Unhuman Acts by Candace Blevins

Author:Candace Blevins [Blevins, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Excessica
Published: 2019-08-22T05:00:00+00:00

Part II

Chapter 1

Mordecai

Kirsten and Cora were beyond exhausted when they walked in the door with the others in the pack who’d fought with them.

Physically, they needed a few days of sleep and rest, but it would take months to recover emotionally.

I’d had my chef prepare a feast of comfort foods. Two dozen super-sized serving bowls lined the counters and island in the kitchen.

Ranger and the other wolves didn’t need an invitation to grab a plate and start piling food on, but Kirsten stared at me, Cora still by her side.

“You arranged for the food?”

“I had my chef on Olympus cook it. You’re all exhausted. It’s the least I could do.”

“He’s taking care of you,” Cora told her, “and that means taking care of your people.”

I met Cora’s gaze. “I felt Randall’s death. He died a warrior you can all be proud of. I’m sorry for your great loss.”

Her tears didn’t make it to her eyes, but I could sense them. She’d wait until she wasn’t around her pack before she cried again.

When you’ve both eaten, I told Kirsten, you should take her somewhere to cry, so she won’t have to worry about being heard.

Tyson died. Kane took over the Atlanta Pride, but he’s hurting. He and his brother were so damned close.

I know, Kitten.

She looked at Cora. “Eat. I’m going to walk into the next room with Mordecai a minute, and then I’ll come fix a plate.”

Cora nodded and stepped in line behind the other wolves. However, Ranger settled two plates on the table and told her, “I fixed you a plate.”

Cora’s people were taking care of their Alpha. They knew she had a huge weight on her shoulders, and they wanted to make the mundane tasks easier, so she could focus on the hard shit. A weaker woman would’ve bitched about having her plate made for her, but Cora took her seat, thanked him, and began eating.

I called a plate and fork to my hand, filled it with the potato concoction my chef said would make any potato lover happy, took Kirsten’s hand, and walked her into the next room. I wanted to whisk her away to Olympus, but she and Cora were supporting each other too much for me to separate them.

“The last battle between good and evil lasted nearly a decade, with estimates of eighty million lives lost. This one lasted a month, but we still lost tens of millions. This time, the majority of casualties were civilians who couldn’t survive when civilization broke down.”

“Is it over?”

“Your little trick knocked out bad guys from here to New York. New Orleans, too. A huge circle. It only killed the ones within eighty to a hundred miles. Still, just knocking them out was enough to give the good guys the upper hand they needed to end the fighting.” But that hadn’t been her question. “The fighting isn’t completely over, but I don’t believe we’ll see more large battles. The rest can be handled with politics and perhaps a few minor skirmishes.

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