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.Only this time he wasn t a helpless pup.He was a fully grown man with a fire in his gut and analpha scratching at the door of his soul.Yearning for blood. And? Were you horrible to her? Kane asked.His voice held a note Rowan recognized all toowell.Resentment.Anger.It flared inside whenever he thought of hunters.What made the sensationrise in the omega?Well, Kane lived alone.No pack, just like Rowan.Whatever they did to him must ve been bad ifhe turned out like this.Rowan shrugged. She was older than me, and I didn t see her often. That was all true, thoughhe didn t ever remember being kind.Why would he? She was just a wolf on the periphery of his vision.An alpha scion didn t have to pay attention to anyone but his own parents.He was going to rulea pack, not sully himself by fraternizing with the lowliest member. I suppose an omega wouldn t matter to an alpha, Elijah mused and swept a lock of black hairbehind his ear.He glared at the fire now.Like he saw more than flames devouring the logs in it hesaw a picture of the past as well.Rowan looked at it and saw his home.The bodies of his pack his parents.The sharp scent ofsilver, the sting of wolf s bane and blood.His lungs burned in the cold air as he ran.The fear that rose inside whenever he thought of those faceless men and women who sweptdown in the night and took everything from him.And, most of all, how he vowed to never haveanything worth losing again.Thanks to Yue, that was no longer the case.Kane let out a snort of laughter, and Rowan jumped. I ll bet you were a little shithead.Am I right? he asked, a smile plastered on his lips.It sent ashiver up Rowan s spine. Why are we talking about this? Because I m bored, Kane said. I could always take you to bed, if you d prefer. Rowan didn t respond to that.He took a step forward, then slumped into a chair in front of thefire. I was an alpha scion. So that s a yes, I was a shithead. Why aren t you leading your pack now, alpha scion? He tried not to flinch at the title.Kane was trying to rile him up, and if he gave into it the alphawould do something stupid again.A light burned in the omega s eyes, which was familiar enough.A deep seeded pain Kane triedto bury under everything else, but it clawed its way to the surface.The same way Rowan s pastwouldn t stay buried, no matter how much he willed it.Rowan sighed. They re dead now.Can t be the alpha of a deceased pack, can I? I guess not, Elijah said with a grim smile. But you didn t build a new one.You stayed a lonewolf.Strange for an alpha. He was right.Again.No matter how much Rowan hated to admit it. And omegas usually need apack for protection.Strange for you. Kane snorted. Protection? Is that what you call it? No.I m much better off on my own. I am too, Rowan said, and the words constricted his chest.How true was that now that he dmet Kane? Funny how much we have in common.Who offed your pack? Kane asked.The fire ate the last log like the fury chewing at Rowan s gut.He took a deep breath.He weighedthe consequences of telling the truth and decided to do it.Kane couldn t use this information againsthim.And it might prompt the assassin to share his own secrets.No way in hell this entire situationwas a ruse like the bar. Hunters. He felt Kane s keen eyes on him.The look steady and considering.Rowan rose and picked up another log.The solid weight of the wood comforted him.The roughbark scratched his palms. That s it? A one word answer? I want details.It must ve been bad to turn you against everforming another pack. Rowan set the log on the fire carefully and nudged the embers with the poker until it caught.Theheat colored his face, but his entire body trembled.The cold crept under the curtains, beneath the door,and wound over his flesh. You going to give me your story? Kane nodded without hesitation. An eye for an eye. He would put it like that.Rowan sighed and turned back to the fire.He didn t want to look atKane s intent expression as he told his past for the first time.His throat constricted, and he swallowed. I was fifteen.We lived in Eureka, Montana.Up in the mountains and away from the localshifter town.More room to run.We had a nice chunk of territory, and no one really bothered us, hepaused as he remembered those days.It felt like a lifetime ago.The sun on his face in the summer.The towering fir trees, the scentlike Yue s Blessing the longest night of the year.The night when Yue blessed her children herwolves.It used to be his favorite holiday.The food.The presents.Everything shining with possibility.Rowan no longer saw it that way.When he thought back, he remembered