Gator's Challenge by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781927459911
Published: 2016-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

LEAVING Melanie took everything he had. A part of him wanted to grab her and run. Run fast and far. Now. While they had a chance.

Utter stupidity. Such a rash act would only get them killed or worse. He had to remain calm and steady. No acting until he knew he had a chance of success.

But you promised her an escape tonight.

How could he not when she so desperately needed hope? Thing was, he couldn’t afford to make a mistake, just like he couldn’t afford to wait any longer.

He had to get Melanie out of here. The sooner, the better. And only one person could help him do that.

He located Brandon perched atop the rooftop of the building their uncle inhabited. A dark gargoyle that could at any moment spread his wings and fly, but who, like Wes, remained chained.

Time to throw off the shackles.

Chances were his brother heard his approach, but just in case, Wes paused and lit a cigarette. The acrid smell of smoke and the click of his lighter provided enough of an announcement to not startle the predator his brother had become.

Let’s not die now.

Don’t mistake him. He loved his brother, but at the same time, Brandon was a gator, just like Wes, just like most of the Mercers. Their cold blood ran fierce when it came to keeping the family lines strong. But Brandon was more than that gator now, too. Something darker lived inside him, an entity that wanted to swallow his brother whole. This dark presence kept Brandon from resuming his human shape. Made him a monster, one determined to pick a fight.

“You need a shower,” his brother observed. “Or are you intentionally trying to poke the bear by sleeping with his wife?”

“Maybe it’s time someone did some poking. I’m tired of being Andrew’s fucking patsy.”

His brother peered at him over his shoulder. “Was the pussy so good that it completely devalued the life of our sister?”

“No. Of course not. I love Sue-Ellen. You know that. But I also fucking love Melanie. I never bloody stopped. And if I don’t do something to help her, Andrew’s going to end up hurting her.”

“So you slept with her?”

“Not quite. And not the point. Even if I wasn’t in love with her, I couldn’t stand by and do nothing when I know Andrew’s planning to hurt those boys.”

“Ah yes. The children. They have such an interesting smell about them,” Brandon whispered, turning his head away to again face the darkness.

It chilled Wes’s blood to hear his brother speak that way. “When did you get a chance to sniff them?”

“Parker has had me playing bodyguard as he wanders around the compound. It seems our venerable uncle doesn’t trust his new lackeys.”

“Afraid his monsters might rip his throat out?” Wes surely found himself tempted.

“He should be afraid. If not for Sue-Ellen, he’d be dead already.”

“She’s here, you know.”

His brother whirled from the parapet. “What?”

“I said she’s here. I saw her, in Parker’s apartment.”

“I smelled nothing.”

It surprised Wes to realize he didn’t recall scenting her either.

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