Reawakened (Chronicles of Cas Book 1) by E. M. Moore Read Free Book Online Page B

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    The wolf's ears flattened against his head right before Jake's massive body took him down. The wolf shifted underneath him, revealing a teenage boy with a nose piercing. Oddly enough, he reminded me of Damen and Jake at that age. They never had nose piercings, though. Not their style.
    He was a typical Salem resident. His pack had come from a few states away so that they could live with other magical beings who thought the same as they did. Salem's magical side lived in complete cohesion with the human side. The magical beings certainly had no desire for the humans to know anything about them. They preferred to live in anonymity.
    I knew him. I knew his alpha. "Liam, is that you?"
    Liam's eyes came into focus as he stared at me. "Yes. What's going on?"
    "You tried to take me out. What's wrong with you?"
    He shook his head and squirmed underneath Jake's weight. "I would never do that. I was here just to ask you a question. Why is this big alpha dude on top of me?"
    I tugged on Jake's collar, but he stayed put. "You attacked her."
    Liam looked from Jake to me. I nodded.
    Liam shook his head vehemently. "That can't be. I would never do anything like that."
    I touched Jake's back. There was something seriously wrong around here. Like Eddie, Liam would never do anything like that. He spoke the truth. I was on the god damned committee that got to tell the paranormal creatures whether they could live within the city limits or not. These people were good people. If they weren't, they would've never been approved. Liam's pack had been here for at least five years without any problems. They were probably the coolest pack in the freaking city.
    "Get off him, Jake."
    The muscles in Jake's back tensed. I could tell that was the last thing he wanted to do at the moment, but he listened. He stood, but still kept one hand on Liam's shoulder and one on his forearm. I could tell Liam wasn't going to be let go of anytime soon.
    "We'll call his pack leader and hand him off to him."
    The muscles in Jake's arm bulged. "Not a chance in hell. We're going to subdue him and then try him for attacking a Ley Line Guardian."
    Furious, I pulled at Jake's arms. "We're going to do no such thing."
    He cursed under his breath. It must have been a doozy because even Liam shied away from him after that. "Let's take him into the house where we can talk and it doesn't look like I'm absconding some teenager."
    The door opened in front of me without me even having to touch it. Another cool aspect of the family ring I wore on my right hand. Jake walked Liam toward the dining room table and sat him down in a chair. Before I could stop him, he pressed on a pressure point and Liam fell asleep, his head conking off the wood table next to him.
    "What the hell did you do that for?"
    "So I could talk some sense into you without prying ears. You're damn lucky he didn't hurt you."
    I clenched my jaw tight. There was some good points in what he said. Dammit. "Thank you for saving me from him, but you've got to see now that there's just too many weird things going on here. We're using the amber stone to fix this tonight."
    Jake gripped the side of the counter. "I see the opposite. We obviously don't know what we're dealing with and since we don't know, we definitely shouldn't bring the most powerful stone to fight something we don't know anything about."
    I tugged at the ends of my hair. This was another reason why the only guy I liked to hang out with was my brother. They were all fucking stupid. "The stone will help. I've already made up my mind. You have no say in the matter as I told you before. Now wake the kid up."
    His eyes were big, round, and scary. For a second, I thought they took on a golden hue, but that would be stupid. He took a few deep breaths with his back to me and then slowly turned around. "Since there are weird things going on around here, I don't think sending Liam back to his pack is a good idea. We should just keep him...incapacitated until we