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I head straight for his garage, but it’s only got two men in there drinking their mugs of tea and cracking jokes. They’recompletely unaware of the danger that surrounds them every day and the danger I present right this second.
“Where’s Leon?” I bark, and they turn to me with wide eyes, taking in my no doubt disheveled appearance and thunderous rage.
The taller of the two clears his throat and says, “I don’t know. He didn’t show up for his shift this morning.” He doesn’t ask who I am, and I scowl.
Of course, he didn’t show. He’s taken Blair to the fucking rogue pack, and no doubt that’s where he is now.
“Shall I pass on a message?” the guy asks again, still staring at me.
“Yeah,” I reply with a sardonic grin. “Tell him Calix is looking for him.”
Then I turn and stride away, heading in the direction of Leon and Blair’s house. There have to be signs… Someone must know where he is. And when I arrive at his house, I find signs alright.
The whole place has been torn apart—sofa cushions clawed, the stuffing lying around like fallen snow, lamps overturned while still turned on, casting a putrid yellow hue over the devastation all around it.
I step into the kitchen, and it somehow gets worse—the fridge has been overturned, its contents smashed and destroyed on the sodden floor. Sodden with food and… I sniff the air. Beer. I wrinkle my nose and then stop when I smell the telltale coppery scent.
Blood.
My heart races, but then I see it: a faint spray on the wall, like someone was punched and their nose exploded.
Leon.
He was ambushed in his home. The back door swings open, and I head over to see the muddy yard. There, I can see drag marks—and I follow them until they disappear.
Into the woods.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
BLAIR
“Leon?” I stare at my brother, who cocks his head at an unnatural angle, still grinning at me.
He looks thinner, and his eyes… I can’t help but shudder. They’re bloodshot and raw, his pupils dominating the whites of his eyes like a demon.
“Blair,” he rasps, crouching before me. “You look like shit.”
This…thing—it isn’t my brother.
“What happened to you?” I whisper, tears filling my eyes.
Leon scoffs. “It doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re here, the golden girl. That’s all that matters.”
I realize that he sounds pissed
“Golden girl?” I press, and his features twist into a scowl.
“You,” he spits. “TheSeer. The one with thegifts. Have you got a wolf too?”
He glares at me, and I slowly shake my head.
“No, Leon?—”
“Shut up!” He grips my chin, forcing my mouth shut as he continues to glare at me. “Tell them what they want to know, and then you can die.”
My heart shatters at the words leaving his lips. Whatever he is…he used to be my brother. The one who always tried to protect me.
“You want me to die?” I whimper, unable to stop the tears rolling down my cheeks.
