Pack by Lilith Saintcrow

Author:Lilith Saintcrow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orbit
Published: 2014-09-22T16:00:00+00:00

Oscar twitched. The bite on my leg throbbed, still welling. It hadn’t hit an artery, thank God. The kid stepped out of the fire and shook himself, smoke spattering like water. Then he darted for us, and I lunged for the rifle.

“You’re one of them!” I got the gun and whirled, socking it to my shoulder, the bite on my leg tearing and sending another hot jolt all through me.

Huck knelt next to Oscar. His hands vanished into the dog’s thick pelt, and his eyes rolled back inside his head. The trigger halted, because…

Oscar twitched.

My dog’s ribs made creaking sounds, snapping out, and he took a deep breath. His eyes opened. He whined, and Huck folded over sideways, curling up like a pillbug.

My dead dog leapt to his feet, blue eyes wide, and barked, sharply, his old familiar what’s up, alpha? He turned in a clockwise circle, as if chasing his nonexistent tail, danced a few steps, and shook himself. Blood and muck whipped away.

All the air left me in a rush. I eased off the trigger, just a little. The chunk taken out of my thigh throbbed, and now that I was thinking I probably couldn’t fault the kid for biting me.

But still.

Huck whined, way back in his throat, and stretched out on the ground right next to the fire. Curled up again, and sagged. His eyes closed. Oscar nosed at him, and began to lick at the boy’s smoke-filthy skin.

That’s impossible. I took a step back, my wounded leg threatening to buckle.

Everything was impossible these days. It started with the news getting weird and ended with the cities becoming hunting grounds, and then the smaller towns getting visits from the things in the night.

What are you gonna do, Lydia? Adrenaline jitters whipped through me, and a fresh trickle of hot blood slid down my shin. I had a short while before the fight-or-flight hormones wore off and I got tired, and I had to use it.

Oscar sat down next to Huck and whined, looking at me. Make it better, alpha. Decide what to do.

The boy began to snore.

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