Huntress Claimed by Eva Brandt

Author:Eva Brandt [Brandt, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2020-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Imogen

The first thing I became aware of when I wake up was the sound of sharp, biting voices. “I’m telling you, Alpha Brooks, that I have the right to be here. Imogen is still my sister. I need to know what happened to her.”

Through the haze still clinging to my mind, I distantly recognized Alan. He was arguing with Xander, who had no intention of letting him reach me. “She’ll be given the best of care here, at the pack, with her true family. She doesn’t need you.”

“I beg to differ. You weren’t capable of protecting her before. If I hadn’t shot Roman, she and your Beta would have both died.”

“So you keep saying. But if your hunters hadn’t jumped the gun, Roman wouldn’t have been there in the first place. Maybe the first version of our plan would have worked and we’d have lost less people.”

“You can’t blame the casualties on me. That was always going to happen and you know it.”

“Of course I know it and I accept my share of the blame. I’m aware I should have done better and kept my pack safe. But that doesn’t change the fact that I don’t trust you with Genny’s wellbeing and I never will.”

Another voice, this time female, interrupted the conversation. “Lead Hunter Lee, I think it’s time for you to leave. Alpha Brooks is very upset and you are only making things worse. If you want to speak to your sister, you can do so later, once she’s recovered.” It was Veronica and I had to wonder what she was doing here and why Ulysses wasn’t the one with me.

“So be it,” Alan said after a long pause. “I’ll leave for now. But this isn’t over.”

The door opened and closed as Alan stalked off in a huff. “That could have gone better,” Veronica said.

“Honestly, at this point, I couldn’t care less about him. I just want us to be able to move back to the pride lair already.”

“Yes, but you know it’s too dangerous for Imogen and Byron now. It’s safer for them to be here while they recover.”

Veronica’s comment chased away the lingering traces of my confusion. The memory of my confrontation with Roman flashed through my mind. All of a sudden, I could see Byron fighting the ancient vampire, burying his fist in Roman’s chest and being consumed by Roman’s dark magic.

I opened my eyes and got up on my haunches, starting to hyperventilate. “Byron. What happened to Byron?”

Within seconds, Xander was by my side, petting my hair and wrapping his warm arms around me. “He’s fine. Or he’s going to be. It was touch and go with his arm for a few hours. We thought he was going to lose it, but in the end, between our healing factor and some help from the witches, the tissue is recovering. It’s just exhausting and it’ll take some time for him to be back to normal.”

“But… It’ll happen, right?”

“Eventually, yes,” Xander replied. “We just need to give him a little time.

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