Gray Bishop (A Cornerstone Run Trilogy) by Meade Kelly

Author:Meade, Kelly [Meade, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-10-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

More than concerned over Knight’s sudden disappearance, Bishop was pissed. Pissed at Winston for losing track of Knight and pissed at Knight for giving Winston the slip. He stalked down the sidewalk, past Smythe’s, heading toward the house, oblivious to the glances being tossed his way. Jillian stayed close, a welcome presence, the only thing grounding his simmering temper.

Knight knew better, goddamn it. Grieving nor not, he knew better than to disappear and make them all worry.

Rook met him on the sidewalk in front of Dr. Mike’s. Their street had calmed considerably in the last hour or so. A small pile of flowers had amassed by the fence in front of their house—respectful mourning for the run’s lost Alpha. Bishop ignored the way the sight made his heart twist.

“I already chewed Winston’s ears off once, but feel free to give him a go,” Rook said. His face was a thundercloud, made all the scarier by his missing earlobe and scars.

“How’d Knight get out?” Bishop asked.

“Bastard climbed out his bedroom window. His clothes were on the floor, so he probably shifted first. His scent is all over the yard and house. It’s hard to track which way he went. Knight blames himself, Bishop.”

“I know he does.”

“No, I mean it.” Rook’s expression was dark, but pain burned in his eyes. “He truly, genuinely blames himself for all of these deaths. Nothing I said to him earlier made a bit of difference.”

“Quietly let all of the enforcers know he’s MIA, including the enforcers from Springwell. If he’s spotted, he’s to be detained, by force if necessary. Alert Jonas, too. I don’t want Knight anywhere near that boarding house. While you’re at it, spread the word that there will be a town meeting tonight at seven. Here at the house. I have a few things to announce.”

“On it.” Rook trotted back toward Main Street, his phone already at his ear.

“Do you think Knight would leave town?” Jillian asked.

“I don’t know.” Bishop gazed up and down the street, as though his brother would magically appear. “I hope not, but three weeks ago he was willing to go with Fiona in order to save the run. He’d make a deal again, if it meant no more deaths, and he can run a lot faster on four feet than two.”

“Would he remove himself from the equation all together?”

A lump of ice, cold hard fear, settled deep in his gut. He wanted to deny the possibility of Knight committing suicide in order to stop the war between the loup and the two remaining hybrids, but he couldn’t. Knight was not the same man he was a month ago. Bishop couldn’t anticipate his thoughts, much less his next move. And going straight to the hybrids, giving himself up, was just another form of suicide, wasn’t it?

“Bishop.” Jillian glanced up and down the quiet sidewalk, then tugged him closer to a small tree. Her face was troubled, her eyes pinched. “Back in Springwell, I fought with Victoria briefly. She very deliberately threw it in my face that she was carrying Knight’s child.

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