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“Did Rufus have any information?”
“Another female has gone missing. This time from the Misty Falls pack. The alpha there is spitting blood; Jessa is his daughter.”
“How are these girls being targeted?” Wolves didn’t really mix with humans.
“The female was like Lily. Rebellious and given to hanging out with the low life element from the nearby town.”
“This seems like too much of a coincidence.”
“I agree,” Tanner replied. “I spoke to the kid Lily had been seeing.” From the grim look on Tanner’s face, I had a feeling he’d not gone easy on the little fucker. “He told me his uncle had a cop friend, and they were looking for shifters. He said he’d revealed what Lily was, hoping to impress him.”
“And Brent is a cop…”
“Exactly.”
“We’re not seeing the bigger picture here. There’s something more going on and Eva’s guardian is involved. I can feel it.” Silas picked up a mug and sipped the contents, then pulled a face. I guessed it was cold coffee. He had a habit of leaving his drinks lying around until they went cold and the milk curdled.
“We need to talk to this kid’s uncle,” I said. “Do we have a name?”
“Yeah. Rufus said he’s called Devon King. Runs a biker bar out on Snake Creek road. It’s popular with all the local hoodlums.”
“Then let’s pay him a visit.”
Tanner’s expression was positively feral.
There would be bloodshed this evening.
The Outlook was a real shit-hole, a shack set back from the road, where disreputable types could come and get drunk, score drugs, and worse. Tanner had been here before, so we knew the general layout. There was a battered old truck in the parking lot with a vanity plate saying “King”, so the man himself was around.
I sincerely hoped he was because I needed an outlet for all the aggression that had been building since Eva went missing and some fucker shot me. I wasn’t feeling 100%, but shifting had helped boost the healing process.
The three of us stood in a deep shadow around the back. We’d come down the mountain as wolves because it was faster and more direct. Since none of us felt like kicking ass in the nude, we’d pulled some clothes on. No shoes, but that was OK.
We weren’t planning on sticking around for long.
The plan was simple. Tanner would head in first and locate King.
Silas and I could cover the exits to make sure King didn’t do a runner.
The bar was dead with very few vehicles and motorcycles in the parking lot, and from the voices inside, I judged there were less than 10 guys and one woman. Nothing we couldn’t handle.
As long as the cops didn’t show, it should be a simple Q&A session where King told us what we wanted to know and we got the fuck out of there.
Naturally, things did not go according to plan.
Tanner was a scary fucker. The only person who saw the softer side of him was Eva. Everyone else got Psycho Tanner, and when he was angry, he had no limits.
He’d said very little, but I knew the fact he and Eva hadn’t spoken since he stormed off at the Full Moon Party was weighing heavily on his mind. No doubt he felt guilty, which was stupid. It had been a simple misunderstanding.
Yes, he over-reacted, but Eva wasn’t the type of female to hold a grudge.
Unfortunately for every asshole in this bar, Tanner wasn’t in the mood for a slumber party.
Within two minutes of him walking in, we heard gunshots. Silas and I leaped into action; he ran in through the back door and I took the front.
All hell had broken loose inside the bar.
Several men were fighting with Tanner - and also each other. I looked at Silas and he raised one eyebrow. What the fuck had Tanner said to provoke this much of a reaction? We were here to talk to King, not start World War 3!
