Moon's Fury (Sazi 5) by C. T. Adams & Cathy Clamp

Author:C. T. Adams & Cathy Clamp [Adams, C. T. & Clamp, Cathy]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-01-06T09:10:11+00:00

17

Other than the extra cars parked in the lot outside the private health club that served as pack headquarters, the scene looked absolutely normal. But David, who had picked him up from the airport, warned him he was going to be shocked.

“So, how many Wolven people have showed up so far?” His little brother turned the steering wheel and drove down the line of cars before pulling into a slot. Adam recognized most of the cars—about a dozen pack members were already here. There was a black SUV with Illinois plates and two rental sedans he didn’t know. “Just the original two agents and the council guy who’s running the force now. I don’t know if they’re sending anyone else. Everyone’s being really closemouthed. Mom was here earlier, but she couldn’t handle the scene. Tommy and Jill and a couple others have been cleaning up blood all morning, so it might not be as bad as it was earlier. Remember that steakhouse drive-by a while back? How there was blood and glass everywhere—floor, ceiling, walls…even splattered across the flowers?”

Adam nodded. His brother was on the local force, too. They’d both been working the same shift that night. “Yah. That bad?”

The laugh was brittle enough to make him wince as David turned off the key and unbuckled his belt. “Waay worse. When I left to pick you up, Roberta was on her way to the store to buy about a dozen pails of Kilz—the oil-based kind. The drywall soaked up the blood and it’s going to stink to high heaven even after scrubbing. Personally, I don’t care how much bacteria the stuff kills…I mean, Tommy said it’s good shit, he swears it worked when the sewer backed up in his laundry room last fall, but I think we’re going to have to tear out a few walls in the reception area. I can’t even imagine how the pack is going to respond next week on the moon. We’re going to have a lot of freaked out wolves, smelling the blood of so many pack mates.”

They were out of the car, walking toward the entrance when Adam stopped. David took a few more steps and then paused as well, waiting.

Maybe it was spotting his brother tense, or the scent of mild fear that drifted to him. But, like a small child who doesn’t want to leave the safety of the covers to close the closet door, he wanted to enjoy the scents of home for just a minute before entering hell. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. It had rained the night before, and the air was cool and wet, filled with ozone and the scent of pink and yellow tulips, which had burst out of the planters around the front door. The smells were so very different than down in Texas, where purple lupines were a unique dark blue and daisies fought for the attention of his nose, and the air felt as though it would burn his lungs with each breath.

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