Mark of the Wolf: Part Three (Mark of the Wolf Trilogy Book 3) by Kimber White

Author:Kimber White [White, Kimber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nokay Press LLC
Published: 2022-12-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

There was blood. A lot of it. The sand beneath Anson turned bright red.

“Go,” he whispered. “He’s done us both a favor.”

I knelt next to Anson, trying to figure out where exactly the bullet had gone in. I quickly found it in the fleshy part of his shoulder.

“Get away from him,” my father’s voice croaked. He pushed himself off the tree and staggered forward. Once again, he aimed the gun, this time at Anson’s head.

“Stop!”

A million emotions raced through me. Alarm for Anson’s wound. Shock and relief at my father’s appearance. He was on his feet. Weak. Bloodless. But he’d regained enough strength to walk from the house all the way down to the lake.

“Step. Away. From. Him,” he shouted. “As your pack leader, I’m giving you a direct order.”

Had he said it to Jarred, to my mother, to any of his beta wolves, they would have felt a zinging pain as my father’s command thundered through them. If they chose to disobey him, it would have been grounds for banishment.

I felt no such pain. No hold. I was subservient to no pack leader. New strength flowed through me. No. Not new. It had always been there. Only now, my father had tested it.

“Hold very still,” I whispered to Anson. “I can see the bullet. If I can dig it out, I don’t think the damage will be permanent. You’ll scar, but you’ll still heal.”

“Camilla!”

Tucker McGraw was a formidable opponent. Even ill as he was, he cut an imposing figure. His eyes dark with menace, he came forward. I saw shades of his wolf. It still thrilled me. His hair had gone gray. He’d lost weight. But he was lethal, dominant. In control.

Only not of me.

“I’m not going to leave him to die,” I said.

“He’s the cause of all of this,” my father said. “He’s brought a curse to Wild Lake. He’s brainwashed you, Camilla.”

“I’m not brainwashed. But this?” I held my hands up, covered in Anson’s blood. “He might be the key to curing all of you. He brought Jarred back with just one drop. Until I know what we’re dealing with, he has to live.”

“If it’s only his blood we need,” my father gasped. “Then that’s all we’ll keep.”

“It’s not only his blood,” I said. “I don’t know how to explain it so you’ll understand. But if you kill him, his hold on me will only get stronger.”

“A lie he’s told you,” my father said.

“Better listen to him,” Anson coughed.

“Stop,” I said. “Both of you.”

I rose and went to my father. I put a hand on his shoulder. He was warm. Solid. I had twin urges to hug him and throttle him.

“I love you,” I said. “You’re on your feet! You need to rest. You need to stay by Mom’s side. By Jarred’s. I need you.”

“Tempest!” Pat’s yell reached me from deeper into the woods, toward the house. She had to be sick with worry, wondering where my father had gone.

“Go back. Can you manage it? We have a lot to talk about.

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