The Hex Files_Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna

Author:Gina LaManna [LaManna, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LaManna Books
Published: 2018-10-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

My calorie consumption, the investigation, and my tangled, wearied emotions were all put on hold for the rest of the afternoon. Three hours after the attack, I found myself sitting in the hospital waiting room again with Willa’s hands latched on mine like leeches, as if to let go would be to die.

Willa’s mother had been taken in by an agitated, pale Nurse Anita at the hospital. The angst in her step and lack of updates on Kady’s healing progress told me all I needed to know about the situation—that it was, indeed, dire.

“Matthew is already on the mend,” I said. “The attack was similar. I’m sure your mother will be okay.”

Willa just shook her head. She’d taken to moving like a zombie, not quite seeing, not seeming to feel a thing, not daring to hope. “He’s a vampire. He can heal himself from anything. My mom is basically human. She’s not built to withstand a werewolf attack.”

I didn’t have an answer to that because it was true. Except for the werewolf part, which concerned me. While the claw markings did look suspiciously wolfish in nature, the figure I’d seen leaving Kady’s room didn’t look animal in its movements. It appeared decidedly human, a fact which hadn’t left me alone since we’d arrived at the hospital.

Werewolves weren’t able—at least, not on a regular basis—to shift in and out of their forms. It was mostly a full moon sort of thing with some exceptions. And even the exceptions would have been a stretch in this instance.

Most wolves, once shifted, lost almost all human emotion—they went deep into The Depth until they transformed back for reasons of safety. They often couldn’t differentiate between friend and foe, family or enemy. It was why shifting in public was a heavily punished, zero-tolerance sort of crime. It was incredibly dangerous.

Which was why I doubted Kady’s attacker was a werewolf, at least in the traditional sense. My mind quickly shifted to Grey who, because of his Elderwolf status, had the ability to shift in and out of his second form as he desired. And I knew from personal experience that he had uncanny, human-like control in that form. It was still Grey.

Still, even Grey had to change into and out of his clothes. I’d run straight upstairs after Kady’s scream. The timeline was tight; if the wolf had shifted back immediately after the attack, he might have had time to throw a black robe on, but it would have been risky.

An alternative solution was a spell, either purchased or conjured, that clothed the attacker more quickly. But that would mean the intruder had a decent handle on magic and had been incredibly prepared.

An uneasiness settled on my shoulders. I couldn’t stand to point the finger at Grey. I couldn’t fathom why he’d ever want to hurt Matthew, first of all, let alone an innocent person like Kady Bloomer. If ever there was a woman who had no enemies, it was Willa’s mother. She was the

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