Chained by Kim Fielding

Author:Kim Fielding [Fielding, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“You’re… the dog.”

Terry didn’t move as he said the words, and Edge froze too. Terry still held Edge’s necklace—his collar—with one finger.

“Yes,” Edge whispered.

Terry let the chain drop but otherwise remained still. “I should have kno— Dammit, I did know. In the back of my head. I just ignored my own good sense.” And he should have known better; that kind of carelessness got an agent killed.

Edge blinked slowly at him. “You’re not…. You know I can shift my form.”

“To a dog, yes.” Terry furrowed his brow. “Can you do other things to? Or just the mastiff?”

“Just the mastiff.”

“Okay, good. I never heard of a shifter with more than two forms, but there’s always something new under the sun. Or the moon—although I guess that’s more a thing with wolves than dogs. Huh.”

“But you’re not….” Edge sat up and shook his head in confusion. “You’re not surprised.”

“Well, there were clues. Your chain for one. And I’m no expert on dogs, but you seem a little too well-trained to be an ordinary mutt. You seem sort of—I don’t mean to insult you, but you seem a little clueless about some ordinary people stuff. Like music. Plus, the third dog disappeared as soon as Edge the man appeared. Hey, the other dogs. Also shifters?”

Edge nodded. “My brothers.”

“Wow. Okay, I guess that makes sense.” Were they the only dog shifters in existence? It seemed unlikely, but in any case, that wasn’t important at the moment.

“You’re not shocked that I exist.” Edge let out a shuddery breath. “You said something about vampires. I thought you were kidding, but you weren’t.”

“Nope.” Terry sat up too. “Have you ever met one?”

Wide-eyed, Edge shook his head.

“They’re a mixed bag. Some of them are out-and-out monsters, but some are pretty decent. They tend to skulk, and even the good ones have swollen egos—Look, I’m the Lord of Darkness!—but maybe if I were two hundred years old, I’d be full of myself too.”

“How do you know this? People don’t— We’re secrets, creatures like me and my brothers.”

Terry chuckled darkly. “Not very well-kept secrets. Some people know. Whitaker, for instance.”

Edge briefly closed his eyes, then gave Terry a look filled with despair. “He has connections. Do you?”

Shit. Edge’s very personal secret had been exposed, but Terry didn’t feel comfortable divulging his. They were both still naked, and Jesus Christ, he still yearned to touch and taste Edge. “I think mine are different than his,” Terry hedged. “I’m a good guy, if that helps.”

“Good guy. Good dog.” Edge flung himself off the bed and stalked toward the door.

But Terry’s side of the bed was closer to the door, and he sped over to block Edge’s way. “Don’t go.”

That brought a growl. “Why not? I’m good for fucking or guarding. You don’t want one and I can do the other from the hallway. In my other form.” It was possibly the longest string of words he’d uttered in Terry’s experience. It was also a little heartbreaking.

“I’ve enjoyed your company. Honestly. I don’t hang out with other people much.

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