In wolf form, Fang lay in the sun, not far from where Anya had died. He didn't know why he kept coming back here. Maybe it was the part of him that longed for the way things had been prior to her death.
Or maybe it was the need within him for some connection to someone else. Because right now, he felt absolutely alone. His relationship with Vane wasn't what it had been and he'd been staying away from Aimee out of fear of hurting her. The demon was getting worse and more violent.
If anything happened to Aimee . . .
"Fang?"
He lifted his head at the sound of Varyk's voice. The werewolf appeared a few feet away from him. "What do you want?" he snarled mentally.
"Savitar has issued a warrant out for you."
Fang was aghast at the order. "For what?"
"Murder."
"Are you serious?"
Varyk gave him a droll stare. "You don't think I came all the way out here to joke?"
Of course not. Varyk had no sense of humor. "This is ridiculous. I didn't do anything."
"Regardless of that, Vane has been charged with bringing you in or his family and pack will be slaughtered."
Fang jumped to his feet as rage darkened his sight. How dare Savitar threaten his family. "This is bullshit."
"You know Savitar."
Yes, he did. And right now, he wanted that bastard's throat.
Varyk folded his arms over his chest. "And there's more. Sanctuary lost its license."
That was the last thing he expected to hear. "What?"
"Because of the complaints of Blakemore and the jackals you attacked, Savitar revoked Lo's license for six months."
Fang felt ill. He'd ruined everything.
Everyone . . .
"And I just found out something you might want to know."
"Thorn has a conscience?" Fang couldn't resist asking.
Varyk looked at him drily. "Don't make me laugh." Sadly enough, Thorn had more of one than Varyk did. "I found out something about the Peltiers and Blakemores."
"They hate each other. We know."
"No. Blakemore blames them for the death of his youn gest son."
Fang turned human as those words hit him. "What?"
"Yeah. It's a blood feud. Apparently, junior broke the eirini laws of another sanctuary and was to be banned from them forever."
The eirini were peace laws put in place by Savitar. To break one left the offender on his own for eternity.
"Not long after the Peltiers opened here," Varyk continued, "junior came running to them for protection and the bears refused to admit him. They were upholding Savitar's laws and I'm sure the fact that junior Blakemore was a bully and an ass, and that he was being chased by a group he'd provoked, didn't help matters. He and his running buddies were killed out in the same alley where Wren was attacked. Apparently that's why Stone keeps going there. He's hoping to find one of the Peltiers in the same place his brother died so that he can return quid pro quo."
"Then I'm sure the Peltiers are aware of the situation since that would have been . . . what? A hundred years ago?"