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John walked to the door and checked on the front porch. Then he looked in every room in the house. When he returned to living room, the wolf still sat there, looking up at him with a bored expression on his face. If a wolf could actually have a bored expression. Maybe he was still sleeping. Maybe this was some weird fucking dream. But he d tried to tell himself that last night too and look what had happened. Maybe this was just one long dream. Maybe he d dreamed Kaine, dreamed the whole damn thing. Maybe when he woke up, it d be morning and his life would be back to normal. Including a job he barely tolerated and a sister with secrets. And no Kaine. Kaine s like you, isn t she? The wolf cocked its head to the side and just stared at him. If it d opened its mouth and spoke, John didn t think he could ve been any more stunned. Shit, he actually felt dizzy. He reached for the nearest chair and lowered himself into it, his gaze clinging to the animal. A werewolf. Kyle was a werewolf. Kaine was a werewolf. Holy shit. The wolf rose to its feet. No, a wolf had paws. He rose to his paws and John couldn t look away. He sat unblinking, mesmerized and dumbfounded as the wolf wavered out of focus. Its body shook, contorted and for a brief moment wavered out of view. Then Kyle stood in the exact same spot. He reached for the pants he d taken off earlier and hung on the back of a chair then pulled his shirt over his head. He didn t bother with his shoes. John watched as Kyle crossed his arms over his chest and cocked one eyebrow at him. 83 Stephanie Julian How the hell had he reacted the first time? The time he d seen Kaine shift just after he d shot her. Kyle had told him that he hadn t escaped from the house where he d been kept. Kaine in her wolf form and two other men had gotten him out. When he d run from Kyle s home, where he d been taken to recuperate after being left for dead, Kaine had followed him to his home and only when they d been found by Kyle s team had she shifted back into human form. Which was when he d shot her. According to Kyle, he d nearly killed her. His lungs started to work a little harder, unable to keep up with his need for oxygen. After she d healed from the gunshot wound, that was when a group of Etruscans, with very little help from John, had rescued Evie. And when the streghe from Nica s boschetta, from her coven, had cleansed Evie of all the spells or at least thought they had she and John had made the decision to have their memories of the Etruscans erased completely. Had he done that? Had he willingly erased Kaine from his mind nearly three months ago? Kyle wanted him to allow the streghe to release his memories now. Kyle thought maybe John would remember something useful to help Evie. Arrange it. Right now. I ll do it. Kyle didn t move. Fine. Where s Kaine? On assignment. When will she be back? No idea. Hopefully not til you re long gone. 84 Edge of Moonlight Chapter Seven Sorry it s not more to go on but whoever this is, she s buried herself pretty damn good. Tearing her gaze away from the address in her hand, Kaine looked up to see a frown on Rio s handsome face. This is great, really. It s a place to start, which is more than I had when I got here. Rio sighed, shaking his head. I ll be able to dig a little deeper with more time. Give me a couple of days and I should have a lot more information. Evie may not have a few more days and Kaine wasn t about to wait. But she smiled and nodded. Thanks, Rio. I really appreciate this. No problem. I ll give you a call when I find more. I d appreciate that. Just leave me a message if I don t answer. I have a few other leads to track down, I may not be able to get to my phone if it rings. Rio nodded, already turning to head back into his office and his computer. No problem, I m just gonna run a few more things here& Rosie touched Kaine s shoulder, an apologetic smile on her face. Sorry. He gets a little lost in his work sometimes. He really doesn t like to lose. He ll have more information for you by the end of the day. Believe me, this will bug him. Back in John s car after saying goodbye to Rosie, the address in her hand, Kaine knew what she had to do. She couldn t wait for more information. Evie needed help now. And really, she d only be wasting time going back to Kyle s place to fight with him about what had to be done. Kyle would want to send Nic and Duke. Without her. Just as he d sent them to find the missing lucani. Without her. Kyle didn t trust her now. He didn t trust her to be able to do her job because of her feelings for John. That stung like a pugio between her ribs. Well, fuck that. She d show her commander just how capable she was. She d track [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |