Page 136 of Wolf Cursed
The moment I was no longer held by it, he grabbed me and wrenched me out of the car. A small tattoo on his neck caught my eye, and I sucked in a breath.
Hexerei.
This man was a witch.
“Ash.” Kai’s voice was desperate. But weak. “Don’t let them put you in a cage.”
The words rang out like a gong in my own memory. My father had said those same words as he’d died. I thought of the other hexerei, the one Silas had killed, and how they’d caught him trying to break into Oscar’s apartment. My apartment.
They’d been after me all along.
Which meant they’d been the ones my father had been running from.
Kai’s eyes fluttered closed, and his head lolled to the side.
Terror gripped me as I realized Kai wouldn’t be coming to my rescue after all. I called on my wolf, but she’d receded too far, thanks to my current state of pain and disorientation. So, I did the only thing left to me. I punched my abductor in the nose.
He howled and let me go.
I landed hard on my back.
My head slammed against the pavement, and I barely had time to cry out before everything suddenly disappeared into darkness.
