Hot Blooded by Christine Feehan

Author:Christine Feehan
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2010-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

IT seemed to Jenny as if it took forever, before she smelled the smoke. Then, gradually, she saw the faint glow, and then the dancing firelight in the distance. She picked up the pace and tried hard to move quickly, but quietly at the same time. The two of them crept up to the edge of a tiny clearing, and peered from the trees.

Jenny spotted Samuel. He lay on the ground, his hands and feet bound in front of him. He was barely conscious, eyes flickering open and closed, and there was blood coming from his head, glistening in the firelight as it trickled over his face.

A tripod had been erected over the fire, and a cauldron hung from it. Steam rose from the cauldron as its contents boiled, and the scents of herbs filled the air. Close by, Dr. Hinkle sat on the ground, completely naked. He was rubbing something gooey over his arms and chest. Jenny wondered if it were feline fat and felt her stomach lurch. God, how many innocent animals were going to have to suffer to satisfy Hinkle’s insanity?

“What do we do?”

“He’s made a circle,” Mamma Louisa pointed at a ring of what looked like salt, on the ground. “I can break it. Come.”

She took a feather fan from her bag and used it like a broom, sweeping the air before her as they crept forward. Hinkle sat with his eyes closed, chanting the words of his spell.

As she reached the ring of salt, Mamma Louisa said, “Open!” and swept the fan in the air and then over the ground, brushing the salt away and stepping inside. Jenny followed, then froze as she saw the glowing sphere of the moon rising above them. She spun around, and saw Samuel, bound there, jerking spasmodically against the ropes as growling sounds emerged from deep in his chest.

At the sound of Mamma Louisa’s command, Hinkle’s eyes flew wide and he sprang to his feet. “You get out of here!”

Mamma Louisa shook her head.

Beyond her, Samuel was changing. His eyes rolled and his back arched as his facial muscles contorted. The rope at his wrists snapped in two.

“In the name of Oya, in the name of Yemaya, I cast every negative force from this circle! I call in goodness. I call in white light. I call in protection!”

“No! Get out, I say!” Hinkle crouched low, reaching for something, and when he rose again he lifted a gun.

“Look out!” Jenny shouted.

But even as she said it, the wolf leapt, hitting Hinkle squarely in the chest. The gun flew from his hands, and the shot it fired went wild.

Now Hinkle was on his back, with a snarling, fiercely powerful wolf standing on his chest, growling. The two women stood there, staring, and Jenny knew full well there would be nothing either of them could do to prevent the wolf from tearing out Hinkle’s throat. Not physically at least.

Swallowing hard, Jenny knew she had to try to reach the man she loved, before he made himself a killer.

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