Never Free by Eileen Schuh

Author:Eileen Schuh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: crime, wolves, canada, genetic engineering, artifical intellegence
Publisher: WolfSinger

Chapter 10

I know something is terribly amiss the moment I open the door to her. Every feature of her body screams catastrophe, from the slope of her shoulders to the lines on her face, to her eyes full of tears and apology. I dig my nails into her arm. “What’s wrong? What’s happened to Peter? What have you done to him?”

“He’ll be okay,” Constable Renita says.

“Where is he?” I purposely dig my nails deeper. She winces and reaches for my hand.

“He’s in the hospital. But he’s okay.” She tugs at my fingers. “Let go. Please.”

“Not until you tell me what happened.”

“Can I come in? We’ll talk.”

“I don’t let kidnappers into my house. We’ll talk right here.” I’m surprised to see my words have caused some of the worry in her eyes to be replaced with hurt. I’m too concerned about Peter, though, to care.

“I’m not a kidnapper, Marie.”

“You forcibly took me away from him. I did not want to leave the research department! Today was supposed to be our day together. I was supposed to meet him after his doctor’s appointment. If you had let me, he would not be in the hospital!”

“I know. I know. But not all is as it seems. Soon I’ll be able to explain it. Soon, but not now. Please, let me come in. Let’s talk reasonably about the things that I can tell you.”

“No! Where is he? Which hospital? I’m going to see him.”

“No, you aren’t! Listen, to me, Marie. Listen—”

“I’m not listening. I’m done listening to your lies. I’m done with it all. I need my Wolf.” I’m about to grab her other arm and dig in my nails, but poof! My wrists are both bound up in her hands.

“You will listen,” she says. “And you will let me in.” She drops my wrists and pushes past me, closing the door behind her. She faces me and heaves a big sigh. Some of the tension in her face drains away. “Peter is fine. He is recovering from mild hypothermia and will soon be home.”

“Hypothermia?”

“He fell in the river but was pulled out within minutes. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution.”

“I don’t believe that! He is a wilderness expert. He wouldn’t just ‘fall in a river’. Something more happened. Was he pushed in? Someone was trying to kill him, weren’t they? A cop, maybe?”

“No! Why would you say that? In fact it was a cop who rescued…” She trails off, staring at me in disbelief. “What’s going on here, Marie?”

She looks so hurt, I actually feel bad—despite my well-found beliefs I’m being betrayed by those who say they are protecting me. I’m floundering in worry and confusion and don’t know how to respond. Letting the enemy in on your suspicions doesn’t seem logical.

“He didn’t fall in,” I reiterate, because that much I know.

“No, he didn’t. But I’d hoped to let him tell you that. He jumped in.”

“Jumped in? Was he running away from something? Someone was chasing him?”

“We’re not sure why he jumped in, but we do know there was nothing or nobody chasing him.

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