Wolf's Guile by Laura Taylor

Author:Laura Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: england, wolf, shifters, wolf shapeshifters, wolf shifters, shapeshiftes, wol shape shifters
Publisher: Laura Taylor

Standing amongst the members of his Den, Andre watched the introductions with a niggling restlessness. Before coming to this estate, the Council had given a lot of consideration to security, given that they were firstly going to be welcoming a significant number of high profile guests, and secondly, that there was a high risk of tempers flaring over the next week or so while the talks went on.

So while all the attention of both the Den and Sempre’s pack was currently focused on the introductions, Andre’s neck was prickling with the knowledge that the group was being watched by three very experienced, very focused pairs of eyes: the assassins who had come at Eleanor’s request. After a short briefing yesterday, the three of them had disappeared, and unless something went drastically wrong, they would not be heard from again until the end of the trial.

Andre fought the urge to look around and see if he could spot them, knowing that it would not only be a waste of time, but would also make him look silly. One of them, he knew, was on the roof of the manor, but though he could have easily picked out half a dozen other potential observation points, he hadn’t yet worked out exactly where the other two were lurking.

Which, in all honesty, was exactly how it should be.

A part of him was extremely grateful that the assassins had been called in. There were all manner of unpleasant tasks that might be required of them, from killing intruders – both the accidental and the combative kind – to stepping in to defend the Panel or Council members in case anyone started threatening anyone else, to putting various shifters down, depending on the result of the talks, and it was a huge relief to know that there was now no risk that Andre himself would be expected to do any of those things.

But another part of him was also embarrassed by the others’ presence. He hadn’t spoken to any of the assassins since he’d retired and didn’t know what his former friends and comrades would think of the decision. Being an assassin was a sacred duty. Would they think less of him? Would they think he had abandoned them? Would they think he was no longer up to the job?

And more to the point, was he still up to the job? While he was still working hard to keep fit, he was no longer carrying out anything like the amount of training he would have done had he still been in active service, and it was concerning to think that the next time he went into battle, his strength and reflexes might not be what they had been before.

All of that was perfectly normal, Andre reminded himself sharply. He had been well beyond tired of the nomadic life of killing and had no regrets about having left it behind.

And yet…

“We would also like to introduce Genna-Ul,” Eleanor said, and Andre realised that the rest of the Grey Watch had finished introducing themselves.

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