Blood moon

Chapter 57. Do you think I'm stupid?

—You think that's going to happen? I'll just let you go so you can talk to them, you sound like an i***t— when the fierce werewolf said that, Andrea thought she had to find another way to connect with him.

—Listen, I'm Andrea, you are aware that both Hunter and Harley are interested in me, I can be very useful, do you want to see your men die just for pride— she tried to negotiate with the woman.

—Do you think I'm stupid?—He stood up annoyed by the way they were talking, when he stood up his figure was tall, about one eighty, but he was hunched over in an awkward position, he must have been about two meters tall, I could see he was in the middle of the transformation to his wolf figure, —As soon as I release you, you will go running to your two lovers and they will come to marry me, you are my ticket to freedom.

Andrea took a long breath, she needed to control herself, because she was beginning to see the hair growing on her arms and other parts of the man's body, soon he would transform in front of her, because of the discomfort she felt. Thinking about Harley's words, surely this man must be a ticking time bomb too, he seemed to be unable to contain his urges, that gave her an idea.

—What's your name?— The man made a confused face —It's obvious you've been spying on me, you know everything about me and probably the boys, it's only fair that I know who's doing this to me, and save the part where you tell me you won't tell me in case I get rescued one day, because they know exactly who you are, the only one who doesn't is me.

When she was a child, she had seen many television programmes about criminalistics, one of the recommendations of the specialists to negotiate with a kidnapper was to empathise, if he knew many details of your life, he was less likely to want to kill you, the man in front of her seemed very primitive, but she knew he had a rational side, she needed to find it.

—George Gregory— her voice dropped, her wolfish features seeming to pause in their advance —That's the first time someone I've kidnapped has asked me that question, you're a very interesting girl.

—You're a professional kidnapper? I thought werewolves were in a different line of business— the woman said without thinking, and when she did, she regretted it, her cheeks flushed.

—Professional kidnapper? You could say that. ....— George laughed loudly when he saw Andrea's horrified face. —No, I don't usually kidnap people, but sometimes it's necessary like this, and don't get your hopes up young lady, I have a lot of experience killing— he showed her his claws.

Andrea salivated in fear, but feeling that she had made progress, the man had a strange black humour and a sharp sense of intelligence, he had a very suspicious personality, he would do it to the end, he had to gain her trust somehow.

—I heard that... forget it— the woman tried to provoke him. I waited for a moment, praying that he would fall into her trap.

—What? Say it— I asked, interested to know what she wanted to say.

—Everyone talks about alphas, it seems that some are born this way, some notice it as children, some in their teenage years and some are forced by the situation to become alphas— George Garroway realised that these kids had been too open with the human, he knew too many details about the pack, and that in other circumstances, he would have killed her for it, In other circumstances he would have killed her for bringing it up, but now the werewolf considered what would happen when she gave birth, if he had assimilated the information as well, he could adapt to her pack, it was wilder than the Halland's, but he could bring out her violent side.

—What? I didn't hear your question— he asked when he realised that she was waiting for an answer, her expectant eyes said so.

—Were you born an alpha?— Although the question seemed innocent, George felt attacked, as if he was questioning his lineage, in an impulse he grabbed her by the neck, pulling her up as far as the ropes would allow, he squeezed her neck with his claws, until the smell of blood reached her nose, the scent of pregnancy growing stronger and stronger in her, then he let go.

He let out a frustrated growl, pulling away from her.

—What the hell do you care?— he shouted at her —Do you think no one else can be born like this but your two little brothers? There are men more powerful than your little brothers Halland, I could kick the ass of either of them— Andrea understood that she shouldn't make him feel insecure, because he would kill her to prove the opposite, she was too emotionally unstable, then she thought about her words, she had said she would beat anyone, but Hunter's red eyes said something else, if he recovered the power he had as a protective wolf, she would beat him easily, but she decided to keep that information for herself.

—I didn't mean to... offend you— his throat burned hot from the squeeze —I just wanted to know more about it, I thought you were born that way too, so... could you tell me what it feels like— the doubt in the human voice made him think that she was honest, many of his kind were curious about werewolves, they had made movies and books, praising them, it was reasonable that he had questions, he didn't consider that possibility, George thought.

—Being a werewolf...it's different, I don't know, what it would feel like to be human, but our senses are fully developed, we hear things in other rooms, when we are growing up we hear things further and further away, there are reports of hearing ten kilometres away in the forest and over sixteen in the open air, we can smell things, a presence up to two kilometres away in the forest— George was very open with the information.

Andrea was completely shocked.