Last Wolf Hunting by Rhyannon Byrd

Author:Rhyannon Byrd [Byrd, Rhyannon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-09-17T15:52:11+00:00

The quiet house was as quaint as the woman who lived within its antique white walls. Pippa Stanton took the chair across from the love seat where Jillian and Jeremy sat, her long, signature silver plait of hair coiled around the top of her head like a crown, her posture equally regal as she made herself comfortable. After making it out of the records room undetected, they’d headed straight to her house on the outskirts of town, careful to make sure they weren’t seen walking to her door.

To Jillian’s infinite relief, the Elder had been more than happy to invite them in. “Tell me,” Pippa said in a soft, husky voice that had ripened like a fine wine, “what did you think of Drake’s rally, Mr. Burns?”

With his hands clasped between his knees, Jeremy sent her a charming, lopsided grin. “I thought it was the biggest load of bullshit I’ve ever heard.”

Jillian poked him in the ribs, glaring, but the Elder threw back her head and chuckled. “And if you don’t agree with Drake,” she said a moment later, when her laughter had died down, “then what’s your answer to the tensions rising within the Silvercrest?”

Jeremy shook his head. “I don’t claim to have the answers. I only know what I see. The pack’s insistence on defining itself by what it is and what it isn’t gives power to those who seek their own personal ambition. Is there an easy answer? An easy solution? Of course not,” he rumbled. “But focusing on the differences between your race and the humans will never lead to either. It will only bring bloodshed and destruction to this town and to the pack itself.”

“I agree, Mr. Burns. We are not human, and yet, we are not monsters. We are, in fact, charged with a greater purpose. If we chose, we could do wonderful things. Instead, we focus on bitterness and differences…when in fact, we are more alike than different. We want to be safe. We want love, protection and happiness for our families. Things that hate will never produce.”

Jillian was aware of Jeremy’s expression mirroring her own surprise at the Elder’s words. She had expected Pippa to be civil, but she’d never dreamed that the woman would actually share such opinions with them. “But that’s a discussion for another day,” the elderly Lycan murmured, inclining her head in a graceful gesture. “I assume you’ve come for information.”

“You’re right,” Jeremy told her. “It’s about Helen Drake. We’ve seen the family’s file in the hall of records and there’s no death certificate for Stefan’s wife.”

Slim gray brows lifted over piercingly sharp eyes the color of a mountain lake. “Uncovered that particular little tidbit, did you?” she remarked. “It’s one thing to see something that’s there—and quite another to see something that isn’t. I’m impressed.”

“Can you tell us what happened?”

Pippa leaned back in her chair. “Oh, there’s not much to tell. Helen fell in love with another man and left Drake and the children, which was bad enough in Drake’s opinion.

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