Page 96 of Wolf Bitten

Who’s going to erase their memory?Adam shook his body, ruffling his fur.

My emotions swirled inside me, and my blood rose to a fizz. I hated how each time I thought we were getting somewhere, we got more behind.

Dave’s heartbeat slowed further.

“Forget that,” Josie rasped.

I spun around to find her biting into her wrist and placing it over Dave’s partially open mouth.

Raffe clenched his fists. “Josie, that won’t help. It’s going to kill him faster.”

She didn’t budge, keeping her wrist over his mouth. “At least I’m tryingsomething.”

I wasn’t sure if that was the best, and Raffe hung his head.

Should we stop her?

Raffe wrapped his arms around me and pulled me to his chest.No, it’s done. We need to focus on the human. Maybe she can give us some answers.

I nodded, turning so my back was against his chest.

“What are you doing out here? How did you get Dave here?” Raffe asked, turning toward the woman.

A deep groan came from behind us, and my blood ran cold.

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

Ispun around and grew light-headed as I listened to Dave make sucking noises as he drank from Josie’s wrist. Even though he remained pale and motionless, his Adam’s apple bobbed with each tug.

I blinked, trying to make sense of the situation. His heartbeat strengthened, reinforcing that the groan and sucking noises were coming from him.

Isn’t wolf blood supposed to kill vampires?I asked. Maybe I’d gotten my facts wrong. I’d become privy to so much, and maybe I’d jumbled things together, though I was certain I wasn’t wrong.

Raffe’s eyes widened, and shock swirled off him.

As Dave drank greedily from her wrist, Josie smiled though tears still streamed down her cheeks.

Uh … it’s supposed to,Keith replied.But hell, humans aren’t supposed to be able to shift into wolves, so who fucking knows anymore?

That was the first statement he’d made that I could fully agree with, which was saying something. My relationship with Keith was still rocky at best, though he was trying to make things better, thanks to Raffe and his threats.

“What are you doing?” Raffe shook his head. “You know we aren’t supposed to let vampires feed from us. What will you do when he dies more tragically?” His shock changed to fear.

Between that and him looking in Josie’s direction, my blood jolted, and my wolf yanked forward to take control. I clung to my human side, reminding myself that Josie was a friend to all of us and was pack.

“I had to do something,” Josie replied, watching Dave. With her free hand, she ran her fingers through his dark-auburn hair. “At least, if he dies, I’ll know I tried.”

Nostrils flaring, Raffe spun back around and marched toward the human. “What did you do to him?”

As soon as his attention was off Josie, my blood calmed, and my wolf settled.

“I … I didn’t do adamnthing,” the woman replied forcefully.

I turned halfway so I could keep an eye on Dave and the strange human woman before us.

“You must have donesomething.” He gestured with his thumb over his shoulder as Keith and Adam inched closer to her, baring their teeth. “He’s near death and can feed from a wolf, so what did you and the witches from the society do to make that possible?”

My limbs grew heavy. He was right—maybe the witches had done something to Dave, but that dagger was in his chest. I glanced at his blood on my hands. I had no doubt he’d been near death, butwhy?

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