King by Susan A. Bliler

Author:Susan A. Bliler
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Werewolves & Shifters, paranormal, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Susan A. Bliler
Published: 2013-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

When Lilly woke, she wasn’t sure where she was. Then she remembered, and overwhelming grief swamped her. She fought to hold back tears, and her eyes flashed open when she realized she wasn’t alone.

Monroe was seated in the chair next to her bed, with Legion Knight standing at his side, and the Walker she knew to be RedKnife KillsPrettyEnemy standing just inside the door, staring straight ahead at the wall above her bed.

Lilly sighed, looking from RedKnife to Monroe. She knew Monroe well, knew his moods. The thin line of his angry lips whitened as his lips drew tighter.

“What?” Lilly snapped, angry herself that Monroe would think she deserved to bear any of his wrath considering her recent ordeal.

His words were clipped, “It seems King has left you a little gift.”

Lilly looked away from Monroe’s angry eyes to scan the room. She found no card, no flowers, no…then she saw it. Sitting on a table against the far wall was a small, fist-sized, bloody, object. Lilly blinked, trying to clear her vision. “Is that?”

“Yes,” Monroe bit out. “The heart of one Mr. Richard Jamison.”

Lilly sat dazed. She stared at the heart for several tense moments. She knew Monroe expected her to feel guilty. Christ, she expected herself to feel guilty, but the emotion wouldn’t formulate. A flash of anger, then pain were both replaced as a warmth ignited in the pit of her stomach and grew until her limbs were shaking with its power. Gratitude. She hadn’t expected any of them to care enough to avenge what had happened to her. But one had…King had.

Lilly’s peripheral vision took in the flare of Monroe’s nostrils. She knew he was reading her scents. Trying to decipher just how she perceived King’s gift. She didn’t want him to have to guess. Her voice was thickened with emotion, “It’s the greatest gift anyone has ever given me.”

Monroe snarled, “Christ Lilly, you’re starting to sound like one of us. Do you realize a man died today? By your order! You’ve got blood on your hands and whether you realize it now or not, blood won’t wash off that easily.”

Lilly let her head fall back against the pillow as she frowned up at Monroe, “Funny, I would have expected more from you.”

He smelt the accusation and the betrayal she felt. For a second his own regret flashed across his face. “I was trying to get answers. All we had was his name, and the knowledge that he was a local rancher. We tied you to him through your work with the Canis Lupus Coalition. Other than that we have nothing.”

Lilly closed her eyes, her throat convulsing as she swallowed. “Richard Jamison. He goes by RJ. He’s hated me for a very long time.”

“You knew him personally?” Monroe couldn’t disguise his interest.

“Only through my work with the Coalition. I told King this. We’re a non-profit committed to the protection of gray wolves. RJ has been our most ruthless opponent.

As a rancher he’s sought to have protection of the wolves removed as well as being the greatest advocate for wolf hunting.

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