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“What the fuck are you?”
“I’m a wolf,” I tell him. “And I’m going to kill you.”
He looks at me with wide, terrified eyes. “This isn’t possible. I must be having some kind of drug flashback. You’re not a wolf. You’re a woman. You just ripped your dress off. That’s all.”
“Then get back in the car, big boy,” I say. I am enjoying myself now. I don’t know what my mother was thinking. Actually, I do. She thought a few bits of silver and a violent man would keep me in check. She really doesn’t know me at all.
“Get back in, Patrick,” I say.
He hesitates. “No,” he says. “You get out. You get the fuck out of my car, you fucking… you fucking… witch!”
I laugh, very much enjoying myself. The dress I was wearing is in shreds, and my situation is very immodest, but at least he’s not enjoying it.
“I thought I was your captive,” I remind him. “What will your father say if you don’t marry me?”
He goes pale as he realizes that he’s not going to get out of this one way or another.
“Get back in the car, or I will turn back into a wolf, hunt you down, and kill you in the forest.”
Patrick gets back in the car, shaking.
“Let’s go,” I smile.
I have an idea.
CHAPTER 9
Karl
She’s gone.
The trail is so cold there are no leads. Her brothers don’t know where she went and the cops insist they have no record of her arrest. It’s like she’s a ghost. Tim was adamant Rainer had taken her, but we’ve checked his house and there is no sign of her. The only thing I learned of any interest was that he’s banging his secretary. Probably planning to marry her given the amount of wedding planning stuff we found in there.
I want to kill Rainer, but I have no proof he actually had anything to do with this. And, if I kill him, it’s possible that whatever lead he has—if he has one—might just go dead. And that would be one of the greatest tragedies of my life.
So. Again. I find myself being patient. I find myself waiting, watching. But every day that goes by feels like a stab to a vital organ. I didn’t just like Ellie. I bonded with her. I mated her. I demanded she carry my child, for fuck’s sake. Now she, and any baby we might have made, is in the wind.
I wonder if she took the opportunity to escape me and just ran. Sometimes that feels like what must have happened. She realized she lost the forest and just decided to disappear. I failed her. I let her home get destroyed.
It’s been a week.
“Chin up, old man,” Gray says. “She hasn’t been gone that long. We’ll find her.”
“With what leads? She could be anywhere, if she’s even alive.”
“I’ve never met her, but if you like her, I’d say there’s a decent chance she’s the sort who knows how to survive. It’s been a week, Karl. Trust me, they can come back.”
His phone rings.
“Wolf Tracking Services,” he answers. I frown at him slightly. What the hell is going on? What is Wolf Tracking Services?
“I happen to be in the state, so I might be able to make some time in my schedule for your project, Mr. Katsoff.”
I feel my ears prick up. Rainer Katsoff is calling my brother. Why? I knew Gray had tricks, but not ones that make our enemies seek him out. I used to get annoyed when he did things like this. Used to think he was trying to seem smart. Now I know that he is.
“We will see you soon.”
He hangs up. “That was some bait I’ve had in the water for a while. I heard some rumors about Katsoff. Apparently his son is missing. He wants me to try to find him.”
