Mercy 01 - Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Author:Patricia Briggs [Briggs, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-10-03T11:53:37+00:00

“I could reach out and touch that boy,” he said. The boy had made another face, and Samuel made one back, sticking his thumbs in his ears and spreading his fingers out like moose antlers. “You know, one of Adam’s jobs was to make sure you didn’t run around telling the world about werewolves.”

The light turned green, and the kid waved sadly as his van accelerated onto the interstate ramp. We were accelerating, too, but the ramp curled around in an uphill slant so it would take us a while to get to interstate speed.

I snorted. “Kyle’s not the world.” I glanced at him. “Besides, you knew what I was going to do as well as Adam did. If you’d really objected, you could have stopped me before I left.”

“Maybe I think Kyle is trustworthy.”

I snorted. “Maybe the moon is made of green cheese. You don’t care. You think the werewolves need to come out in public like the fae.” Samuel had never been afraid of change.

“We aren’t going to be able to hide much longer,” Samuel said, confirming my guess.

“When I went back to school, I realized just how far forensic medicine has come. Ten years ago, when it was just the military and the FBI labs we had to worry about, having a few wolves in the right places was sufficient. But there aren’t enough wolves to infiltrate every small-town police laboratory. Since the fae came out, the scientists are paying closer attention to abnormalities they used to attribute to lab equipment failure or specimen contamination. If Da doesn’t pick his time soon, it’ll pick him.”

“You’re the reason he’s considering it at all.” That made sense. Bran had always given close consideration to Samuel’s advice.

“Da’s not stupid. Once he understood what we faced, he came to the same conclusion. He has a meeting scheduled for all the Alphas this coming spring.” He paused. “He considered using Adam—the handsome Vietnam war hero.”

“Why not you?” I asked. “The handsome, selfless doctor who has been keeping people alive for centuries.”

“That’s why Da’s in charge and you’re just a minion,” he said. “Remember, popular culture holds that all you need to become a werewolf is to have one bite you—not unlike AIDS. It will be a while before they’re comfortable rubbing elbows up close and personal. Better to leave them thinking that all the wolves are in the military and the police. You know—‘To Serve and Protect’.”

“I’m not a minion,” I objected hotly. “Minions have to be followers.” He laughed, pleased at having gotten my goat again.

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