L.A. Banks - Crimson Moon 5 - Never Cry Werewolf by L. A. Banks

Author:L. A. Banks
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-05-09T05:00:00+00:00

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Although the building yielded nothing, the afternoon wasn't a complete loss. Something remotely close to respect had been established now that Madison finally got to see with his own eyes, along with about fifty other specialized personnel, what had always been kept on a need-to-know basis.

Reading it in a report was definitely a different experience from seeing it live. Another real plus was that Colonel Madison now saw her and Hunter as true experts and was giving some ground, allowing them to suss out any evidence leads and no longer barring them from crime scenes.

The only thing was that the man insisted on a private debrief in his Humvee, which meant she had to leave Hunter out there waiting for her with extremely jumpy soldiers giving him wide berth. This little impromptu meeting was burning valuable daylight, but if it got Madison to stop acting like an asshole, she'd endure it.

"I, uh, had a few questions, Captain," Madison said nervously as they both climbed into the vehicle and shut the doors. He glanced at the two soldiers who stood not far off at the ready.

She glanced at Hunter and gave him a nod that it was all right.

"Sir?" she said, turning to the colonel.

"They're personal in nature, some of my questions ... off the record, just as one soldier to another."

"Sure, sir," Sasha said, relaxing, finally beginning to see the man behind the bluster.

"What does it feel like?"

"Sir?"

Colonel Madison chewed his bottom lip. "To be able to change into something that powerful at will."

"Oh, the wolf thing," she said with a weary sigh. "At first, it scared me—sorta like being a new driver and somebody sits you behind the wheel of a Porsche on the Autobahn. The first time I changed . .. man ... I freaked out, sir."

"Your partner—or contact—had to stand three feet at the shoulders . .." Colonel Madison rubbed his palms down his face. "Jesus H. Christ."

"Yeah, well, Hunter is a little special, sir."

Colonel Madison glanced out the window. "Are they all that huge? There's more?"

"No, and yes. No, they aren't all that huge—Hunter is a pack alpha, sir. Until there's one who can take him, he rules North America. And yes, sir, there are a lot of them. Hundreds."

"How did we survive, as humans?" Colonel Madison's eyes were wide as he glanced from Sasha to Hunter, standing off in the distance. "They could have eaten us all by now, right?"

"No," she said, shaking her head, becoming annoyed. The brass were as bad as Congress; nobody read the full reports. "Normal Werewolves and Shadow Wolves, just like regular wolves, have a complete aversion to human flesh. Yeah, they'll give cattle ranchers a run for their money, but they don't go after human beings unless those wolves that attack are demon-infected."

The colonel nodded, but she could tell by his stricken expression that her comment hadn't made him feel better.

"And .. . along with demons, then, there's Vampires, right?"

"Affirmative, sir." Sasha gently touched his arm to steady him.

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