Headache
Iawoke with a racing pulse and a headache from hell. Witches’ wine had nothingon this sucker; there was a constant pounding drum in my brain. Sitting up tooquickly, I was slammed with a wave of dizziness. Kai grabbed my shoulders andpressed his face to mine. “DON’T EVER DO THAT AGAIN,” he commanded.
Iwinced. “Shhh.”
Hebacked up a little.
“Ididn’t plan on getting shot. Geez.”
Ireached around slowly and felt my back. Smooth skin. I took a deep breath, clear.This werewolf healing thing was insane.
“I’mlike indestructible,” I stated.
Kai’seyes were yellow as he glared at me. “No, you’re not. You almost bled to death.Max saved your life and you’ve had two blood transfusions aided by the witches.”
Shit.Then all of the memories from last night came back to me.
“Earl!”
Kainodded. “Took one in the arm but will be fine. Has already been discharged fromthe hospital. You saved his life.”
Isighed and reached out for Kai’s hand. His hair was wild and I knew he hadn’tslept. I hated that I did this to him, but it wasn’t like I asked for it.
“RAIDOS?”I knew the answer.
Icould hear Kai’s teeth grind from my place on our bed. He nodded. “Theyintended to take you out. Semi-automatic long range rifles. Waiting in the trees.”
Ifrowned. “How did they know we would be there? The drones are all gone, right?”
Kaiseemed to consider this. “I think we have a mole.”
Isat up straighter. “Really? In the pack? No way!”
Kaishook his head. “No, in the militia.”
Therewere over six hundred guys in the militia and Earl couldn’t know them allpersonally. It was a definite possibility.
Iwhistled low. “What do we do?”
Heshrugged. “Keep a close eye for now. I told Earl about it. We should stopsparring practice with them, pack only.”
Thatdidn’t sound like a great plan.
“Kai,we were just starting to bond with them.”
“Packonly!” His neck veins were bulging so I didn’t argue. Maybe later.
Therewas a knock at the door. I inhaled. Max.
“Comein, Max,” I called out to him softly, trying to will my headache away.
Heopened the door and met my gaze, shaking his head.
“Ican’t believe you did that to me.” He threw his arms in the air.
Ilaughed. “Everyone needs to quit acting like I wanted to be shot!”
Maxsat at the edge of the bed. “All I’m saying is trouble sure seems to followyou. Kai would have killed me.”
