Page 89 of Shadow City: Silver Wolf

Those two really did act like siblings. It was clear that they had grown up together.

"I have Rosemary's number." Griffin paced in the center of the room. "I'll call her and see if she's willing to bring him here."

"Why would she help us?" Sierra arched an eyebrow. "You know she's one of the more difficult angels, seeing as who her parents are."

"Who are her parents?" That could mean so many things.

Griffin exhaled. "They’re council members who oppose me. They think I'm not strong enough to be the overall leader of the Shadow City and Shadow Ridge wolves."

"I'm not sure what that even means." They tended to forget that I wasn't raised in Shadow Ridge or Shadow City and didn’t know the hierarchy.

"From what I’ve gathered from my history classes, it's similar to the humans’ political structure that you’ve grown up with." He rubbed his hands together. "Like the House and the Senate. Technically, I'm the Senate, while the other two wolf representatives are in the House. So I can veto anything they bring to the table."

"So, what is Rosemary's family?"

"Her mom and dad are the House of Representatives, with Azbogah being the Senate. So, he can't get anything passed without at least one of them agreeing, and vice versa. They’re kind of at odds and at a standstill. Nothing is getting passed on the angel side of things because they’re fighting one another."

"Which means I doubt Rosemary will want to get involved with wolf stuff." Sierra waved a hand. "All it would do is cause more of a divide between the angels if they found out."

Interesting. No wonder she was trying to be discreet about helping us. "She and I have an understanding." I wasn't willing to go into more detail than that. "Besides, she'll be willing to help out because of all the attacks going on. The more wolves who are attacked, the more likely a civil war will start."

"True, and if the council members find out that some of our own people who are supposed to be loyal to the city are working against it, things will escalate across the board." Griffin sighed. "Ever since Dad died, things keep going from bad to worse."

I understood that sentiment all too well. "Look, if Rosemary grabs Carter now, his entire family will know something is up. Why don't you call her and see if she can run by the coffee shop in the morning and pick him up? He won't be able to get out of it that way, especially with everyone around as witnesses if he makes a scene."

Griffin's face fell. "I want to question him tonight."

"I know." I did too, but sometimes you couldn't let your desperate need for answers ruin a sound strategy. "But I'm exhausted, and I could really use some sleep. If we aren't well-rested, then we could miss things when talking to him."

"She's right." Killian yawned, though his irises darkened with concern. He was still struggling with the thought of Carter hurting me. "Just call the angel and see what she says."

"Fine." Griffin pushed some buttons, and soon, a phone was ringing on the other end.

Rosemary answered on the second ring. "Is everything okay?"

"Of course not," Griffin said, annoyingly. "Why else would I be calling?"

This conversation was already starting off great.Be nice.

"You call me and then get rude within seconds." Rosemary scoffed. "Give the phone to Sterlyn. I'm done talking to you."

"Gladly." Griffin held the phone toward me.

Well, all right then. I took it and cleared my throat. "Hey, sorry we're calling so late."

"What's wrong?" Rosemary asked, as a door shut on her end.

"I remembered something about the attack earlier." I wasn’t sure why, but I didn't dislike her as the others did. She was blunt and said exactly what was on her mind. Maybe the protector side of me appreciated that, because what she said and how she acted mirrored what I felt from inside her; she tried to do the right thing, even when it was difficult. In a way, she was a warrior like the silver wolves.

She remained silent, waiting for me to continue.

"Carter’s the one who drugged me."

"That's why the idiot was freaking out." Rosemary sounded disgusted. "He tried to pretend it was because you’d vanished, but I wasn't buying it. I thought it might've been because Griffin was panicking about you being missing, but this makes more sense."

Just like that, she believed me. "Do you think you could run by the coffee shop in the morning and…grab him?"

"You don’t want me to get him now?" Rosemary asked, with surprise.

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