Chapter 15
Raul wasn’t dead. They’d left him here in this kitchen, and it had given him the time he needed to heal, just like Garnett’s nap had done for him. His rest in a bed must have been far more comfortable than Raul’s cold sleep on the kitchen floor, but that didn’t matter to the animal spirit when it healed its human host.
With his free hand Garnett slammed a fist against the nearest metal cabinet, denting the framework of the door with a loud, echoing bang.
“I don’t understand,” Mallory breathed. “He was right here. I even felt for a pulse and there wasn’t one! Garnett, I swear to you, he was dead!”
“We’re not human, Mallory. Me, Raul. We’re something else. You, too, now that Raul bit you and you’ve joined with your animal spirit. The usual rules don’t apply to us.”
“So, you m
