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The harder they are, the harder they fall.
She should have made it easy on herself, but now we will have to hurt her to get answers.
“Jai,” Vale commands, and I hear Jai grumble but step back. When I turn around, Vale is standing before the wolf, staring her down. He is close enough for her to reach through the bars and gut him with one swipe, but he steps closer, pressing his body to the bars.
“Last chance, wolf,” he warns.
She inhales, her eyes widening as she stares at Vale.
“Very well.” Vale sighs as if he’s disappointed and steps back. “We will begin. You are clearly someone important to your pack, considering they chased you to the edge of the forest. That also means your pack land is nearby, isn’t that correct?”
The wolf just yawns and starts licking her paws.
“I’m betting so. I’m also betting we are getting closer and closer. They tell me you’re called the Red Mountain Pack, and deep in those woods there are mountains made of red rock. Is that where your pack is?” When she keeps grooming, Vale narrows his eyes. “How many wolves are there?”
She lays her head back down, and Vale’s phone rings. He grits his teeth. “Don’t touch it until I get back.” Storming out, he takes his phone with him, leaving the order for me since I’ll have to watch Jai, who is glaring at the wolf while sharpening a wooden stake.
The wolf draws my attention again. I find its gaze on Jai, and she looks confused.
Does she know something we don’t?
CHAPTER NINE
Iwatch the hunters who captured me. I can’t believe they got the drop on me, and whatever they knocked me out with did the trick. The last thing I remember is the agonised howl of Jang following me into the darkness before waking up in the cage. I tried to be discreet, but they knew I was awake, and now here we are.
Judging by the smells, it’s an old mill probably on the southside of the local town. There are no exhaust fumes, metal smells, or other scents, so there definitely aren’t many people around.
Above all that are their scents.
I’ve smelled one before—the one with the bright, cruel eyes.
Vale.
It didn’t hit me at first, but now, with nothing else to distract me and him standing before me, I take a deep inhale and he smells familiar.
I don’t know why.
Despite what most people think, I can understand everything they are saying, and they know that, which tells me they’ve been around wolves before or did their research. They can also make me turn back. I’ve heard of a similar drug before. It’s syntheticwolfsbane, and it’s toxic, so it sends wolves into shock. Without the wolfsbane antidote, I will die a very painful death. Either way, though, there is going to be pain, that much is obvious.
I will never betray my pack, no matter how much they torture me.
They picked the wrong wolf for that. I will gladly suffer and die for my pack. Maybe I was always destined to end up here, considering my life has always been a tragedy, not a fairy tale.
My eyes lock on the scarred one, knowing he’s the most dangerous. His eyes possess the same look feral wolves have. They crave blood and death. This one is touched by madness, and the way he’s looking at me lets me know he wants my blood.
The big guy by his side moves closer to him, keeping watch, and it’s clear he knows it too.
Interesting. The big guy almost seems reluctant to get involved, but his eyes harden when Vale comes back in. “We’ve been called back. Hurry up,” he mutters.
“We can’t leave this here,” Jai snaps.
“You’re right.” He sighs. “Lucien, watch the wolf.”
“Will you two be okay?” Lucien asks, crossing his arms.
“Why him?” Jai snarls at the same time.
“If I leave you, I’ll come back to a dead wolf. We need it alive. I’ll be fine. We’ll hide our wounds and say we are still working on the ferals,” Vale snaps. “Let’s go. I want to be back before nightfall so we can clean up outside to stop the wolves from tracking it here.”
