Page 31 of Redeem Me
“He was the perfect specimen,” He chuckled like he knew a secret I didn’t know. “Born of wolf shifters but having no wolf.”
Chills ignited along my arms. That’s what Lucas had meant when he had said his family would be delighted. He was more witch than he was wolf. I looked at Damian as something started to dawn on me. The corners of his lips quirked up.
“He wouldn’t tell you who they are, but I have a feeling you already know. He knows who Rafe Crimson is, little wolf. Rafe is the one that protected him from all the others.”
I pressed my palms into the tops of my thighs. It was the only thing I could do to keep myself from flying across the space between us. It all made sense. He had shackled me to Tracey’s brother. But was it to torture me or to torture Lucas? And what of Rafe? He had protected Lucas? Why hadn’t Lucas said anything?
“He tried to kill himself, did he tell you that?”
I nodded stiffly.
“All this time his family has thought he has stayed away willingly.” He rubbed his hands together like he had won a larger prize than Rafe Crimson’s head. I couldn’t imagine how he would act if he got that. “I originally planned to kill him after letting him live this way for five years. Can you imagine living in your own filth for five years? I’m surprised he still has a wolf anymore, he has had so much wolfsbane pumped into him.”
Blood roared through my ears as I tried to fight the urge to rip him to shreds. I tucked my hands together as I peeked claws breaking through the tips of my fingers.
“Wouldn’t it be fun to tell him how she’s a witch now? Oh, how the tables have turned.”
My head snapped up. He knew she was a witch now?
“I scented her change in the woods after you convinced them to leave. It's funny how powerful magic and powerful emotions can override everything else.”
Then something else clicked into place.
“She was a social experiment too?”
He smiled and his face transformed into something beautiful. Something deadly. “Oh yes. You see, Lucas still has his magic shimmering under there somewhere. His wolf didn’t destroy it like I hoped it would.
