In the Mouth of the Wolf by Nicole Maggi

Author:Nicole Maggi
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781605426228
Publisher: Medallion Media Group
Published: 2015-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

Abrams, Jeffrey. Called: July 9, 1997. Animal Form: Mountain Lion. Site: The Waterfall.

And then below it, stamped in large block red letters, one word: Deceased.

I pulled my fingers off the folder as if it had bitten me. I clenched my hands into fists for a moment. Then, quickly, I shoved the folder back in place and pulled out another one.

Arconi, Stephen. Called: February 28, 1962. Animal Form: Cougar. Site: The Waterfall. Deceased.

I slammed the drawer shut and rolled out the middle one so hard it almost fell off its hinges. A quick trip through the folders in that drawer and the one below told me what I’d suspected after reading Stephen Arconi’s file. These were records of all the dead Malandanti from the Twin Willows Clan. I leaned against the cabinet, trembling. Would Jonah someday be one of those files—his life reduced to two lines in black and white?

I breathed in deep through my nose to quell the sudden queasiness in my gut. I swallowed hard and went to the next cabinet. My fingers shook as I reached for the top drawer.

“Finally,” Bree said.

“What?”

“I’m in.” She pulled a flash drive out of her pocket and plugged it into the side of the computer. “Download in progress.”

“Downloading what?”

She crossed her arms. “Nerina might think magic is the way to bring down the Guild, but I think a good, old financial reckoning will do the trick.” She grinned. “I’m about to have every little dirty financial secret they have in my hands.”

It was smart. I had to give her credit. My thinking leaned toward Nerina’s, but Bree could be right. And hey, it was my idea to bring her in. So I could pat myself on the back a little bit too.

I turned to the filing cabinet. This one was filled with manila folders too, but they were significantly thicker than the one-sheet folders in the Deceased file. I thumbed through the tabs, looking for something that might offer a clue to what was inside, but most of them had generic labels, like Correspondence or Payments.

I closed the top drawer and tried the middle one. A dividing tab in the center caught my eye. Dissenters. The folders behind it were all labeled with names. I saw it almost immediately. Jacobs, Lidia.

My fingers couldn’t pull the folder out fast enough. The card stock sliced my thumb, but I ignored the stinging pain and flipped the folder open. The first sheet was an overview, with several typed lines:

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