Chapter 84

"Hunting," he finally said, and his lethal tone chased a shiver down my back.

"So you were there that day Baba was shot, nearby. Did you see Lager, the bald man? Or me ride away on my horse?"

"No. I heard the shots and smelled the blood."

"You didn't hear anything else?" My voice pitched higher. "No shouts from my neighbors' house?"

"Nothing."

Jade would've been screaming her head off though. Unless for some reason, she couldn't.

Unless she'd been knocked out. Lee, too, possibly.

My stomach plunged the food sideways, and I gripped the table tightly until I was sure I wouldn't be sick.

"I swore to Shay I wouldn't hurt Lager myself, and I won't, despite all he's done." I exhaled slowly. "But Faust... I want to see him pay."

"You will," Thomas growled. "I'll take great pleasure in ending him."

"How? Where?" And why hadn't he killed him before now? Unless the chance had never presented itself in almost two years' time?

"Soon. Even with the help of the Slipjoint wolf pack - "