his room.That red plaid comforter and the window thatlooked over the valley below.But it was no longer clear in his head.Now it was fuzzy around theedges, his parent s faces blurred.And those other pack mates, the ones in the cabins nearby, hecouldn t even remember all of their names. No territory disputes? Kane asked.Rowan shook his head. Not really.Montana s got a lot of land for all the shifters.Not manyhunters when I was a kid.But Idaho is mostly human land, and they always had a problem withshifters of any type.I m sure that s where the hunters came from. Even worse, no human law could touch anything a hunter did on Old One territory.And with hiswhole pack dead, no one was around to avenge them but Rowan himself.A fifteen year old alphawithout a pack isn t strong enough to beat a whole gang of hunters.He cleared his throat and continued. I was out hunting all day.It was Yue s Blessing that night,and I wanted something to show for it a way to prove my worth as the alpha scion. He d never admitted that out loud before, but the words spilled out.Maybe Kane s presence hadsomething to do with it. I was supposed to shovel snow, but I decided to bag a buck instead.We had word of a big onewandering the area.I knew my parents were going to be angry when I came back, so I stayed outlonger than normal.I tracked that damn buck halfway up the mountain, and it got away.Ran into thewoods.When I got back, the sun already set. He half expected Kane to laugh at that.Kane didn t. Since I didn t do my chores, I wasn t allowed to participate in the feast.My dad sent me to thebarn with some jerky.I wasn t allowed back in the house until morning.That s what saved my life.Iwas mad and tired, so I passed out in the hay loft. Rowan could almost smell the iron tools and the hay on the air.The roughness of it under hisblanket.The uneven heat from the woodstove in the lower corner.How empty his belly felt, and thewelling frustration growing inside with every new day.Be a better alpha.Prove yourself worthy.How would he ever be good enough?The fire popped. And? Kane prodded. Hunters attacked our pack that night.I woke up in the middle of it.I heard the struggle andlooked out the window.I m pretty sure they sneaked up on the outlying cabins first and slaughteredeveryone in their homes [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Only this time he wasn t a helpless pup.He was a fully grown man with a fire in his gut and analpha scratching at the door of his soul.Yearning for blood. And? Were you horrible to her? Kane asked.His voice held a note Rowan recognized all toowell.Resentment.Anger.It flared inside whenever he thought of hunters.What made the sensationrise in the omega?Well, Kane lived alone.No pack, just like Rowan.Whatever they did to him must ve been bad ifhe turned out like this.Rowan shrugged. She was older than me, and I didn t see her often. That was all true, thoughhe didn t ever remember being kind.Why would he? She was just a wolf on the periphery of his vision.An alpha scion didn t have to pay attention to anyone but his own parents.He was going to rulea pack, not sully himself by fraternizing with the lowliest member. I suppose an omega wouldn t matter to an alpha, Elijah mused and swept a lock of black hairbehind his ear.He glared at the fire now.Like he saw more than flames devouring the logs in it hesaw a picture of the past as well.Rowan looked at it and saw his home.The bodies of his pack his parents.The sharp scent ofsilver, the sting of wolf s bane and blood.His lungs burned in the cold air as he ran.The fear that rose inside whenever he thought of those faceless men and women who sweptdown in the night and took everything from him.And, most of all, how he vowed to never haveanything worth losing again.Thanks to Yue, that was no longer the case.Kane let out a snort of laughter, and Rowan jumped. I ll bet you were a little shithead.Am I right? he asked, a smile plastered on his lips.It sent ashiver up Rowan s spine. Why are we talking about this? Because I m bored, Kane said. I could always take you to bed, if you d prefer. Rowan didn t respond to that.He took a step forward, then slumped into a chair in front of thefire. I was an alpha scion. So that s a yes, I was a shithead. Why aren t you leading your pack now, alpha scion? He tried not to flinch at the title.Kane was trying to rile him up, and if he gave into it the alphawould do something stupid again.A light burned in the omega s eyes, which was familiar enough.A deep seeded pain Kane triedto bury under everything else, but it clawed its way to the surface.The same way Rowan s pastwouldn t stay buried, no