Bad Wolf by Savannah Reardon Read Free Book Online

going to tell her it couldn’t be true, and it
was going to fill in the blanks with something more rational.
    “I
don’t think so, Misha. If you think real hard, you’ll remember this one was
larger than normal. Wasn’t it?”
    “I
don’t know. Maybe. But so what?”
    “It
wasn’t a normal wolf, Misha. It was a werewolf.”
    Misha
sat up suddenly. “A werewolf?” She laughed derisively. “You’re crazy, lady.
There’s no such thing as werewolves.”
    Nikki’s
hand tightened on Misha’s arm to keep the young woman from springing out of the
bed. “I’m not crazy, Misha. Werewolves are real. I should know. I am one…and so
are all of the people who live in this building.”
    Misha
attempted to pull her arm free from Nikki’s grasp, but the young cub’s strength
was no match. “Let me go.”
    “I’m
sorry, Misha, but I can’t do that. Until you go through the change once, you
won’t be able to control yourself. It’s too dangerous to allow you to be among
regular people right now. You have to learn how to reign in the beast within
you.”
    “You
can’t keep me here against my will!”
    “I’m
afraid we have no choice. The pack is responsible for you now. I found you on
our land, so it had to be one of us who bit you. I promise we will find out who
did it and when we do, that person will be held accountable. It’s against pack
law to turn anyone against their wishes.”
    Misha
tugged against Nikki’s grip once again. “Please let me go. I just want to go
home.”
    Nikki
felt a tug at her heart. She hated the lost look new cubs had. “I’m so sorry,
Misha, but this is how it has to be.”
    The
bedroom door opened and Zane strode through.
    Misha
looked toward him, her eyes pleading. “This crazy lady won’t let me go. She’s
talking about werewolves and crap. She wants to keep me hostage!”
    Zane
smiled and gently caressed Misha’s check. “Sorry little cub, but Nikki’s
telling you the truth.” Before Misha could make another sound, Zane pulled the
hypodermic needle from behind his back and stabbed it into Misha’s arm. The
young woman’s eyes rolled back into her head, and she fell back onto the bed.
“Adam!”
    Adam
strolled into the room and nodded at his alpha. He knew the drill. He loped
over to the bed and scooped up the young woman and carried her from the
bedroom. He would make sure she was comfortable in the holding room before he
left her.
    Nikki
slumped back against the headboard. “Oh, Zane, this is awful!”
    “I
know, but we’re doing what we have to do. It’s been awhile since we’ve had a
non-consensual bite, but at least those were from wolves not in our pack.”
    Nikki
ran her fingers through her hair. “You’re not going to like this, but I have a
gut feeling I know who did this.”
    Zane
grimaced. “Yeah. I bet I know who you think it is because I’ve got that same
funny feeling. She can’t be doing it herself though. I didn’t smell her on the
girl.”
    “Why,
Zane? Why would she do this? Why now? And how is she doing it?”
    “Honestly,
I think it’s been coming for awhile. With every challenge and every kill she’s
gotten hungrier for blood and power. I think killing Rachel was enough to throw
her over the edge. If you hadn’t shown up to Rachel’s grave, I’m afraid Misha
wouldn’t be alive right now. She’s come across a rogue wolf somehow. I don’t
know how she’s managed to entice him or her into attacking people for her, but
I still have a gut feeling she’s behind it.”
    “Damn
her! The attack on Rachel was bad enough, but this just takes the cake. I hate
this! We can’t prove she is the one behind who attacked Misha, so nothing to
can be done right now to stop her.”
    “Sara
might be unbalanced, but she’s not stupid. I don’t think she’s going to orchestrate
an attack on anyone else right now. She knows we’ll be on the lookout for the
rogue. We always send out regular patrols after something like this happens.
She’ll sit