Page 9 of Wolf Bound

“He’s tired, as you can see.” Billy looked so angelic in her arms, and it made her want to have children of her own to cherish and raise. “He needs a good meal and a good sleep. We need to locate his family.”

“What’s his last name?”

“Forsythe. Billy Forsythe. I had to wait until you all rescued Fisher before we contacted the police to locate his parents. I didn’t want to reach out to them until we knew the kidnappers wouldn’t come back, or at least if they did, you could deal with them. But also, Billy saw Fisher when he was a wolf, and now he’s not. So we need to keep that from him. He believes Fisher is an injured dog now.”

“Alright. We’ll help you with locating the boy’s family. We don’t have cell phone reception out here, so we can’t search the internet to see what FBI office is in charge of Billy’s kidnapping case. Do you know what vehicle the kidnappers were using?” Devlyn asked.

“A black Chevrolet Suburban, but I looked its license plate up and the license plate was for another car. I’d lost them for a while, then saw it at the trailhead, parked, and went after them.”

“Okay, I didn’t see it when I drove up.”

“I was afraid they had probably already left the area. Though I’m glad they aren’t coming after us any longer.” She let out her breath on a heavy sigh. She hated that they had gotten away. What if she was never able to track them down again? Or the feds did this time?

Devlyn stood up tall. “We’ll get them.”

She sure hoped so. Then she heard Heath talking to his brother down below on the ledge. “Yes, yes, Kira is topside and just fine. And the boy is also. He’s sleeping in her arms, completely at peace for the moment.”

She smiled. She knew Fisher had to be in pain, but here he was worried about her and the boy? That was so sweet of him.

“Okay, we’re going to take you out of here on the litter. The other men have got everything set up. We’ll get you out of here in no time. At the clinic, we’ll take care of the bullet and x-ray you to see if you’ve broken anything or have any internal injuries,” Heath said.

Then the boy cried out and Kira hugged him and kissed the top of his head. “You’re okay, you’re safe. We’re getting you home soon.” She spoke softly and reassuringly.

Billy really didn’t wake up all the way and nestled back in her arms. She felt bad that she couldn’t get ahold of his parents right away to tell them that their son was okay. That the kidnappers no longer had him. They had to be terrified through this whole ordeal. But then she had an idea.

She said to Devlyn, “We need to learn where Billy’s parents are supposed to drop off the money. Then we can have some people meet up with the kidnappers.”

“Can you tell me your parents’ phone number?” Devlyn asked Billy, waking him.

He rubbed his eyes and gave him their phone number.

“Alright. I’ll make the call.” Devlyn pulled out his satellite phone. He called the number and when someone answered, he said, “I’m Devlyn Greystoke and my cousin and a friend found a boy by the name of Billy Forsythe in the Rocky Mountain National Park. We’re in the process of rescuing my cousin who was shot by Billy’s kidnappers. Billy is safe and sound.” Pause. “Yeah, sure. Your dad wants to speak with you.” He handed the phone to Billy.

“Dad,” the boy said and then he just sobbed his heart out.

Kira rubbed Billy’s back to console him.

Billy finally managed to say, “Yeah, there were three of them. But they left and a nice lady saved me and then a wolf…I mean a dog got shot and…a man? No, a dog. And then they shot at Kira when she was trying to save the dog’s life and then she climbed back up the cliff to take care of me until help arrived.”

Kira knew this was going to be a mess. She said to Billy, “Fisher, the man was with his dog, and they shot Fisher.”

Billy looked puzzled and rubbed his temple. “I…I got it wrong. Anyway, the kidnappers left, and these men are going to bring me to you. Okay…” He handed the phone back to Devlyn.

“Yeah, my cousin was badly injured after he took a bullet and fell from the cliff. We’re getting him up the face of the cliff now. One of our cousins is a doctor, and Fisher’s brother, so he is taking him to his clinic. We’re about five miles out from the trailhead, so we’ll be leaving that way, carrying Fisher out on a litter until we can reach our vehicles. If you want to have your men standing by, we’ll be bringing Billy there.”

Kira figured when Billy handed the phone back to Devlyn, he wasn’t talking to the father, but the FBI handling the case. She hoped that the agents wouldn’t think Devlyn or the rest of them had anything to do with the kidnapping.

Kira said, “Tell the FBI that they need to meet them at the drop-off for the ransom because the boy is safe.” Though she realized that wouldn’t work either because they really didn’t want them to apprehend the men. The USF, or other wolf shifters, would have to take them into custody. She suspected the three men might figure they wouldn’t get away with the ransom this time and not even try to get it. Not when she and Fisher had interfered with their plans, and they were both wolves. Yet, they might not believe they were anything but wolf shifters who lived in the area and wouldn’t have anything to do with trying to apprehend them. That they had just been innocent bystanders, hiking through the woods.

Not all wolves were part of wolf packs and if this situation hadn’t been Devlyn’s pack territory and if Fisher hadn’t been his own cousin/pack member that had been shot, he might not have done anything about it other than take care of Fisher’s injuries.

Devlyn nodded and then told the FBI what she had said. “No, we never saw a vehicle,” Devlyn said.

Kira suspected the kidnappers had left the trailhead by then.

“No, we didn’t see the men either. Maybe my cousin has a description of them. We’ll ask him once we’re carrying him on the trail as long as his brother doesn’t give him a pain killer and knock him out for the long hike to the trailhead. Okay, hold on.” He handed the phone back to Billy. “The FBI agent wants to ask you what the three men looked like.”

“One had black hair and a beard. The one guy was younger, and he was nicer than the other two. He worried about cougars eating me. The other men didn’t care. He didn’t want to leave me in the woods. The other guy was about the same age as the dark-haired guy, but his hair was a lighter brown. He had blue eyes. The black-haired guy had brown eyes. The younger guy had blond hair and blue eyes. He was skinnier than the others. They were heavier, more muscular.” Billy listened for a minute, then said, “Uh, no, they never said names except just Bud or Bro.”

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