Girl Among Wolves 2: Beastly Beauty by Lena Mae Hill

Author:Lena Mae Hill [Hill, Lena Mae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Speak Now
Published: 2017-09-18T05:00:00+00:00

19

I emerge from the door into the bedroom and turn back to Harmon. “Why are we back here?” I ask. “Where’s my dad? What did you do to him?”

“He’s fine,” Harmon says, standing in the doorway, leaning heavily on the knob. “And you’ll get to see him. But not tonight.”

I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I should have expected this. “Let me guess. You’re holding him prisoner, too. Is that who was screaming that night?”

“Stella, no,” he says, sounding horrified. “A lot of wolves were injured that night. I told you what that was. And your father…”

“What about him?” I snap, exasperated by all the vague answers. “Can you please just tell me the truth for once in your life?”

“He’s with his people,” Harmon says. “The night of the attack, I was injured, but I sent part of the pack after you. I’m sorry I couldn’t come for you myself.”

“You sent them to bring me back here to be your prisoner?”

“To make sure you were safe,” he says. “If you were safe at your father’s, they would have left you there. But the shifters had you, and…they had other plans for you. We got your father, and he said they’d give you to us if we turned him over to them. So we did.”

Dizzy, I reach out to steady myself on the doorframe. “You gave them my father?”

“He’s fine,” Harmon says through clenched teeth. “He’s the one who offered to trade. He’s living at his house in the Third Valley. You don’t have to believe me. I’ll show you tomorrow. But tonight, I’m going to see the doctor. You can do whatever you want down here.” He pauses, then turns back to me. “And Stella? I’m sorry.”

With that, he steps back and closes the door. I throw myself at it, trying to turn the knob before it locks, but I’m too late. I hear the deadbolt clunk into place, and I slide down the door and rest my forehead on my knees. Behind the door, I hear Harmon’s uneven footfalls on the wooden stairs. I refuse to feel guilty for injuring him.

But I do, anyway.

After a while, I return to my spot under the window. I have a lot to think about. Most of all, how I’m going to get out of here, find my dad, and leave once and for all. I can’t stop returning to that one question—why hasn’t my dad come to get me? Harmon must be lying about him living at his house. He’d come for me if he could.

I should have gone with Mrs. Nguyen. I think over her words. She told me not to trust Harmon, but I didn’t listen. Now I know she was saying those things for a reason. I replay what she said before she left. Look around. See what’s there, but don’t trust my eyes. Don’t trust anyone or anything. The wolves say they’re honest, but if I’ve learned anything here, it’s that they are all liars. And I am always alone.

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