Willow (Blood Vine Series) by Amy Richie Read Free Book Online

Blake just looked strangely amused. “Nice shirt,” he commented.
                  Confused, I looked down to see which shirt I had pulled on. It was black with a full moon and the words “Let the beast out”. I crossed my arms over my chest. “Thanks,” I mumbled. I slid into the chair across from them. Is this what it felt like to have parents? Even though Blake looked to be my age, I felt his superiority.
                  “Blake is from the council,” Bella began without preamble.
                  “What’s a council?”
                  “The council is three wolves who live inside the ancient city,” Blake explained calmly.
                  “With the vampires?”
                  He hesitated at my tone. “Yes.”
                  I closed my eyes. “You … you what? You’re the vamp’s lapdog?”
                  Bella growled but Blake seemed unaffected by my accusation. “Andros lets us live there to make decisions for the wolves.”
                  “He lets you live there? Wow, you must be so proud.”
                  “If it wasn’t for us, the wolves might very well be extinct by now. We sacrifice a lot for our kind.”
                  “Three males?” A female would never be so submissive to a bunch of thieving vamps. The ancient city was ours. Andros had no right to take it.
                  “Yes.” The single syllable brought my eyes up to meet Blake’s.
                  “What do you want from me?”
                  “As I tried to tell you before, there is a pack here that needs you to lead them.”
                  “No.”
                  Bella growled again. “Andros wants them all killed. They have raised a few eyebrows with their careless ways.”
                  “I’m not doing it.”
                  “They’re young boys. Both in human terms and wolf terms. There was a female called Noreen.”
                  I shifted slightly in my seat. Of course I had heard of Noreen. She was trying to raise an army to take out Andros and recapture the ancient city. It was bad news if Andros’ lapdog knew of Noreen. “Was?”
                  “Noreen hand-picked this pack to be her own. She planned to train them and make them her own.”
                  “But?”
                  “But Noreen had made a dangerous enemy. Mikhaul.”
                  The name sent shivers up my spine. Mikhaul, who had become an enemy to his kind, was a name to be hated. Most of us didn’t even say his name. “He killed her?”
                  “And left her pack without a leader. They were barely months old to this life.”
                  My eyes narrowed. I didn’t care about this pack, Blake just needed to leave. “That’s a very sad story. Really, I am crying on the inside.”
                  His lips upturned slightly, but not out of humor. “It’s been two years since they were created. They have cut a path of destruction in their wake. Six towns. It seems they have chosen Grover to be next.”
                  “We could stop them.”
                  “So could the vampires.”
                  “They would just kill them.”
                  “They are young, but they are strong and they are still wolves. They wouldn’t belly down to just any authority.”
                  I heard the wisdom of his words but why did it have to be me? “There are other females to lead them.”
                  “When Noreen was at her height, she created many females to lead packs that she intended to create. Most of those females have been … taken care of.” My lips tightened. “Your group of females is unique in our