Wolf Girl (Wolf Girl, #1)(61)

“Save it for the courtroom,” he hissed.

She looked over the lawyer’s shoulder and pinned a feral gaze at Sawyer. “I can’t wait until you become alpha next year.” Her grin was practically as maniacal as Sawyer’s, and a stone sank in my gut. It was a promise. A promise of revenge?

“I’ll escort you out.” Prime Minister Locke cleared his throat and left the room with them.

The wolf lawyer stood then, looking at the open door for a moment, until he was sure it was clear. “A witch owes me a favor…” His voice was barely a whisper. “I’ll see if she can change Sawyer’s DNA for a while. If not, we need to break in and steal that briefcase.”

Holy shit, okay, so everyone at this table knew Sawyer was guilty.

“Thank you, Phineas.” Mrs. Hudson stood and escorted him out, leaving Sawyer and his father staring each other down.

Curt’s nostril flared. “You need to learn to curb your anger, son.”

Sawyer barked out a laugh. “I love you, Father, but with all due respect, you’re not angry enough.”

Curt stood, veins flaring in his neck. “You think I don’t want to wipe every bloodsucker off the face of the earth? They’re a constant thorn in my side, but if I acted on every instigation, we’d be at war.”

Sawyer let go of my fur and stood, leaning into his father as alpha power spread throughout the room, becoming like a heavy blanket. “Instigation? That motherfucker raped her. Pinned her down with three of his friends and stole her virginity.”

Curt quickly looked down at the table, avoiding his son’s gaze in a clear show of submission that nearly knocked my wolf backward.

Sawyer was much more dominant than his father, that was very clear.

“You can’t go murdering every person that—”

“What if it was Sage?” Sawyer’s voice was barely human. “What if that blood bag had raped Sage?” Sawyer asked his father.

Curt’s eyes flashed yellow. “I’d tear him limb from limb,” Curt growled, fur rising on his neck.

Sawyer nodded, and Curt shook his head at his son. “You really love her.”

My heart beat wildly in both my wolf and my human body.

“I do,” Sawyer said boldly.

His father nodded, looking a bit sad. “Let’s hope for all of our sakes that she’s not like her mother and that she feels the same.”

Ouch. I would be pissed at that comment if I didn’t see a painful memory cross his face. He really had loved my mom … that was so clear, and because of the curse he had to marry someone who loved him. Mrs. Hudson. I felt sad now wondering if he’d grown to love her, or if he just respected her.

I guess it wasn’t my business.

“Goodnight, son.” Curt turned and left the room, letting the door close behind him.

When he was gone, Sawyer looked down at me with a lopsided grin. “When did you get the power of invisibility?”

My wolf snuggled into his hand and Sawyer shook his head in amazement, kneeling down to pet my ears. “I can’t really fully see you, you look like a ghost to me. But I could sense you. The moment you walked in I knew.”

My wolf nuzzled into him, and he pulled my face up to look up at his. “Send Demi to my apartment. I need to see her,” he said, then he leaned down and kissed the top of my snout.

With a nod, my wolf took off down the hallway, through the glass wall, and then headed back to the dorm.

“Alright, ladies,” the two guards in my dorm shouted, shaking Sage and I from our trance. “The threat is gone, you can go back to sleep.”

We thanked them and they left, and then Sage yanked on my arm. “Tell me everything. What the fuck, Demi?”

I sighed. “You know how I told you about my … attack?” I tried not to use the “r” word too much. People didn’t like the word rape, that’s why a child rapist was called a pedophile. It softened the blow.

She nodded.

“Well…” My voice shook. “With the cuffs on … I couldn’t shift and protect myself so my wolf … split.”

Her hands came to her face, grasping the edges of her mouth. “Ohmygod, I’m so sorry.” She reached out and held my hands.

I nodded, thanking her, and told her how I only just discovered it the night I shifted for the first time with Sawyer. I didn’t yet tell her I was half Paladin, I was still processing that one. But I told her everything I’d just overheard in the meeting room.

Sage looked hopeful. “That’s good. If the witch can change Sawyer’s DNA, then it won’t even go to trial.”

“And if she can’t?” My voice cracked. Trial? I wondered if there was like a magical court system or something.

Before either of us could remark on that, my wolf was back, trotting into the room like it was no big deal. She must have walked through the glass window again.

Weird. Would never get used to that one.

“That was crazy. What other powers do you have?” I asked my wolf and reached out a hand to her. She gave me a lopsided grin and then went semitransparent, joining our bodies into one.

“That’s … I’m sorry, girl, but that’s some freaky shit.” Sage laughed and I joined her. It was. I wasn’t going to deny that.