Page 120 of Wolf Cursed
My chest swelled as Idrissa screamed at Silas.
“Stop this now,” she called.
But he ignored her. To the wolves, he said, “Kill him.”
They raced past us and into the cabin.
“No!” I wrenched away from Silas. Or tried to. But all it got me was a sharp pain up my elbow and a tighter grip. I winced both from my own pain and from the sound of the hexerei’s screams that rose then abruptly cut off.
I stared at Silas in horror.
“You didn’t have to do that,” I said, my voice cracking as I imagined the wolves ripping the man apart. He’d hated them, and they’d just proven him justified. It was horrible.
At the sound of the screams, Idrissa and Isaac stopped short. They stared past me at the cabin with wide eyes. Kai appeared between them, back in his human form. I hadn’t even seen him shift, but now I couldn’t look away.
He stood completely naked and completely unconcerned about that fact, glaring at Silas with raw murder in his dark gaze. If I hadn’t feared for my life, maybe I could have appreciated the view. Instead, all I could think about was who Silas would order the wolves to attack next.
“Let go of her now, Silas.”
Kai’s tone was the only warning Silas would get. We all knew it.
Silas loosened his grip but didn’t let go.
“I won’t tell you again,” Kai said.
“You’ve gone too far,” Silas snapped at him.
Isaac pulled a pair of shorts from his back pocket and held them out to Kai. “Here, dude. No sense blowing in the wind while you kill this asshole.”
Without breaking eye contact, Kai snatched the shorts and pulled them on. “Good point. I won’t be using my wolf for this,” Kai said. “I’d rather feel the air slip from his lungs through my own hands.”
He took a step forward.
“What the hell, man,” Silas demanded. “You would throw away our friendship for this?” He shook my arm.
Kai bared his teeth. “You threw it away when you touched her.”
“Whoa, dude.” Presley stepped up beside me. He wore a tiny pair of shorts and nothing else. Blood coated his throat and mouth.
I looked away, my stomach twisting at the mental images of what he’d just done in that cabin.
“She was helping the hexerei,” Presley said. “She’s a traitor.”
“I wasn’t helping him,” I protested.
“Prove it,” Silas snarled.
He released my arm as the rest of the wolves joined us, surrounding Kai and the twins and me. I saw Kai’s gaze flick to them and back to me. Even without Silas holding me down, we were trapped.
“If you’re one of us, fight and take your place,” Silas said. “It’s the only way we can trust you. Otherwise, you become our prisoner and are subject to interrogation.”
“Silas, don’t make me kick your ass like I did in the seventh grade,” Idrissa said.
“It’s pack rules,” Silas said.
“It’s bullshit,” she shot back. “Stop letting your asshole of a wolf run things and be a human fucking being. She’s not trying to bring us down. She’s a friend.”
“Well, now we know where you stand,” Presley said. “If you’re not with us, you’re with her. And that’s a bad place to be right about now.” He looked at Kai. “What’s so special about her, anyway?” He grinned. “Is it her ass? Because I do agree she’s got a killer ass.”
