Just then a loud crash was heard coming from the locked room. All four men turned and looked at the door. “Go see what the hell happened,” Duncan ordered.
Parker opened the door and Blayze followed him, Duncan heard his enforcer curse the hunter for doing something stupid and shook his head as he walked back into the room. Sebastian walked over to his brother lying on the hospital bed, standing beside the bed staring down at Charlie. “Blayze said he’s going to be fine.” Sebastian sighed in relief. “Tell me what happened.”
Sebastian cleared his throat. “We had just walked out of Ray’s Bar on our way home. We noticed two guys walking behind us. It wouldn’t have been suspicious, but it was the way they looked; I don’t even know how to explain it. There were too many humans around, so we turned down the dark alley after Rosie’s Diner and they followed us. Before we could ask them what they wanted or who they were, one pulled out a gun and shot Charlie. Parker attacked the one that shot Charlie and I went after the other one. We fought for a few minutes before he got the drop on me and ran leaving his friend. I got Charlie here while Parker secured the hunter.”
Duncan listened without interrupting. “What else can you tell me about the other hunter?”
“Nothing much, really. What I do know is if we hadn’t gone down that alley they were going to attack us with all the humans around. This might sound crazy and maybe I’m crazy for thinking it…” Sebastian told him.
“What?” Duncan asked.
“I think he wanted to get caught,” Sebastian said, looking over to the locked door.
“The hunter?”
“Yeah, I don’t know what his game is or what he’s up to. But I think he wanted us to catch him. I searched him for any kind of devices or anything that could lead his people back to us. But I didn’t find anything. He didn’t even have a cell phone.”
Duncan looked back at the locked door and wondered if Sebastian’s assumption was correct, that the hunter wanted to get caught.If that’s the case, why not tell us everything we need to know?Something was definitely off about the entire ordeal.
“I wish I had more to tell you,” Sebastian said, looking back down at his brother.
“It’s fine,” Duncan said, patting him on the shoulder. “It’s been a long night; I’m going to head back home. The twins start kindergarten tomorrow, well today. Make sure you shift and take care of your hand,” he instructed as he walked to the door. He stopped before he opened it. “And Bastian”—Sebastian turned and looked at him— “I’m glad you guys are alright.”
Blayze looked at the hunter’s wrists and knew what he was about to do was going to be tricky. “I need to untie him,” he told Parker.
“Not on your life,” Parker answered quickly.
“Come on, man, it’s not like he’s going to go anywhere. He’s knocked out cold for crying out loud,” Parker argued. “I also need you to leave, he might be a prisoner, but he is now my patient.”
“Are you out of your fucking mind?” Parker yelled.
“Listen, I might not be as big as you, but I do know how to take care of myself.” He hated that the men in the pack treated him as if he was some fucking weakling.
“Ryland is going to fucking kill me if he finds out I left you alone and you got hurt.”
“I am not Ryland’s or anyone else’s. So, there is nothing for you to worry about.”
Seeing that he had no other choice, Parker walked over and untied the hunter. “I’m giving you ten, no, make it five minutes, then I’m coming back in to tie him up.” Parker looked down at the hunter then back at Blayze, he quirked an eyebrow then shook his head. Blayze nodded to his friend that he understood perfectly what he was trying to do. “Five minutes, Doc,” Parker told him and walked out of the room.
Blayze sighed, then turned to the hunter. “He’s gone, you can stop pretending that you’re not awake.”
The hunter opened his eyes. “How did you know I was awake?”
“The change in your breathing,” he answered and lifted up the hunter’s hand. “You broke your left wrist when you fell.” He gently touched the right, and the hunter winced. “You will be fine, trust me.”
“Why should I trust a fucking animal?” the hunter asked.
“What’s your name?” Blayze asked, ignoring the insult. The hunter stared at him for a few minutes. The man was younger than him, no more than in his early twenties and Blayze could tell that he was scared.
“It’s Kallen.”
Blayze could tell that he was being honest. There was something about the man that told him he was not like all the other hunters he’d gone up against. He got up from the bed.
“How come you’re being so nice to me?” Kallen asked.
“Why shouldn’t I be?” Blayze asked as if it was a stupid question.
Kallen shrugged one of his shoulders and looked away from Blayze’s gaze. “It’s not what they teach us at the academy,” he mumbled.
