Jasyn held his hand over his bleeding shoulder as he panted from pain. "We tried to save him, Vane. We did everything we could."
Vane glared at him as he fought back tears of anger and agony.
And now he would do everything he could to make sure the wolves paid for this. Rage simmered deep in his soul. There was no power on this earth that could shelter them now.
No quarter that would keep them safe from his wrath.
He would have all of them, including his father.
His vision darkening, Vane headed for the door only to find Kyrian in front of him. He handed his daughter off to his wife. "Where do you think you're going?"
"To kill them."
Kyrian braced himself as if he knew he was about to have to fight him. "You can't."
"Watch me." Vane tried to flash out of the house only to find he couldn't.
"What the hell?"
"I'm not going to let you commit suicide," Amanda said sternly. She handed her daughter to her sister, then came forward to stand beside her husband. "We won't let you do this."
Vane was tempted to blast the binding spell back at her, but didn't want to hurt her. She had no idea what she was dealing with and didn't know how easily he could rupture her powers while leaving his pristine. "You're not as strong as you think you are, Amanda. Release my powers."
"No. Revenge isn't the answer."
"Revenge is the only answer," Jasyn said from behind him. "Let him go."
Something strange went through Vane at that. A weird fissure He turned to look at Jasyn.
The man behind him looked like the Katagari hawk. He was the same height and build.
But he was bleeding
He was wounded.
Vane paused as those facts registered in his mind. For the Katagaria, it was almost impossible to maintain their human form while injured. Only the strongest of the strong could do it. And usually it was done only when they had no choice except to blend in with the human realm or endanger themselves by discovery. To maintain human form under those circumstances bled off powers and drained their strength, both physical and magical. It made them extremely vulnerable to attack and death.
Why would Jasyn do such a thing?
Even under the best of circumstances, Jasyn hated taking human form. For that matter, Jasyn hated everyone and everything. Why would the bears send him with this news?
Why would Jasyn come?
Vane narrowed his eyes as a bad feeling came over him. "Who are you?"
The "hawk" stared blankly at him. "You know who I am."
"Kyrian, protect the women," Vane snarled as he seized his powers from Amanda. Amanda cried out, but Vane didn't hesitate as he realized what he was facing. "Alastor," he snarled, curling his lip at the demon.
The demon laughed. "You are a smart one, wolf."
Tabitha began reciting a banishing spell in Latin. The demon threw out his hand and blasted her through the far wall.
Vane caught him about the middle and tried to slam him into the doorframe of the foyer. Before he could do it, the demon vanished and left him to barrel into it with his shoulder.
Vane growled angrily in frustration and pain as his entire shoulder ached.
Without pausing, he conjured his cell phone and called Sanctuary.