Wolf's Revenge: Shifter Legacies 2 by Mark E. Cooper

Author:Mark E. Cooper
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Urban
ISBN: 9781905380046
Publisher: Impulsebooks UK
Published: 2005-08-01T14:00:00+00:00

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Smoke

David hurriedly undressed while listening to Stephen’s account of what had happened. Barrows and Flint had cornered Stephen the moment David told them it was Chris they saw fl eeing the hanger. They had assumed, quite rightly, that if anyone knew what was going on, Stephen would.

His thoughts turned worriedly to Chris. She must be confused about what was happening. The fi rst Change was always hard, but this time would be much worse. It should have taken place at Sanctuary with friends around her, not in a stinking desert surrounded by vindictive females. Even now, she was out there fi ghting for life and position without the benefi t of his instruction. He was a damn fool. He should have forced her to come with him that time in the hospital.

Geoffrey was right; he was getting too soft. It was time he asserted his position again.

He handed his clothes to Ronnie.

She took the bundle unhappily. “Why me?”

“I have Geoffrey and Lawrence for muscle. I don’t need you for that. I do need you to keep an eye on Barrows and Flint. They make me uneasy; OSI is trouble, Ronnie. You Wolf ’s Revenge 199

know what they tried to do to Stephen that time.”

Ronnie nodded reluctantly and went to collect Geoffrey’s and Lawrence’s clothes.

Agent Barrows would bear watching, David mused. As for Flint, she was a big surprise, but a heartening one. That the government had chosen to give someone like her a position in the FBI, even a clandestine one in OSI, was a big step. He wondered if there might be others. Probably there were, and he unaware of it until now. He would have to look into the matter, but fi rst he had to deal with Chris.

Geoffrey was already making the Change. Lawrence wasn’t far behind him. David waited a little longer to hear the rest of Stephen’s account, but was again distracted, this time by Jonas.

“This is wrong,” Jonas said. “You have no right to interfere in the ritual.”

“Will you try to stop me?” he asked, and Jonas looked uneasy. “I didn’t think so. I’m surprised at you, Jonas. I always thought of you as an intelligent man, but this…”

“What else could I do? It’s her fi rst Change. She shouldn’t have come out here on the full moon dammit! Our laws are clear, David, you shouldn’t interfere.”

“The fi rst hunt is custom, not law.”

“But still important,” Jonas argued.

“Not as important as her life.”

“They won’t kill her.”

David nodded. “I’ll make certain they don’t.”

“They won’t.”

The ritual hunt was usually restricted to a few females chosen by a pack’s alphas. The whole point of the fi rst hunt was to test a new recruit’s skills and strength, not kill her. But this time, dozens of packs were involved and all the females had gone after Chris. None would intentionally kill her, but accidents happened in the heat of battle, and Chris didn’t know they were only testing her. She would fi ght as if her life depended on it, which it well might considering how many 200 Mark E.

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