Chapter 39
I pulled Leon to the side, and he gave me a knowing look that
was thinking the same thing, but neither of us wanted to
say anything in front of everyone. There was no reason to incite panic. At least not yet.
“This could be the true form of the Red Blood pack.” Leon said over the mindlink. Werewolf hearing was impeccable, so even though we moved away, we didn’t want to chance speaking out loud.
“It could. Which could also mean that Grace is this… this beast. I answered.
“Don’t go there.” Leon warned. “Don’t get caught up in that thought. Just because you see this as a monster, doesn’t mean it is one. Humans would consider us monsters and we aren’t. So just stop that that.”
I glared at him, but I knew he was right. At least partially.
“So now to the important stuff,” Leon continued when he realized he had won. “What do you want to do with it?”
“We need to interrogate it. Maybe he’ll talk. He looked young, and he was dumb enough to get caught, he might be dumb enough to talk.” I answered.
Leon nodded in agreement, and we stepped back toward my men who were still fighting to maintain control of the beast.
“Take him to the dungeons!” I commanded my men. “I want him alive, and relatively unharmed.”
“Do you want to try and get information now?” Leon asked.
“No. I want him to sit with this for a while. Some silence will do him some good. Maybe he’ll want to talk more if we just leave him there. Just make sure he is secure.”
“You got it.” Leon saluted.
“And last thing, nobody is to talk about what we saw here today until we figure this out, nobody says anything, not about his appearance, not about the Red Blood Pack. Not their theories. Nothing. If I hear that this has gotten out, there will be hell to pay, especially if it’s even breathed in the direction of Grace. Understood?” I growled.
This seemed to surprise my men, but they all agreed. I had never had an issue with loyalty before. The creature shifted back into a man and my men were able to seize he more easily than they had earlier. It was clear that the man could shift at will, so I didn’t want my men to get too comfortable.
“Don’t call me unless it’s an emergency.” I told Leon seriously.
He nodded, his face solemn as he jumped in to help drag the man to the dungeons.
I turned back to the house, and made my way slowly back to where I knew Gracie was sleeping… hopefully peacefully. I ran my hand tiredly through my hair. I hated how much I was beginning to need Grace. I could hardly believe that I had walked away from that Monster’s interrogation because I needed to be closer to Grace. Okay, I mean, there were a lot of reasons I walked away, but Grace seemed to reign my mind. I couldn’t make sense of anything.
I was outside Grace’s room when a voice called my name, and I turned to see Sawyer sitting on the ground across from Grace’s door.
“What are you doing?” I asked with a frown.
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You told me to look over Grace. She was sleeping, so I didn’t want to disturb her, but I didn’t want to go far so alas here we are.” He answered, his eyes trained on his rubix cube.
“Who says alas?”
I heard a lot of commotion out there, is everything okay?” Sawyer asked, ignoring my question.
“Yea, get your update from Leon though. No one bother me unless it’s an emergency, I’m beat.” I answered honestly.
Sawyer gave me a long look and nodded as he stood
- up.
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Michele Gremillion
I wish she could tell Rhys what is hurting her so much.
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