Chapter 28

“No, only when they’re conducting loup garou business,” Ian answered.

“What is loup garou?” Julio countered.

“French for werewolf. The loup garou evolved in France and stayed there until the sixteenth century. Then the Inquisition began to sniff out loup garou and burned them. A loup garou can withstand a lot of punishment, make the change and live through it, but he will die if burned alive or beheaded,” Colin told Julio.

Etienne, dead, sent a shudder through Julio.

“After that, they immigrated to Canada and eventually all of North America. Some others went to Europe and some to Russia. There are two other councils, one in Paris and one in Moscow,” Kane added.

“The Russian Council is a good example of a First getting out of control. It was his fault that Alexei was arrested and went to prison,” Donal said bitterly. “Alexei bears scars like I do, that others can’t see.”