Free to Love (The Tribe MC: Chase of Prey Book 3) by Heather West Page B
Authors: Heather West
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what goes beyond the pale.”
“Yes, that’s probably true,” Johnson sighed. “We should get a tourniquet on that leg.”
Cara watched as the Hunter knelt down and removed the belt from around his waist, wrapping it tightly around Sebastian’s thigh to stop the bleeding. She knew suddenly what her vision from earlier that night had meant. Her hands tightened as the vision hovered on the edges of her vision, but she forced it back. There would be time for all of that later.
“I appreciate it,” Sebastian grunted.
“You saved my life, but don’t think that makes me indebted to you.”
“I wouldn’t dream of thinking it, Hunter.” Sebastian gritted his teeth as Detective Johnson yanked a little harder than was necessary on the belt.
Detective Johnson stood and looked towards the house. “I’ve never seen rogues like that before. I’ve never even heard of such a thing. Why were they so strong?”
“Because they’re rogues who possess magic,” Cara explained. “They found a way to shift even though they eat human flesh.”
“I see. So it’s not over, is it?”
Sebastian answered that. “We can’t say for sure. Gregory was their leader, and he’s dead now, but that doesn’t mean that they’re going to simply give up and go away. They’ve got nowhere to go now. They can’t call themselves Fallen anymore and none of the Fallen will ever take them in. They can’t live as human because — ”
“Because it would be hard to blend into a suburban neighborhood if you were eating your neighbors?” Johnson offered.
Sebastian managed a weak chuckle, “I suppose that’s one way to put it.”
“Well, I guess you and I might be working together more than we would like.”
Sebastian met the detective’s eyes squarely. “Members of my family helped to create this mess. I won’t rest until it’s finished.”
Detective Johnson’s eyes went to Cara. “How about you? Are you one of the Fallen?”
“Not exactly. But the Tribe and the Fallen are mixing now. We have no choice. You’ve always known that to be an enemy of the Tribe was a terrible thing. To be an enemy of the Tribe and the Fallen when they stand as one is the worst thing that can happen, Detective.”
“Like I said, I won’t hunt you so long as you don’t go beyond the pale.”
“You don’t need to worry,” Cara said. “I have no reason to go beyond what you call the pale. I’m on your side, believe it or not. In fact, everyone in that house and out here in these RVs is on your side. We’ve always been on the side of the Hunters. At some point, the Hunters stopped just hunting the rogues and started hunting down the Fallen, even though the Fallen had made a pact not to eat humans. Whatever animosity lies between the Hunters and the Fallen, it is because the Hunters would never leave the Fallen alone.”
Detective Johnson said, “I see. Well, let’s call a truce, shall we?”
Sebastian and Cara both held out their hands. Detective Johnson took Cara’s hand in one of his and Sebastian’s in the other; they all shook on it.
CHAPTER 7
The Tribe was scattering. The RVs were packed and rolling out of town. That morning, at a hasty makeshift breakfast, the Elders had decided that the best thing to do would be to get the women and younger people out of the city. If there were rogues elsewhere, they had not made themselves known yet, but here in New Orleans there was still a pack of rogues thirsting for Tribe or Fallen blood.
Nico charged several of his best men, all of them true Tribe, to go along with the caravans. They would need protection as they left not just the city, but the state. Several of the Fallen decided to go along to protect the others as well.
The news had given them a good idea of what was going on inside their warehouses and safehouses, but they knew that the reporters had been instructed to hold some things back. There was no place that was actually safe.
Cara had been able to scrounge a pair of
“Yes, that’s probably true,” Johnson sighed. “We should get a tourniquet on that leg.”
Cara watched as the Hunter knelt down and removed the belt from around his waist, wrapping it tightly around Sebastian’s thigh to stop the bleeding. She knew suddenly what her vision from earlier that night had meant. Her hands tightened as the vision hovered on the edges of her vision, but she forced it back. There would be time for all of that later.
“I appreciate it,” Sebastian grunted.
“You saved my life, but don’t think that makes me indebted to you.”
“I wouldn’t dream of thinking it, Hunter.” Sebastian gritted his teeth as Detective Johnson yanked a little harder than was necessary on the belt.
Detective Johnson stood and looked towards the house. “I’ve never seen rogues like that before. I’ve never even heard of such a thing. Why were they so strong?”
“Because they’re rogues who possess magic,” Cara explained. “They found a way to shift even though they eat human flesh.”
“I see. So it’s not over, is it?”
Sebastian answered that. “We can’t say for sure. Gregory was their leader, and he’s dead now, but that doesn’t mean that they’re going to simply give up and go away. They’ve got nowhere to go now. They can’t call themselves Fallen anymore and none of the Fallen will ever take them in. They can’t live as human because — ”
“Because it would be hard to blend into a suburban neighborhood if you were eating your neighbors?” Johnson offered.
Sebastian managed a weak chuckle, “I suppose that’s one way to put it.”
“Well, I guess you and I might be working together more than we would like.”
Sebastian met the detective’s eyes squarely. “Members of my family helped to create this mess. I won’t rest until it’s finished.”
Detective Johnson’s eyes went to Cara. “How about you? Are you one of the Fallen?”
“Not exactly. But the Tribe and the Fallen are mixing now. We have no choice. You’ve always known that to be an enemy of the Tribe was a terrible thing. To be an enemy of the Tribe and the Fallen when they stand as one is the worst thing that can happen, Detective.”
“Like I said, I won’t hunt you so long as you don’t go beyond the pale.”
“You don’t need to worry,” Cara said. “I have no reason to go beyond what you call the pale. I’m on your side, believe it or not. In fact, everyone in that house and out here in these RVs is on your side. We’ve always been on the side of the Hunters. At some point, the Hunters stopped just hunting the rogues and started hunting down the Fallen, even though the Fallen had made a pact not to eat humans. Whatever animosity lies between the Hunters and the Fallen, it is because the Hunters would never leave the Fallen alone.”
Detective Johnson said, “I see. Well, let’s call a truce, shall we?”
Sebastian and Cara both held out their hands. Detective Johnson took Cara’s hand in one of his and Sebastian’s in the other; they all shook on it.
CHAPTER 7
The Tribe was scattering. The RVs were packed and rolling out of town. That morning, at a hasty makeshift breakfast, the Elders had decided that the best thing to do would be to get the women and younger people out of the city. If there were rogues elsewhere, they had not made themselves known yet, but here in New Orleans there was still a pack of rogues thirsting for Tribe or Fallen blood.
Nico charged several of his best men, all of them true Tribe, to go along with the caravans. They would need protection as they left not just the city, but the state. Several of the Fallen decided to go along to protect the others as well.
The news had given them a good idea of what was going on inside their warehouses and safehouses, but they knew that the reporters had been instructed to hold some things back. There was no place that was actually safe.
Cara had been able to scrounge a pair of
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