Her Ancient Hybrid by Marisa Chenery Page B

wise? He’s human. I think he’ll be more of a liability than an asset.”
    Devin opened his mouth, more than likely to complain, but Brolach held up a hand to stop him. He looked at the others. “That may be so, but he’s coming with us. Waverly is his sister.”
    Torger nodded. “All right. Let’s go. It’s going to be dark soon.” He turned to Cameron. “I’ll take the lead to the grasslands.”
    The werewolf gave a nod, then went to his car and got in. Torger and Kaisa climbed into the front of the other vehicle while Brolach and Devin got into the back. Brolach placed Waverly’s purse on the seat between them.
    “I recognize you two,” Devin said as he did up his seatbelt. “You came to the coffee shop with Cameron today.” He looked toward Kaisa. “I especially remember you, Kaisa. If I’d known you were Brolach’s sister, I would have gotten him to introduce us then. I would have asked you out.”
    Kaisa turned in her seat to look back at Devin. “You could have tried, but it wouldn’t have happened. Shouldn’t you be worried about Waverly?”
    “I am. Sorry, this is the way I handle stress. I tend to shoot my mouth off.”
    “Well, you’re doing a good job of that.”
    Devin leaned toward Brolach, and whispered, “I really do think your sister is hot.”
    “I can hear you, human,” Kaisa said. “Hybrids have very keen hearing, as do werewolves and vampires.”
    Brolach smiled as Devin settled back in his seat and kept his mouth shut. Torger pulled out of the parking lot and turned onto the street. No one spoke the entire drive to the grasslands, which was fine with Brolach. His concern for Waverly took up his thoughts. He couldn’t lose her, not now that he’d claimed her.
    Once they arrived at their destination, they got out of the cars and met up near one of the beginning of the trails. Brolach knew were they had to go wouldn’t be on it.
    “Brolach, do you know where they’ll be?” Torger asked.
    “Yes. It’s a bit of a walk. It’d be faster if we went wolf and ran there.”
    “Ah, what about me?” Devin asked. “I can’t turn into a wolf, remember?”
    “You’ll ride on my back,” Brolach replied. “You can’t slow us down. Once I shift. Climb on. I won’t be able to speak to you, but I’ll understand everything you say.”
    As Torger, Kaisa and Cameron took on their wolf forms so did Brolach. He stood by Devin and waited for him to climb onto his back. Waverly’s brother looked a little uncertain about the idea, but in the end he clambered onto Brolach, leaned low toward his neck and tightly held on to the fur there.
    They took off at run at werewolf speed. Devin let loose with a “Holy shit!” the faster they went. Brolach took the lead. The sun dipped below the horizon, and darkness started to settle in.
    Brolach knew the hill where he’d been buried would give Waverly’s captors a good viewing point. They would easily be able to see anyone who approached them from a fair distance. Once he figured they’d come close enough, he led the group to the side where the grass was a lot taller than the rest. It was enough to hide them as they slowed and continued onward.
    After deciding they’d come close enough, Brolach gave himself a big shake and dislodged Devin from his back, who landed on the ground on his butt—hard. Brolach quickly took on his human form.
    Devin scowled at Brolach, and whispered, “You could have found a better way to tell me to get off, you know.”
    Brolach put a finger to his lips to silence the other man, then inched forward and parted the edge of the tall grass to get a look at the hill. He bit back a growl as his gaze landed on a single vampire, who held Waverly. His two human servants stood nearby, ready to do their master’s biding.
     
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    Waverly was weak. So weak the only reason why she stood was because of the grip the vampire had on her. He’d fed from her, taking too much blood. Unlike when Brolach had done the