Cold Moon Rising: A New Adult Paranormal Romance (Cry Wolf) Read Free Page B

wouldn’t live to see another sunrise or sunset. If they didn’t kill me, I would be locked away until someone did.
    I fidgeted with the ropes secured behind my back, but the men, probably Brad, had tied them tight. These two knew what they were doing.
    Would Jacob notice me missing tomorrow at our Physics exam? Would he care?
    I bit my lower lip, trying to hold together my emotions. Tears threatened to spill across my cheeks, but I kept them back. Just barely though.
    “Have any more tranquilizer darts?” Brad said, his rough voice breaking through my thoughts.
    Oh God, I had to get out of these ropes. If I didn’t, my life would change forever.

CHAPTER FOUR
     
     
    Jacob
     
    I shifted in the seat. I’d been driving for what felt like hours, but the faint scent of exhaust lured me on like a siren to a rocky shore. The police officer behind me had finally decided to stop driving on my tail and pass me. Maybe he realized I hadn’t been drinking, and there would be no DUIs or speeding tickets handed out.
    If the cop hadn’t been behind me, I would’ve been able catch up to the teasing fumes with no problem. I leaned over to hit the power button for the radio but stopped when the cop’s headlights spotlighted the same van I’d seen earlier in the distance. My heart leapt in my throat.
    I hung back, not wanting to draw too much attention to myself. Who knew what they’d do to her if they suspected I was following them. Damn, she had to be okay.
    The van kept at a steady pace until the police car was a faint red light in the distance, then it sped up making it hard for me to follow without looking too suspicious. My hope rested in the driver not being too bright. Perhaps the dark night would obscure my black car aside from the headlights.
    As soon as I had a good distance between the van and myself, they took the next exit off the highway, leading to the boonies for all I could tell. This part would be critical. If they saw me... Well, I needed to make sure that didn’t happen.
    Hanging back to the point of nearly losing them a few times, I let my nose continue to be my guide. This would all be much easier if I were on foot. With the speeds I was capable of versus what they were doing now, I had little doubt about my ability to keep up. Plus, I’d look a helluva lot less suspicious, but by the time I got out of my car, they might be long gone.
    The van slowed before turning into what looked like a military or secured research facility with spotlights and guards. What was this place? The vehicle stopped at a guard post, and a bald man flashed his ID before the guard waved them inside.
    The fence along the perimeter was high, ending an inward curved lip with barbed wire to deter any curious humans. However, something about the fence made me wonder if it was more to keep people in rather than keeping them out.
    I shut off my lights and turned around. Now that I knew where they were, I was better off finding a way in on foot than let myself be caught attempting to go through the front door. Kelly was such a normal girl; I couldn’t see how she’d been wrapped up in something as dangerous as this.
    Driving back down the road, I didn’t see any place where I could hide my car. There had been an abandoned gas station a mile and a half back, but nothing closer than that. Damn it. Hopefully no one would disturb my only transportation out of here.
    When I got there, I parked behind the rundown building. The full moon lit my otherwise dark surroundings, so I didn’t have any trouble seeing. My eyes adjusted, letting me see the world in vivid color as if daylight prevailed instead of night. Werewolves possessed better sight than most humans. However, we really excelled with our sense of smell and hearing.
    Thank God for that. If I didn’t have my sharpened senses, Kelly could be out here all alone without anyone trying to find her until it was too late. She never spoke about family either. Who else would realize her