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Chapter twenty-eight
‘Out for Blood’ Valley of Wolves
ROMAN CUT
“Can we just have one fucking day of no damn surprises?” I growl as I kick open the door to the Church Hall, “one fucking day where I don’t have to keep my eyes on my girl, and not be stressed out that someone from God-knows-where wants to hurt her?”
“I’m sorry, Alpha. I thought I was doing something helpful. I guess I just got ahead of myself.” Knix says with her head low, eyes on the floor.
I gesture to the seats around the table for the Vampires and Hellhounds to sit as I grip Knix by her arm and pull her further down the table.
I can feel Jaz’s eyes on me,go easy on her Roam, she didn’t mean to cause trouble. She’s trying to impress her Alphas.
I don’t reply to my mate, I just breathe in deeply and listen to the rapidly beating heart of the girl before me.
“Look at me,” I command Knix, anger still pumping through my veins even though I know Jaz is right, Knix meant no harm to Jaz or this pack.
When she looks up, I do everything I can to dial back my tone, “You are forgiven, Knix. But do remember that we’ve been betrayed once, and I’m out for blood. Do not mistakenly become a name on my list. Understood?”
She gulps, “Yes, Alpha. Completely. I will always come to you first.”
I nod and release her from my gaze to look at the three Hellhounds conversing with each other. They are powerful fuckers. I have never come across anyone as equally matched in strength and power as these three guys. Aside from my brothers, no one has ever been able to stand toe-to-toe with me.
“Tell me everything you know about them,” I tell Knix. I know a lot about the Hellhound race, but these men in particular; I know fuck all about them.
“Drug and Draven are mated to Ronny and Rory Crow. Drac is mated to the third sister, but for some reason she isn’t here. They hail from New Orleans, and the brothers have a sister named Elsie. The rumor mill says she’s mated to Mayfly.”
Small fucking world. I know who Mayfly is; hell, you hear his name, and you already know who is being talked about.TheSupernatural crime lord, one who is a valuable weapons buyer on my client list. The Nymph is a crazy motherfucker who runs an operation down in Nola, if he’s connected to these men in anyway, then I’ll need to be on my toes with information. If Mayfly catches a whiff of issues within my operation, he’ll get spooked and cut all ties.
“Merelda Hound was their grandmother,”
“The Witch of Decay?” I remember hearing about the Nola trouble with the crazy old coot who supposedly killed all the elders and ran shit herself. She was eventually caught and killed by the Crow sisters.
“Yeah, and these guys know how to deal with the Dark Blood spell because they were able to release hundreds of innocents who were turned into those grotesque creatures like Knox, and I were.”
I nod, scrubbing a hand through my beard, “Okay, we’ll hear them out and see what they can tell us. From here on out, you come to me or my brothers with any leads you have.”
“Yes, Alpha.”
We turn and join the rest of the crew. Blood Crows and their men on one side, with the Cutthroats on the other. There’s a tense silence as we gauge each other until the third brother, the one here without his mate, tosses his hands up with an exasperated sigh.
“As much as I fucking love hearing people breathe, let’s get this shit over with.”
“You all showed up onmypack land,” I start, staring the tattooed asshole down, “start fucking talkin’.”
Jaz slides her hand under the table and grips my thigh. Immediately I calm down, reminded that everyone is fine, especially her.
“Fucking men,” The silver haired,RoryI think her name is, grumbles before speaking up, “let’s all just take a deep breath and put our dicks away, hm? Now, what’s going on with this bitch ass Witch of yours?”
I like her,Jaz speaks into my mind before answering the Vampire, “We learned recently about a Prophecy surrounding the Cut brothers,” she gestures to me and my brothers, “at first, I wasn’t inclined to believe it. Yes, they display the qualities of the Prophecy, but they aren’t true brothers. Not in the familial sense anyway.”
“The only Prophecy within the Werewolf community is the Ancient Prophecy,” Rory nods to her sister who continues where she left off.
“The Ancients weren’t brothers either. They were friends and so were their wives. We know this because last year my sisters and I needed to figure out the Blood Crow Prophecy as well. I decided to learn all of them.”
“Do you believe it now?” One of the brothers asks. I almost want to rip the guy’s face off for speaking to my woman, but I swallow down the annoyance when Jaz looks at me.
“Yes, I believe it’s true. There are no records of Alphas being able to rule together, yet these three unrelated men don’t just rule together, they thrive. But even if that weren’t enough to persuade me, their multiple Werewolf forms and magic would.”