matter how much he willed it.Rowan sighed. They re dead now.Can t be the alpha of a deceased pack, can I? I guess not, Elijah said with a grim smile. But you didn t build a new one.You stayed a lonewolf.Strange for an alpha. He was right.Again.No matter how much Rowan hated to admit it. And omegas usually need apack for protection.Strange for you. Kane snorted. Protection? Is that what you call it? No.I m much better off on my own. I am too, Rowan said, and the words constricted his chest.How true was that now that he dmet Kane? Funny how much we have in common.Who offed your pack? Kane asked.The fire ate the last log like the fury chewing at Rowan s gut.He took a deep breath.He weighedthe consequences of telling the truth and decided to do it.Kane couldn t use this information againsthim.And it might prompt the assassin to share his own secrets.No way in hell this entire situationwas a ruse like the bar. Hunters. He felt Kane s keen eyes on him.The look steady and considering.Rowan rose and picked up another log.The solid weight of the wood comforted him.The roughbark scratched his palms. That s it? A one word answer? I want details.It must ve been bad to turn you against everforming another pack. Rowan set the log on the fire carefully and nudged the embers with the poker until it caught.Theheat colored his face, but his entire body trembled.The cold crept under the curtains, beneath the door,and wound over his flesh. You going to give me your story? Kane nodded without hesitation. An eye for an eye. He would put it like that.Rowan sighed and turned back to the fire.He didn t want to look atKane s intent expression as he told his past for the first time.His throat constricted, and he swallowed. I was fifteen.We lived in Eureka, Montana.Up in the mountains and away from the localshifter town.More room to run.We had a nice chunk of territory, and no one really bothered us, hepaused as he remembered those days.It felt like a lifetime ago.The sun on his face in the summer.The towering fir trees, the scentlike Yue s Blessing the longest night of the year.The night when Yue blessed her children herwolves.It used to be his favorite holiday.The food.The presents.Everything shining with possibility.Rowan no longer saw it that way.When he thought back, he remembered his room.That red plaid comforter and the window thatlooked over the valley below.But it was no longer clear in his head.Now it was fuzzy around theedges, his parent s faces blurred.And those other pack mates, the ones in the cabins nearby, hecouldn t even remember all of their names. No territory disputes? Kane asked.Rowan shook his head. Not really.Montana s got a lot of land for all the shifters.Not manyhunters when I was a kid.But Idaho is mostly human land, and they always had a problem withshifters of any type.I m sure that s where the hunters came from. Even worse, no human law could touch anything a hunter did on Old One territory.And with hiswhole pack dead, no one was around to avenge them but Rowan himself.A fifteen year old alphawithout a pack isn t strong enough to beat a whole gang of hunters.He cleared his throat and continued. I was out hunting all day.It was Yue s Blessing that night,and I wanted something to show for it a way to prove my worth as the alpha scion. He d never admitted that out loud before, but the words spilled out.Maybe Kane s presence hadsomething to do with it. I was supposed to shovel snow, but I decided to bag a buck instead.We had word of a big onewandering the area.I knew my parents were going to be angry when I came back, so I stayed outlonger than normal.I tracked that damn buck halfway up the mountain, and it got away.Ran into thewoods.When I got back, the sun already set. He half expected Kane to laugh at that.Kane didn t. Since I didn t do my chores, I wasn t allowed to participate in the feast.My dad sent me to thebarn with some jerky.I wasn t allowed back in the house until morning.That s what saved my life.Iwas mad and tired, so I passed out in the hay loft. Rowan could almost smell the iron tools and the hay on the air.The roughness of it under hisblanket.The uneven heat from the woodstove in the lower corner.How empty his belly felt, and thewelling frustration growing inside with every new day.Be a better alpha.Prove yourself worthy.How would he ever be good enough?The fire popped. And? Kane prodded. Hunters attacked our pack that night.I woke up in the middle of it.I heard the struggle andlooked out the window.I m pretty sure they sneaked up on the outlying cabins first and slaughteredeveryone in their homes [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]