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family. Without me, God knows how many other people Billy and his freaks
would have killed.”
Her vitriol and resentment were almost overwhelming, and her words
were acid splashed in my face. She’d killed my brother-in-law, and I wanted
to hate her for that. And maybe I did. But she wasn’t wrong. We wouldn’t
have stopped him without her help.
My voice cut through the air like a knife. “Get your hands off my truck.”
She grabbed the lapel of my shirt instead and jerked. “I want in, Jaxson.
Make it happen. I need to know why he’s hunting me.”
My wolf surged at her defiance, and I had to fight to keep him down. I
glanced up, hoping this wasn’t all on display, but apparently, we were the
postgame show, and our conversation had drawn a bit of a crowd. Sam’s
pupils were dilated, and every werewolf in the parking lot had tensed.
A warning growl escaped my throat.
I was certain that Savannah Caine was the only person in Magic Side who
would dare touch me like that. It was an affront to everything I stood for. And
yet, everyone understood that somehow, rules didn’t apply to her. She was
like a rogue wolf, brave and fierce, but hard to trust and impossible to count
on. I wouldn’t put it past her to march into the Hall of Inquiry and start
demanding things from the archmages.
“Hands off my shirt,” I said, pitching my voice low but firm.
She released it and blushed. Unfortunately, by challenging my authority,
she’d just made it that much harder for me to say yes. But maybe I’d bite.
I shoved my hands in my pockets and bent to her ear. “Lucky for you,
Ms. Caine, our hunter has questions she wants to ask you. Meet us at the
North Channel Harbor tomorrow at three p.m. If the Order will give you
access, you can even join us on our way to Bentham Prison.”
“What’s at Bentham?”
“Murderers, butchers, and psychopaths, as well as a bloodthirsty devil
that we need to talk to. I’m sure they would all welcome a visit from a
