Series: Werewolves of Wall Street Series by Renee Rose
Total pages in book: 82
Estimated words: 78974 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 395(@200wpm)___ 316(@250wpm)___ 263(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 78974 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 395(@200wpm)___ 316(@250wpm)___ 263(@300wpm)
“I’m taking you to the Adalwulfs. To get your sister and mom.”
Why are you helping us? I sign.
Sully looks straight at Aster. “Moira” is all he says.
We get in the backseat of the car. Sully drives off as soon as we shut the door. The car is electric, so it’s completely silent as it glides down the long, dark road. The moon is high, almost full, and light plays on our faces as we drive through the forest.
Finally, we’re off Blackthroat land, and I let out a sigh. Sully is helping us escape.
Aster asks something–I only catch the second half lip-reading. Something like, “...trouble with Brick?”
I study Sully’s face in the rear-view mirror. For a second, I think I see a flicker of a smile on Sully’s face. I don't know why he would be smiling, and his expression smooths out quickly. “No one will know that I helped you unless I want them to.”
He picks up a container and hands it back to me.
I miss what he says, so I look at Aster, who repeats it, enunciating her lips clearly enough for me.
“This is scent canceling spray.” She mimes spraying a can.
Sully meets my gaze in the rearview mirror. “I can get you to the edge of Moon Hollow.”
I nod.
“Rest now,” I say to Aster, and she curls up beside me. We have a long drive to the Adirondacks.
The rest of the drive we make in silence. Aster dozes beside me. I stare at Sully the whole time, my eyes wolf-bright. Once in a while his gaze connects with mine in the rearview mirror, but he mostly focuses on the road. His whole body is relaxed in the front seat, his eyes glittering in the moonlight but not blazing. His wolf and his man are one.
The moon is high by the time Sully turns off the narrow mountain highway onto a bumpy dirt road. Branches scrape the window as the car bounces over the rough terrain. Aster wakes and Sully slows the car to a stop and turns to face us.
“What is this place?” I ask.
“Technically it’s a wildlife preserve owned by the Blackthroat Family Foundation. Brick was able to snatch it up under the Adalwulf’s nose. Aiden wasn’t happy because the Foundation land is right up against Adalwulf land. After you find your mother and sister, you’re going to want to cross that ravine and climb up to the other side.” He gives me more details about the terrain–the rock outcroppings that could hide our descent. “There’s a cave you can enter. It has a secret tunnel that will hide you.”
How do you know about this? I sign.
He signs and speaks back, “Moira told me. She was going to use it.” He pauses, swallowing. “My sister was a rebel. She hated Bruce Blackthroat... He was a hard-ass. She had this romantic idea of becoming an Adalwulf and living at Moon Hollow. I don’t know where she got it…some wolf must have been sharing propaganda. I lost contact with her. Two years later, I received a message begging for me to rescue her. I came here” –he glances down to the bottom of the ravine– “and found her body. The Warden killed her for trying to escape and left her to rot.”
“I’m sorry,” Aster says.
Sully’s eyes flash green. He looks distant for a moment then shakes his head, as if flicking a painful memory away. “Thank you, Seeress.”
Pain flits over Aster’s face. “Call me Aster. I’m not the Seeress anymore.”
Sully’s brow creases in confusion.
I pick up Aster’s hand. Fuck. I asked too much of her.
“Mating me made Aster lose her magic,” I explain to Sully.
Aster shrinks a bit, and my wolf wants to howl over her pain.
I take my phone out of my pocket and show it to Sully. I’m leaving this here in case I shift, I sign.
He nods. Good luck.
Thank you. I repeat the sign twice. I don’t say or sign anything more, there aren’t words or signs to express my gratitude. I can’t believe Sully, the head of Blackthroat security, was willing to help us.
It’s almost as if Fate is guiding us again.
Sully gets out and guides us into the forest. He hands me a small black pack he’s carrying. Inside I find rope, duct tape, and strips of cloth that can be used as gags or blindfolds. There’s also a long silver skinning knife in a black leather sheath. I wait until Aster isn’t looking to secure it to my belt and cover it with my shirt.
Sully points out the way down into the valley. “This is as far as I can go. I need to stay on Blackthroat land.” He doesn’t say it, but I understand–if he’s caught by the Adalwulfs, there will be war.
“I’m going to give you a thirty-minute head start, and then I'm going to cause a distraction.”