Force of the Dark Wolf (Force of Nature Series) by Kathi S Barton

Author:Kathi S Barton [Barton, Kathi S]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: World Castle Publishing
Published: 2012-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Glad watched the children. She’d been trying to think of a way to talk to her grandniece, but all she thought about was that Darcy was talking only to Gordon and Dallas about what had happened. And what she was saying to them was…well, Glad’s heart hurt not really knowing everything.

Someone had come into the house and had killed Judith. They knew that. They’d thought it was Paddy, but it turned out that he’d actually been knocked out when it happened. Darcy had said that he’d changed into a wolf and that he’d attacked them, but the other man had shot him with some sort of gun and the needle had been sticking out of his fur when he’d gone down.

The man, Tom is what Darcy had said her father had called him, had then attacked Judith who was trying to hide her. Darcy said her mother had been shielding her with her body, but the man had simply used the cane that had changed into a large sword. He’d cut her nearly in half and after she’d fallen he’d started beating on Darcy.

“He cut me up really bad. I was bloody everywhere and then he stabbed me in the chest. I tried to get away, but…but I fell and then Aunt Alexis came into the house. She tried to get him off me, but he wasn’t having it.” Darcy looked up at her and then away. Glad was afraid she was going to tell them that she’d let him in the house, but she didn’t. Grateful beyond words, Glad leaned against the wall she was hiding behind and listened to the rest of the story with horror.

They’d come there to get Judith, Darcy said. And her. Glad had only let them in because Paddy had called and said that he’d had some money for them. And Jessie thought maybe they could work things out so that he’d visit the children. She had insisted that she let them in. And the fact that Paddy was bringing his lawyer so that they could sign off on the papers that said he’d be giving them money every week was something they had both agreed would be a good thing.

They needed the money. They were living only on hers and Jessie’s Social Security and it wasn’t much. Judith had a little saved, but the divorce had cost her plenty.

Darcy sitting next to her on the couch and watching her brothers and sister startled Glad and she was mute for several minutes. When Darcy spoke to her, it was in low, hushed tones.

“He wasn’t telling us the truth. He never did. Did he?”

Glad could have pretended that she didn’t know who she was talking about, but it would have been a lie. There were enough of those going around right now and she decided to answer her question. “No. I didn’t mean to let him hurt you, Darcy. I swear it. I let him in because he said that he had seen the errors of his ways.

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