had a feeling I wouldn’t have to. It was 9:35. I was due at the agency in twenty-five minutes. There was plenty of time for some quick recon. If I was right, this was huge. However, if I was right, Hank would forbid me to go in.
Waiting in my car, I heard familiar nasal laughter. My gut clenched and my claws itched to come out and play. Slowly I eased the car window down and ducked low in my seat.
“I hope they take her today,” Tina #1 growled. “After they’re done with her and the rest of them, they’ll kill them.”
“Agreed. There’s simply not enough oxygen for losers like Essie McGee in this world.” Tina #2 laughed.
“Wait. Are you serious?” Tina #3 demanded.
“About what?” Tina #2 asked.
“The oxygen thingie.”
“I will pretend you didn’t say that, moron.”
“You don’t have to be a bitch,” Tina #3 hissed. “I could kill you so easily.”
“Like to see you try. Anyway, once she’s dead, I’ll get Hank for keeps,” Tina #2 purred.
“Why do you get him?” Tina #1 whined.
“Because I called him first. You two idiots can share the fire boys when this is over.”
“I just hope it’s over soon. None of us have gotten laid in a year,” Tina #2 muttered with disgust.
“Keep your voice down. No one needs to know our business,” Tina #3 shot back menacingly. “Once the fire boys complete the experiment they promised they would be all ours. In fact, Hank can screw himself. I like my guys hot.”
As their laughter died away, I sat bolt upright in my seat. Junior was correct, the humans were experimenting on the Weres. That was sick and what in the hell was the experiment? Why did the Tina's call them fire boys? Were those their stupid fake names or were they something more? How did the Weres let the humans take them? We could overpower a human with our eyes closed…Were the humans working for another species of Were and kidnapping wolves?
My need to walk into the agency and tear the limbs off of the humans, or whatever the hell they were, and the Tinas was overwhelming, but that would be a grave mistake. I needed them to take me to where the girls were hidden. If I killed the messenger, I’d lose the prize.
“Dragons,” Dwayne whispered into my cracked window.
“Oh my god,” I shrieked. “You scared me to death.”
He grinned and slipped into the back seat. “You look alive to me.”
“Why are you in the back?” I asked.
“I’ve seen this in the movies,” he explained. “No one will actually know we’re having a conversation. They’ll think you’re my driver and pass right on by.”
Deciding not to touch that theory, I waited for him to continue.
“They’re not human. They’re Dragons.”
“ What? ” I hissed.
“I said they’re not hum…”
“I heard you. Are you sure?” My skin felt tight on my body and I prayed he was mistaken. This was far worse than I ever could have imagined. I thought maybe they were wolves from a rival Pack and they’d used the self tanner to disguise their scent and possibly blackmail our Pack into paying ransom…
“This is not very good, Essie.” Dwayne fretted in the back seat.
He was right. My brain was on overload. They were rich, smart, dangerous and seriously hard to kill. They had clearly duped the Council and now they were using science to do god knows what with my Pack.
“Listen to me,” I snapped, formulating a plan as it fell from my lips. “I am going in and I’m going to let them take me to the other girls. You are going to the sheriff’s office and when his meeting with the assholes is over you will tell Hank what you told me. Detain the Dragons if you can. I’ll be safer with only one Dragon and three, soon-to-be-dead, traitorous she-wolves. Let him know the Tinas are involved and the Dragons are experimenting on our wolves. Tell him if he tries to stop me from going to the girls he’ll be signing their death warrant. He has to trust me and let me do my job. Do you understand me?” I
Waiting in my car, I heard familiar nasal laughter. My gut clenched and my claws itched to come out and play. Slowly I eased the car window down and ducked low in my seat.
“I hope they take her today,” Tina #1 growled. “After they’re done with her and the rest of them, they’ll kill them.”
“Agreed. There’s simply not enough oxygen for losers like Essie McGee in this world.” Tina #2 laughed.
“Wait. Are you serious?” Tina #3 demanded.
“About what?” Tina #2 asked.
“The oxygen thingie.”
“I will pretend you didn’t say that, moron.”
“You don’t have to be a bitch,” Tina #3 hissed. “I could kill you so easily.”
“Like to see you try. Anyway, once she’s dead, I’ll get Hank for keeps,” Tina #2 purred.
“Why do you get him?” Tina #1 whined.
“Because I called him first. You two idiots can share the fire boys when this is over.”
“I just hope it’s over soon. None of us have gotten laid in a year,” Tina #2 muttered with disgust.
“Keep your voice down. No one needs to know our business,” Tina #3 shot back menacingly. “Once the fire boys complete the experiment they promised they would be all ours. In fact, Hank can screw himself. I like my guys hot.”
As their laughter died away, I sat bolt upright in my seat. Junior was correct, the humans were experimenting on the Weres. That was sick and what in the hell was the experiment? Why did the Tina's call them fire boys? Were those their stupid fake names or were they something more? How did the Weres let the humans take them? We could overpower a human with our eyes closed…Were the humans working for another species of Were and kidnapping wolves?
My need to walk into the agency and tear the limbs off of the humans, or whatever the hell they were, and the Tinas was overwhelming, but that would be a grave mistake. I needed them to take me to where the girls were hidden. If I killed the messenger, I’d lose the prize.
“Dragons,” Dwayne whispered into my cracked window.
“Oh my god,” I shrieked. “You scared me to death.”
He grinned and slipped into the back seat. “You look alive to me.”
“Why are you in the back?” I asked.
“I’ve seen this in the movies,” he explained. “No one will actually know we’re having a conversation. They’ll think you’re my driver and pass right on by.”
Deciding not to touch that theory, I waited for him to continue.
“They’re not human. They’re Dragons.”
“ What? ” I hissed.
“I said they’re not hum…”
“I heard you. Are you sure?” My skin felt tight on my body and I prayed he was mistaken. This was far worse than I ever could have imagined. I thought maybe they were wolves from a rival Pack and they’d used the self tanner to disguise their scent and possibly blackmail our Pack into paying ransom…
“This is not very good, Essie.” Dwayne fretted in the back seat.
He was right. My brain was on overload. They were rich, smart, dangerous and seriously hard to kill. They had clearly duped the Council and now they were using science to do god knows what with my Pack.
“Listen to me,” I snapped, formulating a plan as it fell from my lips. “I am going in and I’m going to let them take me to the other girls. You are going to the sheriff’s office and when his meeting with the assholes is over you will tell Hank what you told me. Detain the Dragons if you can. I’ll be safer with only one Dragon and three, soon-to-be-dead, traitorous she-wolves. Let him know the Tinas are involved and the Dragons are experimenting on our wolves. Tell him if he tries to stop me from going to the girls he’ll be signing their death warrant. He has to trust me and let me do my job. Do you understand me?” I
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