Page 16 of Enter the Lair
“He asked me to pick him up.He was meeting Kevin and wanted to talk to me.I agreed to meet him there as I live close by.”
“You live in Florence?”
“Yes.I was requested for this job.I drove up this morning.”
“By whom?”
“I don’t know.”
He growled.“Do you think it’s a coincidence that you were bitten by a shifter and then sent to a shifter’s lair?”
“I didn’t know anything about shifters!”Her shout startled Sasha awake.Sarah started stroking the dog again.“What are you trying to say?”
“Did your father arrange your attack?”He despised Brian Marksmen and he wouldn’t put it past the man to do anything to bring his daughter in line.
Sarah gently moved Sasha to the couch and stood.Devon felt her anger.Her eyes held tiny flickers of amber as she approached him.“My father may be a monster, but he would never let someone hurt me.He doesn’t want me doing this job because of the danger.Our meeting that day was him trying to convince me to work for him.”
She tried to step past Devon, but he grabbed her arm.“Where do you think you’re going?”
“Let go of me or I swear I will shoot you,” Devon had pushed her too far.Given too much information too fast.
He let her go.“I’m sorry Sarah, but I need your help.”
“MY help?”
“Yes.You’re a ranger.Who better to help me find out who is hunting us?Hurting us.”Her reaction told him he was on target.He couldn’t order his mate, but he could appeal to her nature.Her need to do what’s right.
“Where is Cyril now?”She asked.It wasn’t what he’d expected her to say.
“He is in our holding facility.Although he’s beginning to physically heal, he can’t cope with the things he has done.”
She zipped up her jacket.“I’ll interview Cyril before making a decision about helping you.”
CHAPTER5
Devon escorted Sarah to a structure in the heart of the Cascade property.The road was narrow and overgrown, making it obvious that vehicles rarely came this way.From the outside, the building looked like a log cabin, but the interior resembled a warehouse.
The main floor was open and empty.They descended the stairs to a basement that held no windows and was unnaturally cold.
The corner housed a cell.There were two chairs facing the bars.Devon led her over and gestured she should sit.Sarah felt apprehensive as she complied.Please let this be over soon I need to report back to my office.
Cyril sat on the floor, facing away from them, beside his cot.
“Cyril,” Devon said gently.
Cyril turned to face them.Sarah was shocked by his appearance.His face and arms were covered with large red splotches.Patches of hair seemed to have been ripped out, but were now growing back.Devon had said Cyril’s body was almost healed.She was glad she hadn’t seen him in his previous condition.
Cyril looked closely at Sarah.“I know you,” he said in a gravelly voice.
“You attacked me.I had you arrested,” she said it calmly through her rising anxiety.
“I did.I was told to, but I wasn’t arrested,” he said quietly.
Sarah’s fear threatened to strangle her.“Who told you to attack me?”
Cyril shook his head.“I don’t know.”
Devon put his hand on Sarah’s arm.“It wasn’t Kevin Kallan.We’ve already shown him pictures of Kevin.”Sarah saw the sympathy in his eyes.