Dire Wants_A Novel of the Eternal Wolf Clan by Stephanie Tyler

Author:Stephanie Tyler [Tyler, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2012-11-05T23:00:00+00:00

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Kate was alienating Stray’s brother. What good could come of that? She’d been taken by this wolf because they needed her help for one of his kind. They were tight knit.

They’ll use you and throw you away.

“What’s going on in there?” Stray tapped the side of her head gently.

She couldn’t lie to him now, any more than she could lie to herself. “I’ve hurt Jinx.”

“You looked like you couldn’t control what happened.”

True, but that was beyond the point. “Your other brothers, even Gwen . . . they’re being nice, but when they look at me . . . I can feel the suspicion oozing from them.”

“I told you—witches aren’t typically a first choice of friends for a wolf. You have a lot of natural-born enemies,” he said. “Vampires for sure. Shifters. Even the trappers aren’t crazy about you unless they can control you. Demons don’t like you, either.”

“Does anyone in the supernatural world like witches? Because, honestly, it seems like even witches don’t like other witches a lot of the time.” She wasn’t sure why she bothered asking, because she already knew the answer.

Stray shook his head slowly. “By nature, witches are solitary creatures. Always have been.”

She understood why now, and she nearly crumpled. She’d been solitary for so damned long and the thought of going through the rest of her life—which was now forever—like that was unbearable. Stray might want her now, but if she continued to see bad things relating to his family . . .

A weight crushed her chest until she could barely breathe. She was vaguely aware of Stray holding her shoulders and calling for help.

“Kate, this is oxygen,” Gwen told her. Kate tried to fight the plastic mask on her face, trying to see if she would die or not.

Because she wanted to.

But strong hands held her arms down and her body’s survival instincts kicked in, forcing her to gasp in several deep breaths.

She didn’t know how long she remained like that, but finally the grip on her loosened and she slumped forward.

“What did you do to her?” Gwen said from somewhere above her.

She wanted to defend Stray, to tell Gwen that he’d simply given her more of the truth she’d asked for, but no words came.

“Kate, are you all right now?” Gwen asked, her face set in serious lines.

“Fine. Sorry—don’t mean to keep causing trouble for you and your family,” she murmured.

Gwen cast a look Kate couldn’t quite read her way and then told Stray, “Keep her calm. I can’t give her more meds on top of what I gave her for the headache.”

Kate heard the door close, felt the bed sink from Stray’s weight.

“I didn’t mean to do that to you, Kate. I suck at this stuff, but I’m trying to be there for you.”

“Stop. I got what I asked for. I keep asking and you’re going slowly, but every time you tell me something, I know you’re holding back. Now I know it’s witches against the world. Better I know what I’m in for, right?” She tried to give a small laugh and failed.

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