Wolf Fated by Nicole R. Taylor

Author:Nicole R. Taylor [Taylor, Nicole R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole R. Taylor

We locked Rick in a disused storage closet that’d been converted into a cell. It sat inside the dank depths of the basement and had all the latest modern conveniences. Slate grey feature wall with artful werewolf scratches, white cornices, a rendered concrete bench to sleep on, and a heavy-duty lock on the unbreakable metal door. Conveniently, there was also a drain in the middle of the floor.

Gasket dumped Rick on the bench, and I locked the door behind us. Glancing at the wolf next to me—the man who said he cared about Sloane like a father—I didn’t need to explain to him what I was about to do. All he did was nod to let me know we were on the same page.

I grabbed Rick by the scruff of the neck and threw him across the room. He collided with the wall, the bang echoing through the room. The other benefit of being down here, where the wolves turned every full moon, was no one would hear his screams.

Rick was on his feet in a flash, looking for an exit that didn’t exist. Tired of his cowardice, I shoved him up against the wall and held my forearm on his chest. Levelling my gaze, I sneered. “You’ve got a smart mouth on you, huh?”

“Get off me!” He wriggled, but he was no match for my strength.

“What is Marini planning?” I asked, jamming my arm harder against him. “Talk.”

“He doesn’t tell me anything,” he said, snivelling like a little pig. “I just follow orders. Same as you.”

“You and I both know I can’t compel another supernatural,” I said, “but I can hurt you, then heal you…then hurt you again.” I inched closer, triumph coursing through my veins as his pupils dilated in fear. “Now…are you going to wet your pants, or are you going to tell me what you know?”

“D-don’t kill me,” Rick stuttered, showing off what a big man he really was.

Gasket shifted behind me. “Start talking, kid, or this won’t end pretty. You know what Chaser is capable of.”

Rick was shaking, unable to control his fear. Soon, he’d be catatonic and useless.

“What is Marini going to do to Sloane?” I shook him as my eyes turned back and my fangs began to elongate.

“He’s going to give her to them,” Rick exclaimed. “To make things go away.”

“The Hollow Men?” I growled, my anger turning into something more like rage. After all we’d been through to get here, Marini was just going to give her to them?

“I’m just the messenger,” Rick said. “I only follow orders. I deliver letters and stuff.”

I grabbed the front of his shirt and jerked him close. “What letters?”

“The witch,” he blubbered, his fear sending his heartbeat into overdrive. “I take letters to the witch.”

I hissed. “And what are in these letters?”

“How should I know?”

“Don’t tell me you don’t read them before you deliver, because I wouldn’t believe you.”

“Okay, okay.” Rick held up his hands. “He’s making a deal with the Hollow Men to hand Betty over for the sacrifice, but when he does, he plans to double-cross them.

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