Page 95 of Cruel Revenge
“Good.” He helped me down. I was focused on standing on my legs, but they no longer felt like jelly. He grabbed my hand and put several pills in it. “Human pills. You need a lot of them.”
I put all of them in my mouth, and like magic, the man had a water bottle. I used that to wash the pills down. They would take some time to start kicking in, and it was a bit of a long shot that they worked at all since they were over the counter and not the strong stuff, but it was thought that counted.
“Perhaps we should clean you up some before we move around,” Heath said, once again looking me over, and this time I knew his worry was for me. I looked around and saw different people staring at us, human and werewolf alike. My hair was sticky with blood, my hands were covered, and it soaked my clothing. I could taste it on the pills.
I shook my head.
“No. Let them stare. There’s something more important you and I need to go see…” I lowered my voice. “And my family. They will need to be able to come in and see this.”
Heath studied me, then nodded.
“Landon, are you making sure the building is secure?” he asked loudly.
“I’ve posted werewolves on every external door. No one has gone in yet. Wanted to wait for your call. I loaded Carey in with Jacky’s family and put the boys in a car to go back to Niko, Dirk, and Ranger, with another pair of werewolves as protection. Niko will stay there if Dirk and Ranger need to come assist, so they’ll be with a werecat willing to fight for them if anything happens.”
“Good. Get rid of the humans. We don’t need them here. If they want to reach out to the BSA, they can. That’s the only organization I want wandering around right now.”
Landon turned on the humans who weren’t as close to the building.
“You fucking heard him!” Landon growled. “Move along.”
I proceeded to check out as Landon started arguing with someone, not allowing anyone to get close to Heath and me. I looked back at the SUV with my family, then started walking that way, knowing I needed to tell them to find a way in. That I would meet them inside. Clearly, someone would have to stay with Carey. They could decide on who.
Zuri rolled her window down for me as I approached, leaning out with a smile.
“Look atyou. It’s a good look.”
“Oh, yeah?” I lifted my bloody arms, knowing the blood wasn’t really dry on my clothing yet, so some splattered onto the asphalt.
“You’ve never looked better,” she teased.
It made some eyebrows raise nearby.
“Thank you. I’m hoping I’m finally staying up with the trends, really in the season, you know? You know how much I care about those,” I retorted, grinning.
“Hunting is always in season,” she said, a devious twinkle in her eye as we knew we bothered the few humans hovering.A couple of werewolves did chuckle. Heath shooed all of them farther away, then came back to my side. Once there was space, Zuri’s smile faded.
“So, what do we need to see?” she asked.
“A body,” I answered. “Just one. Definitely you and Mother… and Father. Brother, can you stay with Carey?”
“I’m always willing to watch my niece. She’s currently sleeping in the back, so it won’t be hard,” he answered, smiling around Zuri. “And based on the location, I think we can park in the back, and they’ll be able to slip in through the garage area… the loading bay. Whatever it is.”
I thought of that spot, then nodded.
“Possible. Just… be careful where you step.” I stepped back. “Meet you inside. Heath is the only werewolf coming in until we’re done.”
“Interesting,” said a thoughtful Hasan in the backseat, out of sight.
I waved at them, then started hobbling my way to the building, Heath ever present at my side. I could feel his curiosity, but not smell it. Now, not even his Talent would ever hide how he felt from me.
He looked at me as we went inside, raising an eyebrow.
“I can feel you. Even with your Talent up.”
“Good. You’re the last person I should ever hide from. Now, why are we coming in? What do you need to show us?”
“A ghost,” I answered.
