cry_wolf by

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Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Toshiba
Published: 2014-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Kevin groaned as he pushed himself up, covered in blood, sweat and city grime. He wanted to cry with the pain; his bones felt loose and shattered and every breath he took made it feel like he was trying to breathe through broken glass. He trembled all over with his injuries, but he was still running on adrenaline, and that got him through. Somehow, he managed to make it onto his hands and knees despite his broken bones and what was likely a punctured lung. “No, Toby,” he croaked, “she’ll kill you.”

Toby eyed his queen as Freki’s two bodyguards moved forward a step, their tails lashing the air angrily. “She killed Jonah, so I don’t care.” He growled savagely to warn back his enemies, then snapped his huge jaws until the two smaller betas whined and backed off. Freki barked at them, driving them forward once more. Toby threw Kevin a look. “See that ledge?” He indicated a second-floor window. “Go. Get to your sister. I’ll hold them back as long as I can.”

One of the werewolves launched himself at Toby, but Toby easily knocked him back with a massive uppercut, boxing like a professional. The second moved faster, latching onto Toby’s arm. Toby yelped and brought a giant fist down atop its skull like a gavel, shattering it. The second wolf slumped away, dead, but not before the first was on him once more. Toby grabbed its jaws, cracking them wide open so blood and foam poured from the monster’s mouth. He tossed the first one away like garbage.

Growling with frustration and bloodlust, Freki moved forward to engage Toby herself.

Kevin weaved to his feet and spat penny-sized droplets of blood onto the asphalt. He was far from all right, but his wolfen blood was healing him much faster than if he’d been a mere beta. Besides, it was only a matter of time before Freki turned her attention on him once more, and there was no way he could defeat her—not without help. He looked at Toby, but realized there was no way he was going to be able to talk the big man down.

“Thank you,” he told Toby, then dived for the wall and scrambled up the bricks to the windowsill. He’d just crawled into the window when the sounds of growling and the tearing of flesh, followed by Toby’s piteous cries, rose up over the city, turning his blood to ice.

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Chapter Twenty-Four

Jonah was dead. Toby was dead. Terror, more real than Kevin had ever felt, surged through his body and brain, driving him on despite his many injuries.

Having stolen some new clothes from out of the apartment complex, Kevin rushed to Matthew’s place. The security officers in the lobby knew him well and waved him by without question. He took the elevator up to the sixth floor and sprinted down the long hallway to Matthew’s flat. He started pounding on the door, but it fell open on him.

Kevin stopped and stared at the open door. No one in this city left their door open, not even for a minute.

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