Her Ancient Hybrid by Marisa Chenery Page A

about all this.” He touched the screen on Waverly’s phone a few times. “Okay, I have her contacts list up. Who do you want to call first?”
    Luckily, Torger, Kaisa and Cameron had exchanged phone numbers yesterday with Waverly, who’d put them in to her cell. If they hadn’t done that, Brolach wasn’t sure how he’d get in contact with the others. He needed them to help save Waverly. He and Devin wouldn’t be able to do it on their own.
    “Look for Torger’s number.”
    “Okay. I didn’t know Waverly knew anybody by that name.”
    “He’s my brother.”
    “You say you were buried for two thousand years, yet you have a brother in Lemmon.”
    “And a sister as well. We’ll talk about this later, Devin. Will you please make the phone work to call Torger.”
    “All right. I’ll hold you to that, by the way.”
    Devin touched the screen of the cell phone once more, then handed it over to Brolach. He held it up to his ear and heard a ringing sound coming from it. It rang a few more times before his brother answered.
    “Hi, Waverly. I thought you’d still be at work,” Torger said.
    “It isn’t Waverly,” he replied. “It’s Brolach. I have need of you, Kaisa and Cameron.”
    “What’s the matter?”
    “The vampires have Waverly.”
    “What? How?”
    “Their human servants must have been hanging around the coffee shop. Waverly went to take some trash out back and didn’t return. There was a note telling me to go to the grasslands, to my resting place, if I want to see her again.”
    “They’re going to use her to get to you just as they did our father with our mother.”
    “I know. This time it won’t have the same outcome. I’m going to call Cameron as well. I think three true immoral hybrids and a werewolf should defeat them.”
    “I’ll get in touch with Cameron. Kaisa and I are together so you don’t have to worry about calling her. Where are you now?”
    “I’m still at the coffee shop.”
    “We’ll come and pick you up. We have about a half hour before it starts to get dark.”
    “All right. I’ll be in the parking lot.”
    “See you soon.”
    Torger ended the call. Brolach passed the phone to Devin. “Torger and Kaisa, my brother and sister, along with Cameron will meet us here.”
    “Okay. Is Cameron the same guy who comes into the coffee shop every day?”
    “Yes. He’s a werewolf.”
    Devin shook his head as he put the cell into Waverly’s purse. “Can I just say wow? So your siblings are hybrids like you?”
    “Yes.”
    “I guess that’s all you’re going to say about that. Here.” Devin pushed the purse into Brolach’s hands. “You can hold this. I don’t want to be seen carrying a purse, even if it does belong to my sister. I have a reputation to uphold.”
    It was Brolach’s turn to shake his head. “It doesn’t bother me. You should make your excuses to leave before your shift ends. The others will be here soon.”
    “Gotcha. I’ll be right back.”
    Devin dashed to the back of the coffee shop and disappeared inside. He was only gone for a short time before he came rushing out and joined Brolach in the parking lot once more.
    “All set?” Brolach asked.
    “Yeah. I also made an excuse for you and Waverly. I don’t think Dad listened too closely. He was busy doing the books for the coffee shop. He hates it, but won’t let anyone else do it.”
    It was then that two cars turned into the lot. They drove toward them and then pulled into empty spaces close by. One was driven by Torger and the other Cameron. Kaisa sat in the passenger seat with Torger. All three climbed out of the vehicles and came to stand near Brolach and Devin.
    Cameron glanced at Devin before he set his gaze on Brolach. “What’s Devin doing here?”
    “He knows everything now. About you being a werewolf and Torger, Kaisa and I being hybrids. He read the note the human servants left for me after they took Waverly. I can’t read, remember? He’s coming with us.”
    “Is that