Wayward Son (Dog River Wolfpack Book 0) by Kimbra Swain

Author:Kimbra Swain [Swain, Kimbra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Suzi stood with her hands on her hips, daring me to protest. I looked down at the clothes she had given me, then back up to her.

“I don’t want to hear it, Nick. This is an important night for Crescent Moon, and if you will be there as our guest, you will look the part,” she said. Had she stomped her foot for emphasis, I wouldn’t have been surprised.

“I’ve never worn a suit,” I protested anyway.

“About time you started,” she said, leaving the room and slamming the door.

Sully had conned me. Crescent Moon was hosting an event for the locals and a few out-of-town guests. They tried to explain it to me, but I wasn’t up on my fairy lore. Sully said Lammas had to do with bread, and his beers were full of wheat and hops. He had instructed his sister to pick up appropriate clothes for me. The suit wasn’t the only new thing in the room. Several shopping bags sat around the room with clothes in them. I’d stayed too long, and now I’d gotten myself into debt with an heir wolf that I really didn’t know. My wolf growled inside, telling me that Sully and his sister were good people.

Which might be even worse. If some of the old pack found out I was here, they could harm the stability of the Houma pack. After this obligation tonight, I’d come back here, grab my duffle, and head out, leaving this generosity behind.

I’d trained myself over the past few years to heighten my senses. While at this shindig, I’d wear my eyes, ears, and nose plus the suit. Putting it on piece by piece, I stared at myself in the full-length mirror in the bathroom. I almost looked respectable. My ears ticked just before a light tap at the bedroom door. My nose smelled a male.

“It’s not locked,” I said.

Sully came in wearing a suit almost identical to mine, although mine was definitely black where his was charcoal. He wore a black dress shirt and mine was white.

“Looks good on ya, Nick.”

“You tricked me into this,” I scowled.

“That I did, but you will enjoy it. I think you need to let the past go and live your life. I’m just gonna show you what it could be.”

My life couldn’t be like his. The money and power would never be mine. I don’t know what his pack thought, but I knew packs outside of Houma looked down on the Faeborn even though we were stronger members by providing enhanced senses. Some Faeborn wolves had magical powers. I didn’t, but I’d heard tales of them jumping from one place to the next like a teleporter and conjuring storms. It sounded like nonsense to me, but it was enough to make the regular wolves fear and hate the Faeborn.

“My life will never be like yours,” I said.

“Maybe not the specifics, but I choose my life. I’m not forced to be the heir, and no one will force me to keep it when I hand it off to Suzi.

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