Chapter Twelve
The following Friday Mary stared across the field at the oncoming pack approaching. There were so many of them yet so few on William’s and Zeke’s side. If anything bad was about to happen she knew they were outnumbered and trapped. There would be no safety for any of them. Tightening her hand around Zeke’s she felt him tense beside her. Over the last week the bond between them had tightened. During their time together she found out they actually worked in the same building. Where she stayed close to the ground floor never venturing upwards, Zeke spent most of his time on the top floors never really leaving them. By the time he would have crossed her scent it would have disappeared, given how many people worked in the company.
He was the CEO of the firm she worked in. She learned a lot of wolves actually owned some of the more profitable companies out there, so they could control their breaks around the full moon.
“There’s my sister,” he said.
“Where?” She looked at the array of people approaching them and couldn’t find a single person.
“There.” He pointed to the woman beside a large, muscular man.
“Come on, boys, we’re not getting any younger,” William shouted at all of them. There were not many on her side, and she was starting to wish she’d turned down the request to accompany them.
“Everything will be all right,” he said.
“How do you know? I feel like I’m in some historic movie about to walk into battle.” They were dragging something along with them. Across the distance she saw the rope wrapped around a man’s neck. The man in question was bleeding and bruised.
In no time at all they were less than few feet away from each other.
“Father, brother, Alphas,” Debbie said, walking close. The scent coming off Debbie was the same as the big giant holding the string. “This is George. He’s an escapee like me, but he’s been surviving a lot longer than I have. They took him over ten years ago and kept him for five years before he was strong enough to break free.” Debbie looked back longingly. “He saved me, and he’s my mate.”
“Honey, congratulations. I’m so happy to see you’re alive.” William stopped. Mary heard the emotion in his voice. He was struggling to keep himself together. “Why didn’t you come to us sooner?”
“With Roger and Dani alive I couldn’t risk it. They were dangerous. When the news of their slaughter came to us, we knew we needed to wait. It was never about hiding, Dad. We’re a pack all together. Some of us are half breeds, others full breeds. We’re mixed but bound together by what they did to us. I smell one of us amongst you, and I know she’s covered in Zeke’s smell,” Debbie said.
Mary raised her hand in greeting, thinking about Jessica.
“What the hell happened out there, Debs?” Zeke asked.
“I went out to find information on the missing bodies. There were too many to count. Roger and Dani didn’t keep documents of the people they killed. Some of the bodies they dumped out were not dead.” Debbie stopped to look behind her. “All of these people survived what they did. This man.” Debbie pointed at the one who was bleeding. George pulled him in front, presenting him to them. “He’s the one responsible for the experiments. His name is Luther Dale. He’s a scientist and a half breed.”
George grabbed Luther around the neck. “He’s the one who encouraged Roger and Dani to capture others like us,” George said, snarling in the man’s face.
Mary watched unable to speak out.
Debbie threw a bag onto the ground. “He’s a half breed. He was turned by a full breed female, and he hated his condition so much he started to experiment on himself. Binding himself up so the wolf within was trapped unable to get out.”
“It worked,” Luther said, glaring at all of them. “You’re all fucking monsters. I showed that bitch who turned me not to mess with me. Fucking turning me against my will, the furry disgusting whore. I killed her, and then I went to Dani and Roger. They were going to be my next victims. I’m going to rid this world of you evil fuckers, and I’m going to swim in the blood I spill. I’ll tear you all apart, limb from fucking limb.”
The venom pouring from his mouth startled Mary. Taking a step back, she felt her body tightening, ready to strike out and kill him.
“He promised them complete power over the wolves. With the injections and experiments he hoped to kill every last breed out there,” Debbie said. Tears were leaking from her eyes showing her pain.
“I would have succeeded as well until they discovered what I was doing,” Luther said.
“What were you doing?” William asked.
“I was killing off their projects. They thought I was helping them to build a better race. I would never help some fucking dogs.” Luther spat on the ground. “You’re fucking animals, and the sooner you’re all dead and gone, the happier I’ll be.”
Forcing her way forward, Mary glared at him. “I was newly turned, and you experimented on me?”