Werewolf Academy Book 6: Vengeance by Cheree Alsop Read Free Book Online Page A

noted.
    “Yeah, you know Dr. Kamala. She likes to squeeze out every hour of daylight she can.”
    “Tell me about it,” the guard replied. “I should be getting overtime for this shift, but I won’t.”
    “You and me, both,” Kate said with a little laugh.
    Alex had to give her credit for the small talk she was able to make. There was only the slightest hint of a tremor in her voice that the other human probably couldn’t detect.
    After what felt like an eternity, the guard said, “You’re clear. See you tomorrow.”
    “Thanks, Gerald,” she replied.
    The car moved over a bump and the sound of the tires changed from the higher hum of cement to the lower vibration of asphalt.
    “Thank goodness,” she exclaimed.
    Alex threw the blanket back, filled with relief that he was away from that nightmarish place.
    She glanced at him in her rearview mirror. “You should probably rest. You look horrible.”
    Alex gave her a small smile. “You’re assuming I don’t always look like this.”
    Kate gave a real smile in return. “I’ve seen you on the news, Alex Davies. Why else do you think I broke you out? You can bring down Drogan and Kamala. There’re rumors that you have a whole werewolf army at your command.” She paused, then asked, “Do you?”
    There was a hint of urgency in her voice as if his answer was the most important thing in the world. He thought of the Academy and of the humans from Greyton who rallied to save the students. She had taken quite the risk to save him. Her family might be in danger, too. She deserved his reassurance.
    “I do,” Alex replied quietly.
    Kate gave a satisfied nod. “Good; then you can bring down the Extremists. Thorpe will finally be avenged.”
    “I’m sorry about your fiancé,” Alex said.
    “Me, too,” she replied. “We were young,” she smiled. “At least younger than I am now. I loved him all through high school. I was working when Drogan’s men captured him. It took a long time to find the trail to Dr. Kamala. By then, he had been killed and they were on to other werewolves with their experiments. I got them to hire me in the hopes that I could fight back.” She met his gaze in the mirror. “It’s taken two years for someone like you to get there.”
    “I’m grateful for you,” Alex told her. His eyes kept closing of their own accord.
    “Just make sure it was worth it,” she replied.
    “I will,” he promised. He forced his thoughts to focus. “Where are you going?”
    Kate’s reply was soft at first as though the word was unfamiliar. “Home,” she said. A slight smile touched her lips. “I’m going home,” she repeated. “I haven’t been there since Thorpe was taken.” Her voice tightened. “I’ll bet Mom thinks I’m dead or something.”
    “She’ll be glad to have you back,” Alex told her.
    Kate gave a damp smile at the thought. “She will.” She glanced back at Alex. “Where should I take you?”
    “Anywhere,” Alex replied. “My friends will pick me up. With Drogan getting out, the further you get away from me, the better.”
    She nodded. “I’ll take you to a city where you can hide out until they can get to you.”
    A thought occurred to Alex. “Any chance you know where Greyton is?”
    Kate nodded with a hint of surprise. “Yes. We pass by it on the way to my mom’s. Do you have friends there?”
    “Yes.” The thought of going back to the Academy filled him with relief. “That would be a great place to get dropped off.”
    “Good,” Kate said with a firm nod. “Get some sleep. We have a ways to go.”
    Alex’s eyes were already closed. He couldn’t think of a place more comfortable than the backseat of the little blue car with the moonlight streaming through the windows and the last remnants of silver fading from his veins.

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    “Alex?”
    He opened his eyes with the realization that the car had stopped. His first thought was that Drogan or Dr. Kamala had found them. Alex grabbed the tire iron from the