But lies still have a feel to them.
I shrugged, trying to look as if Samuel wasn't worrying me.
"You can ask Stefan how it works tonight if you want." "If she calls the pack, she has to use my power to do it," Adam said.
"She can't do that if I don't let her." I tried not to show the relief I felt.
"Good.
Don't let me call the pack for a while, all right?" "A while?" said Samuel.
"Did Stefan tell you he could let you go after a little while? Maybe when Blackwood loses interest? A vampire never loses its sheep except to death." He was scared for me.
I could see that.
It didn't stop me from snapping at him anyway.
"Look.
I was out of options." I didn't tell them that Wulfe could sever the bond between Stefan and me.
It had been told to me in confidence, and I really did try not to blurt out everything anyone told me in secret.
Except, maybe, to Adam.
He closed his eyes and looked sick.
"Yes.
I know." "A vampire can't take an Alpha wolf as a sheep," said Adam.
"Maybe we can work from that to free Mercy when it seems useful.
What we don't want to do is go off half-cocked and get rid of Stefan so the"--he gave me an ironic lift of his eyebrow--"Boogeyman of Spokane takes over again.
I'm with Mercy.
If you have to listen to a vampire, Stefan's not the worst choice." "Why can't a vampire take over an Alpha?" I asked.
It was Samuel who answered me.
"I'd almost forgotten that.
It's the way the pack works, Mercy.
If a vampire isn't strong enough to take every wolf in the pack, all at once, he can't take the Alpha.
It doesn't mean it can't happen--there are a couple of vampires in the Old Country ...
no, most of them are gone, I think.
Anyway there are none here who could do it." "What about Blackwood?" I asked.
Samuel shrugged unhappily.
"I've never met Blackwood, and I'm not sure Da has either.
I'll ask." "Do that," said Adam.