Defiance: The Wolfborne Saga Book 1 by Alsop Cheree

Author:Alsop, Cheree [Alsop, Cheree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

I managed to make it all the way to my feet by the time James and Jemmy returned. They looked much the worse for the wear with blood covering their clothes, soot on both of their faces, and even some in Jemmy’s red hair that she had tied back with a piece of plaid cloth. By the expressions on their faces when they watched me limp toward the door, I looked as bad as they did.

“Come on. I’ve got some clean clothes inside you can borrow,” Jemmy told me. “There’s a changing room.” She gave a little huff of laughter. “For the first time, it’s going to truly live up to the potential of its name.”

“Maybe he should stay a wolf,” James said, missing her joke.

Jemmy shook her head. “It takes a lot of energy for a werewolf to stay in wolf form during the day. The moonlight makes it much easier. He’s using up more energy than he can spare staying in that form for this long.”

I felt their eyes on me as I made my way slowly toward the changing room in the corner made by fastening a purple and blue blanket with stars on it to a string and pulled across the corner to the other wall. I managed to close it with my mouth with only minimal discomfort, then sat inside and attempted to gather my strength for what was to come.

A mirror leaned against the corner. It was cracked on the edge and had gold filigree across the top and bottom in fancy swirls. I forced my eyes to lift to the wolf reflected back at me.

I looked tired. That was my first thought, which was followed closely by the agreement that I looked as bad, if not worse, than James and Jemmy had. The bandages on my forearm hung in tatters. It was obvious that my break was not taking well to changing form. Apparently, bones didn’t appreciate shifting size and location while they were trying to mend. The swelling on either side of the break and the red inflamed tissue argued as much. It was going to hurt to phase back.

But Jemmy was right. I could feel my strength lagging as the seconds ticked by. If I didn’t phase soon, my body would force me to out of sheer survival. Werewolves weren’t meant to be in wolf form during the day. It was unnatural and usually unnecessary. That was why we made such excellent guardians for the vampires. We were in animal form at night when they had to deal with us, enabling them to treat us like animals as much as they wished; then, during the daytime, we protected them as armor-wearing, death-defying warriors able to give and take commands and communicate with each other as our tasks demanded.

It was interesting to me how easy it became to look at the situation from the outside. I had only been away from it for little over a day, yet the slavery and cruel torture that had been so normal as I lived it now seemed completely barbaric.

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