Within Immortal Beasts (The Immortal Accords Book 3) by Anna Hawke

Author:Anna Hawke [Hawke, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hawke Publications
Published: 2023-07-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

By the time they’d arrived in Dubuque, Lucy was an expert on rogues. Aidan had given her a download of rogue behavior, tendencies, and weaknesses. A studious learner, she had even taken notes on her phone, much to her partner’s delight.

During the car ride, Aidan had warned her that he’d have to track the rogues in wolf form and would therefore be unable to communicate with her. But first, he had to get a bead on their location.

They parked out of sight in the warehouse district by the river. Abandoned buildings dotted the rusty urban landscape as they exited the car and breathed in the chilled, late autumn air. Railroad tracks littered the landscape closer to the river, but they wouldn’t be going far.

All Aidan needed was someplace out of sight but close to the heart of the city.

Keen eyes traced over the surrounding cityscape with predatorial awareness as Lucy watched. Then, upon confirming they weren’t within sight of any humans, he threw his head back and howled.

Astonished, Lucy’s hand went to her chest as she gaped in awe.

To see the man, fully human, howl the song of his predator was entirely otherworldly, so much so that she almost couldn’t believe it. It became even more eerie when a second voice joined in, and then a third.

Sagan had been wrong. There wasn’t just one rogue, there were two.

Aidan’s howl quieted seconds later, the predator standing supernaturally still before her. His focus was trained on the diminishing voices of the two distinct howls fading from the wind and pinpointing their precise locations.

“Let’s go, Lucy.”

Having gotten a bead on the first predator’s location, Aidan gunned the Jeep into gear, and they were roaring through the city’s cement trails moments later. Fortunately, the first wolf had taken up residence just beyond the city limits in heavily forested acreage.

Gravel roads opened to a partially obscured parking lot, completely devoid of life. The small lot was ringed by tall spruces, thick pines, and trees painted in various shades of orange and red.

Parking the car at the far edge of the lot (and mostly out of sight), Aidan turned to Lucy. “Don’t get out of the car, no matter what you see or hear, Lucy. I mean it. Promise me.”

The look on his face told her he was dead serious. “I promise.”

Satisfied, Aidan turned back to peer out the front windshield. “If something happens, I want you to get in the driver’s seat and get out of here.”

“Okay.” Suddenly meek, Lucy held her breath.

He offered her one last snippet of information before he exited the vehicle. “Just so you know, it’ll get bloody.”

The door slammed shut behind him. Dipping her head to look at him out the front of the window, she focused on the man’s movements as he walked to the front of the car. In less than a second, the man she knew collapsed bonelessly into the form of a wolf.

Gasping at the swiftness of the change, she could only marvel at the regal wolf that now stood in his place.

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