Coveted by Madison Shawntelle

Author:Madison, Shawntelle [Madison, Shawntelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780345532299
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: 2012-04-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Nothing in life can prepare you for a vicious hit from reality like this one. That painful swelling in the chest when everything goes wrong. The feeling, like a burden of a thousand bricks stacked one on top of the other. All I could do was endure. Hope my body could fight the desire to claw at my throat for air.

I gripped the side of the love seat and leaned forward. I could deny the facts again and again all I wanted. But they’d taken my brother. And now they wanted me in his place. Nothing in the universe could set things right. Nothing except for the death of every Long Island werewolf who dared hurt my brother.

Thorn touched my shoulder. Somehow his words bled into my thoughts.

“I’ve spoken to our pack leader about the matter.” He paused. I refused to look into his eyes. “And he has made his decree. One life should be sacrificed for the good of the many.”

“No!” I stood up, fists clenched. “Don’t give me that bullshit, Thorn.”

My father boiled, but he didn’t move. His furies were always contained. Anger that I’ve never seen unleashed. His mouth formed a thin, twitching line.

The kitchen had gone quiet. Without a sound, my mother entered the room and approached Thorn. The blank look on her face made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

“I wish Farley would come here and say those words to my face,” said my father, his voice even.

Thorn took a deep breath before he spoke. “Fyodor, Alex is pack. He’s my friend.”

“Then why didn’t you tell Farley we need to find him?” I asked.

“I did speak for him.”

“Yeah, right. Old Farley doesn’t care about anyone but himself.”

Thorn’s voice rose. “He is still pack leader and my father.”

I walked away from him to sit next to my father. Why sit next to Thorn if he didn’t care about me? “Some leader.”

My father broke in with, “Be that as it may, my family doesn’t need the pack to go hunting for my son.” He stood with a straight back. “We will search for him and bring him home.”

Thorn ran his fingers through his hair. “I can’t let you go out there alone.”

“You just told us my brother is expendable—”

“Damn it, Nat. Have I ever listened to my father? Time and time again, he’s ordered me to do things I didn’t want to do. But this time all he ordered me to do was relay the message. That’s done. Now it’s time to get the bastards who took Alex.”

I swallowed, trying to ease the rising constriction in my chest. This whole situation left me weakened and bitter. “How long until we leave?” I managed.

Thorn’s face resembled stone. “You’re not coming with us. Not this time. You’re in no condition to take this on.”

Somehow I laughed. “You think I plan to sit here? This isn’t pack business anymore. This is my—” Suddenly, I couldn’t find the breath to speak. My throat went dry and only a moan escaped.

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