Unleash the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon Read Free Book Online Page A

to catch him off-guard and strip him of his powers.
    Such a thing was a last resort for their kind. It was reserved solely for those who couldn’t pass in the human world. Or those who threatened to expose the Were-Hunters to public scrutiny.
    Wren had never wanted to blend. He prided himself on being a misfit and outcast. No one had minded since he did his job in the bar and didn’t even try to speak to the humans.
    Tonight that had changed. He had gone after a human female. Not that contact with females was forbidden. Most of their males took human lovers from time to time. But they had to be careful who they chose.
    If Wren’s indiscretion threatened them, then there would be no choice.
    He would be sacrificed in a heartbeat.

Chapter 3
    â€œDamn, tiger. What the hell did you do? Besides getting shot, that is.”
    In his tigard form, Wren opened his eyes to see Dev coming into his bedroom. He glanced at the clock on his nightstand to see that it was just after noon—too damned early for him to be up and about, especially when he hurt this much.
    He was actually amazed that the bear was awake and in human form, barging into his room. Most of the Katagaria had a difficult time maintaining human form until after nightfall. So as a rule, they were mostly nocturnal.
    Not to mention, the occupants of Peltier House knew that tigers didn’t like to be disturbed, especially not from a sound sleep.
    Without changing his animal form, Wren lifted his head from the pillow to watch Dev walk over to his dresser. Wren growled in warning at the bearswain, who paid no attention to him as he placed an extremely large flower arrangement on top.
    Wren started to shift on the bed, but his wound was too tender. Instead, he roared threateningly.
    â€œCalm your tiger-ass down,” Dev said, his tone irritated. “If anyone has a right to be pissed, it’s us. Notice I’m the one in human form and you’re not? You think I want to be awake and looking like this at this unholy hour of the day?”
    The bear had a point.
    â€œAnd do you know why we’re up?”
    Like he cared. If Wren were in human form he’d be staring drolly at the bear.
    Ambivalent to Wren’s mood, Dev barely hesitated before he answered his own question. “Because we all thought that these were for Aimee. You’ve never seen bears move so fast as we did when Maman told us there was a truck loaded with flowers that were to be delivered here. We were getting ready to open a can of whup-ass on some local when the delivery guy said they were sent to you. ”
    Dev moved to the bed and pulled a small card out of the back pocket of his jeans. “It says ‘thanks for last night.’” Dev gave him an amused smirk. “So what? Did you finally get lucky and find someone desperate for a quick lay?”
    Wren snapped at Dev, forcing the bear to jump back from the bed.
    Dev’s eyes narrowed on him. “You better knock that shit off or else we’re going to go round. I don’t care if you are wounded, I don’t play.”
    â€œAnd neither do I, asshole.” Wren sent the words to him mentally.
    Dev stared at Wren in amazement. “Wow. Multiple syllables and a whole sentence from the tiger. Who’d have ever thought it? Whoever she was, she must have had a lot of talent to make you speak. Next thing you know, she’ll have the dead walking. Quick, call a Dark-Hunter. I’m sure some of them would like another resurrection.”
    Wren growled, but before he could lunge, more flowers were brought in by four of Dev’s brothers. Lots more. Within a few minutes, the whole room looked like a funeral parlor.
    As soon as they had the flowers stacked around the bed and dresser, all the guys left except for Dev and his younger brother Serre.
    Serre shook his blond head as he paused by the foot of the bed to stare at Wren. “Man, Wren. I’m impressed. No woman ever sent