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wishes and mated with someone who cannot produce a full-blooded
shifter, we have to find a way to protect the future. We need strong
leadership, like you. We won t have that type of leadership if we
continue to intermarry. Eventually our offspring will be entirely
human and that is not acceptable. He walked over to stand beside
Remus. Are you willing to give up your future son s right to take
your place as Alpha some day in order to give your mate peace about
today s events?
I d do anything for Maddie.
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Vanard didn t hesitate. So be it. It will be done today. I will have
someone make sure he gets to the local motel with his automobile
after we finish so he thinks he went there after confronting his sister.
Remus bowed his head slightly. Thank you, Vanard. Then he
turned and left the room.
* * * *
Maddie struggled to wake up. She didn t understand why she
couldn t move. It was like her arms were glued to the bed. And her
head. It hurt so badly.
Am I sick? Where s Remus? This doesn t smell like our bed.
Where am I?
She finally got her eyes to open only to become more confused.
She didn t recognize anything. It was a small room, only the bed and
a table with a chair. There was one window, and to her horror it had
bars across it. She started to sit up only to realize that she was tied to
the bed. Then she remembered.
Oh God, they drugged me. Michael and Dr. Constantine drugged
me. Remus, where are you? I m scared. I don t know where I am.
She was startled when there was a sound of someone unlocking
the door. She looked up in alarm as Dr. Constantine walked into the
room carrying a tray.
Well good, Maddie, I see you ve finally decided to wake up. I m
sorry about that. I guess I gave you a little more sedative than you
needed. I was really worried about your waking up during the long
drive, so I gave you a little more than I usually do. You re going to
have a bit of a headache, but it shouldn t last too long. He looked at
her for a long moment. I ll tell you right now there s no use in trying
to use your gift on me the way you did on Michael. I gave you some
medication while you were sleeping that will keep you from being
able to focus your anger. It s something I perfected during the last
year you lived at the clinic. You ll find it s quite effective in keeping
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you from sending things flying through the air. Of course, there are
always side effects, so I m guessing you ll feel very weak and tired
for the next few days.
Where am I? Maddie asked weakly.
Good, I want you to ask questions. I don t want us to have any
more secrets. That way we ll work better together. You re at a little
cabin I own, not too far from your former home. It s isolated and has
all the equipment I need to continue with our experiments. He smiled
at her. I think you ll be happy here after you accept that you can t
leave. I can tell you that your grandmother Eloise spent some time
here, and she came to love being here with me.
You knew my grandmother?
Of course, she was the basis for my whole life s work. She was a
lot older than me, but I came to care for her a great deal. It broke my
heart when she was killed.
I don t understand. How did you know her and what did you
mean when you said she liked this place?
Constantine put the tray on the table near the window and then
pulled the chair over next to the bed and sat down. I met your
grandmother shortly after she had your father. I was staying here in
the cabin with my family for a vacation, and I d gone out for a walk.
It was just pure luck that I managed to see her shift into her wolf.
You saw her shift? Maddie asked.
Oh, yes, Maddie, she was so beautiful. I became quite fascinated
with her. So fascinated, in fact, I came back here after I finished
college. I wanted to meet the woman who d been in my dreams for
several years, and I wanted to find out what made her like she was. I
tried to befriend her and your grandfather. I d wanted them to
introduce me to more of their kind, but they weren t very
welcoming.
More of their kind? You thought Grandfather was a wolf shifter
too?
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Yes, at first I did. I learned pretty quickly that he was only
human. Eloise was somewhat careless, and I managed to catch her
alone on several of her runs. She let it slip one day that your father
was only half wolf. Constantine smiled at Maddie. Back then, I was
only interested in studying someone that was full-blooded, so I made
a deal with your grandmother.
What kind of deal? Maddie asked hesitantly.
I agreed to leave Victor and Dale alone if she would agree to let
me run some, well, some tests on her.
Maddie felt sick. And she agreed to this arrangement?
Well, not at first. Victor had a little accident in his car, and I
convinced her that the next time the baby might be with him. She
agreed to come here a few times a week after that.
Oh my God, you re really crazy, like my grandfather said.
Maddie felt the tears falling down her cheeks.
Constantine looked surprised. You talked to Victor about me?
Maddie sighed and struggled against the bonds holding her arms
down. No, he left me a journal that warned me against you.
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