The Werewolf's Wife by Hauf Michele

Author:Hauf, Michele [Hauf, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, Paranormal, General
ISBN: 9780373618804
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-03-20T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“You’re the last wolf I expected to run into in a pack compound stuffed to the walls with half-crazed vampires,” Ridge said to the wolf standing five feet away.

Severo was a lone wolf who occasionally served the Council and never took sides. He was married to a vampire who had once been mortal. His easy personality was mirrored in the worn leather jacket and faded cowboy boots that peeked from beneath faded blue jeans. But his expression was anything but easy.

“I could say the same of you. What are you doing here, Addison? I can guess you’re not carrying an engraved invitation if you came through the back door. And Maverick?”

Dean, hands stuffed in his pockets, shoulders straight and back, looked to Ridge to handle the talking.

“We just need one vampire,” Ridge said. “Then we’ll leave.”

Severo crossed his arms, tilting the flashlight toward the ceiling. The low light allowed them to easily see one another’s faces, and he was smirking, and his aggressive scent had dissipated. Though he was the one who should submit to the two pack leaders who stood before him, he carried himself with a pride that demanded respect. “You drove four hours from the Cities to steal one vampire from another pack? What’s up with that? Couldn’t find any loitering in the big city?”

“It’s not what you think. Someone is in trouble. I need the vamp to get her out of trouble.”

“Oh, so it’s about a woman?” Severo dropped the stern-enforcer look and managed a crooked smile. “It’s always about a woman, isn’t it?” He eyed Maverick, who chuckled uneasily, obviously respectful of the elder werewolf’s standing.

“Do you support this pack’s blood sport?” Ridge asked.

“Not at all. I was in the area, and thought to stop in, and—well, this is what I find. I’m appalled the packs think they can ignore the Council’s ruling on the blood sport. But even more, the cruelties that thrive because of breed differences are unconscionable. I was waiting for the principal to return to discuss a means of putting an end to this without reporting him to the Council. Not that the Council would make a move to threaten anyway. They toss out regulations and rules, and then don’t stand behind the threat. I suspect a more direct approach will be required with this pack. Who’s the woman?”

Ridge winced. He couldn’t give that information to Severo because Abigail wanted to keep this hush-hush from the Council, but neither could he lie to one he respected.

“A witch. A friend.”

“Does this friend have a name?”

“Sure, but it’s not something I can reveal. We’re kinda…” He rubbed his brow and looked to Maverick.

“They just started dating,” Maverick offered. “Want to keep it quiet, you know.”

Severo nodded. “So you are collecting a vampire for a witch? Can’t she get her own source?”

“It’s not for her, it’s— Listen. We’re not going to harm the vampire. We need to turn him over to a person who is holding something over the witch’s head.”

“So that person can then harm the vampire?”

“Severo.

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