Page 69 of Rogue Wolf

Fuck, what is this?

It wrapped around his sides. The thing wasn’t heavy, but it sent pain searing through his muscles, preventing them from working correctly.

He could not take on even one vampire with this around him, let alone three.

He snarled a warning, trying to pretend that he was unaffected.

The vampire he’d planned to attack smirked, standing just out of Kodiak’s range. He made no move to fight back.

Why won’t he fight?

Kodiak pushed through his confusion and increasing agony. Maybe another vampire was about to attack?

Swinging around, Kodiak tried to ready himself to repel an attack from behind. But he soon stumbled, his muscles betraying him as sudden weakness pulsed through them.

No more vampires appeared behind him. He sniffed the air, trying to find out where the last one had gone. It had moved, now standing next to the vampire he’d leapt toward but barely scratched.

Why are they so confident?

Then he realized with horror what was trapping him. His weakness—a silver net. Yet, the pain was nothing like he’d ever experienced before.

“Amdis was right,” said one.

“You doubted, Lazi?” the vampire Kodiak had attacked asked.

“Of course not, Damon. I’ve just never seen how powerfully the silver binds the wolf shifters. We’ve haven’t fought them in years now, remember?”

“Don’t get cocky, Lazi,” Damon said.

“I’m not.”

“Let’s get him into the car and wait this out. This sunlight’s going to give me more than a tan.”

Lazi snorted. “If you stay out here much longer, you’ll to turn to dust and float away. You need Mediterranean heritage, like me.”

“Does that protect you from a stake through the heart?” Damon asked

Kodiak whimpered, the pain increasing as he tried to focus on their conversation.

“You’ve gotta help.” The one called Lazi sneered down at him and kicked him in the ribs. He tried to bite but even that hurt. “The thing looks like he weighs a tonne.”

Damon rolled his eyes. “Garrick, get out here and stop being a scaredy-cat. Help us get this wolf into the car before we all blow away like dust in the wind.”

“I’m not scared. I thought I heard something in the bushes,” Garrick said as he stomped through the bushes to join the others.

He whimpered again, hoping Tamaska was long gone. What a fucking fool he was.

“Well, did you find it?” asked Damon. “The thing in the bushes?”

“It must have been a mouse or something,” Garrick said, brushing leaves off his shoulders.

The others snickered as Kodiak lay still as he could. The pain was almost bearable if he didn’t move. Did the vampires know who they had caught, or did they think he was another pack member?

“Come on. We all need to lift if we’re gonna move him,” Damon said.

Kodiak needed to keep his wits about him, try to gather strength and find a way to escape. That was getting harder, though. The silver shot a constant, burning pain into his muscles radiated out to every part of his body. And movement made it so much worse.

“I’m not touching a fucking wolf,” Garrick said.

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