Don't Dare the Devil by Wade Erin

Author:Wade, Erin [Wade, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Indie Print Publishing
Published: 2018-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Raven was as beautiful and powerful as Darke remembered. The last of the Canis dirus, Raven could be as terrifying in her dire wolf form as she was gorgeous in her human form. Darke didn’t know when she stopped breathing.

“Who are you, and why are you asking questions?” Raven asked as she circled Darke, sniffing her. A slow smile crept to her lips. “Perhaps you and I should talk in private.”

Darke nodded and followed the woman into a tunnel that opened into a lavishly furnished bedroom and sitting room area.

Raven closed the door between them and her followers. She turned and embraced Darke. “How did you find me? I’ve been trying to get a message to Sable for months, but my emissaries are always intercepted by Lycan’s men.

“Damn, you look like hell. I never thought I’d see the day Countess Darke von Knight would look like a pig farmer.”

Darke laughed. “I had to fit in with your people if I was to find you. Tell me what’s going on.”

“It happened quickly,” Raven said as she poured wine into glasses and passed one to Darke. “Like me, Lycan is a half-breed. He’s the son of a woman from our territory and a man from your territory. He possesses many of your traits and the worst of ours. He has lived for many years and has assembled a group of followers. He has made them outlandish promises, because he doesn’t understand everything about your people and how they mesh with mine.

“We discovered that he is chemically enhancing his followers, pumping up their testosterone levels to make them overly aggressive.

“About six months ago his followers stormed the castle and overpowered my guards. The group you see here is all that managed to escape. It’s just a matter of time until they find us. We call his followers Lycanians.

“Lycan thinks he can interbreed our two species and develop a race of super human beings. He wants control of your territory’s gold mines to finance . . . don’t laugh . . . to finance his takeover of Europe and eventually the world.”

“Is he planning to attack my mother?” Darke said, scowling.

“Yes, as soon as he finds a way to destroy me.”

“Does he know Mother suspects something is wrong?”

“I don’t think so.” Raven furrowed her brow. “He isn’t the brightest log on the fire.”

“If we kill Lycan, will it diffuse the situation or just throw everything into chaos?”

“I’d put my money on chaos,” Raven huffed. “The rogues are worse than rabid dogs. Without Lycan to direct their cruelty they will ravage and plunder everything in sight.

“I have pockets of followers hidden in caves all over the mountains. Many of the outlying farmers and ranchers are my supporters. It is almost impossible to assemble them into a fighting army to defeat the rogues.”

“Can you disguise yourself so that you look like you’re traveling with me?” Darke asked. “We need to get you to my mother and Kristaal so we can form a strategy.”

“I’m not sure I could ever look as bad as you do right now,” Raven said, an impish grin playing across her lips.

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