Dire End (The Austin Wolves Series Book 4) by C.P. Rider
Author:C.P. Rider [Rider, C.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: VC Group, LLC
Published: 2024-03-02T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
It was nearing midnight, but I wasn't tired. Instead of sleeping, I sat at the dinette table with my phone and added some home design ideas to my Pinterest page.
We'd had the apartment side of the office torn down due to a mold issue in the kitchen and bathroom and hadn't yet rebuilt. I was hoping Juan might be interested in building a place behind it. It was either that or I was hauling my tiny house here.
Living in a motel room was okay for a while, but I missed having a real home. A kitchen. A bedroom that wasn't also a living room. A laundry area. A bathroom with a spacious counterâ â
"Zeke, no!" Juan yelled in his wolf's voice.
I jumped to my feet and ran out the door, coming to a halt beside the wonkiest, wildest dirt devil I'd ever seenâand I'd been raised in the Arizona low desert.
In what felt like minutes, though it couldn't have been more than a heartbeat of time, I assessed the situationâHaven was injured; Zeke was in the choking grasp of an enormous spider beastâand summoned Vox. I planted my feet and sang a command to the creature that clasped Zeke in its hairy, segmented legs.
"DROP HIM."
The creature froze. It slowly opened its legs, and Zeke plummeted to his knees in the dirt. He bounced up, still coughing, wrapped an arm around Haven's waist, and ran out of the whirlwind with her.
Once they were clear, Juan launched himself into the dying winds, tackling the spider and pinning it to the ground, narrowly avoiding falling through the open portal behind it.
Zeke took Haven to his room and immediately returned, breaking into a full run, charging straight for the portal. "Where is she?" he screamed. "Where is Tess?"
Vox's shadows wrapped around me, rolling up my throat in intervals, like an ocean wave.
Juan broke one of the spider's legs, and it sounded like a pretzel rod being snapped in half. The creature let out a sob, even as it attempted to sink its fangs into the dire's furred throat.
"That's not Eve," I gasped, throttling my ability so as not to hurt him. "Want me to sing to it again?"
"No," Juan yelled. "Don't worry about me. Stop Zeke!"
I wasn't sure I should. Zeke was violent and had zero moral reservations. Not only that, but he was the only one of the three of us capable of closing a portal. I kind of needed him to get close to it.
Despite my reservations, I deferred to Juan's take on the situation. He'd been out here longer than I had and might have a point of view I hadn't considered.
"ZEKE, STOP," I sang.
He froze, his face fixed in an expression of dangerous, steaming fury.
I glanced down the walkway and spotted Griffin and Willie standing outside their rooms in their pajamas.
With Willie here, Zeke was one of two people present who could shut it down.
"Willie, can you close that thing?"
"Doesn't look like I need to. It's closing on its own."
"No," Zeke grunted.
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