human could do with a cat, it wasn’t fear riding her, but the sudden sense of terror the cat was sensing.

“No.” The voice was muffled, but definitely a woman’s.

A laugh followed, the sound masculine. A grunt followed that, and Cordelia headed in the direction of the trouble. She didn’t want to get involved, so she hoped she could do something to get the man to leave the woman alone long enough for them both to escape.

A growl lit the air, and she picked up her pace, urgency churning inside her.

A loud shriek followed. Then, something fell inside the cannery—she could hear it through a broken window high above her.

Cordelia put on a burst of speed and reached the door. A blur of blood stained fur shot through it and raced away from the cannery without looking back. She quickly stepped inside in case the animal did look back. She didn’t want him to know she was out here.

“Help!” a feminine voice begged. “I can smell you.”

Cordelia moved through the dark, eyes lighting the way.

“You’re going away from me. Left. Come left and watch the glass if you’re in animal form.”

She recognized the voice. It was that reporter. The pretty one who’d been in the club right after Isa’s murder.

“Carleigh?” Cordelia stopped moving and drew in the air. She picked up dank musty building, fear, and blood.

“It’s me,” she said weakly. “Call for help. I’ve been attacked by a wolf.”

Cordelia reached her within moments to find Carleigh sprawled on the dingy floor, bloodied and red pooled around her. The girl had been mauled and help wasn’t going to reach them in time.

“Cordelia?”

“Yes.”

“Call for help,” she said. “I’m not going to last too long without—” she coughed, and blood droplets flew from her mouth.

She knelt next to the girl and removed her bag, to take out her phone. “What happened?”

“Bastard attacked me,” she muttered weakly.

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