Ascend (Wolf in Exile Part 3): Werewolf Shifter/Vampire Paranormal Romance Read Online Free PDF

turned over to UCON. Human prosecutors oversaw the court proceedings since they were made aware of the murders. We were both tried, but in a three to two vote, I was convicted and he was not.”
    “How?” Jackson St. Pierre asked.
    “My fingerprints, along with my dad’s, were the only prints on the gun found at the murder scene. I picked it up when I discovered my parents lying in cold blood. Gavril didn’t expect me to visit that night, and he was still there and told me what he’d done. I clawed him within an inch of his life. He was barely breathing when they rolled him out on the stretcher. The humans wanted a closed trial and prosecution, and of course, they pointed the finger at the animal. And UCON wanted the humans out of their affairs as quickly as possible. I was sentenced in less than a week, and because I knew Gavril had Danika, I acquiesced.”
    “Do you think he has an ally on the Council?” Valdron asked in a low voice. “There’s little explanation as to why this wasn’t given a thorough investigation.”
    Thane swallowed hard. “UCON has already passed judgement on me. My final decision is to clean up the mess Gavril made. It’s my duty. If UCON wants to speak with me on any other issue, they know where to find me.”
    “And they likely will find you,” Zaid said. “Word about Area S2’s breach, your escape, and Gavril’s disappearance has reached far and wide.”
    Thane raised his gaze to meet Zaid. “I’m not hiding, am I?”
    “So...what do you want done about Gavril in the meantime?” Jackson St. Pierre asked in a cool, calm tone.
    “I want him hunted down and captured,” Thane replied sharply. “My Kappas and Lambdas have already been given these orders.”
    “Do you want him dead or alive?” Jackson St. Pierre inquired again.
    “I want him breathing and conscious,” Thane clenched his jaw. “When I face him again, there may be reason enough this time for everyone to call me a murderer.”
    “My Pack will join yours on the hunt,” Jackson St. Pierre declared.
    The Alphas shook hands in agreement and convened the meeting. All except Thane and Valdron filed out of the room.
    “By the way…” Valdron’s gaze lingered on Thane. “How did your crew manage to escape with Danika?”
    “It wasn’t my crew’s doing,” Thane stated bluntly.
    One of Valdron’s thick eyebrows raised. “Oh?”
    “A very old friend of mine owed me a favor.”
    Valdron shook his head. “Danika was being held underground in a vaulted home, no?”
    “That’s the story going around, isn’t it?” Thane teased.
    Valdron smirked and threw him a knowing glance. “And that’s the half of the story I have. Do you mind telling me the other side? Your side, what happened in Area S2…”
    “If you must know, the vampires helped me. Only the vampires can move at lightning speeds without detection.”
    “Ah…makes sense.”
    “My connection got the box inside one of the cargo bins three months into my exile sentence. If I pushed the button, they’d come to my aid in a flash.”
    “You could have escaped at any time?”
    “I could have. But I didn’t push the button for me that night. I pushed it for an innocent woman. The woman who has inside connections to Silex’s backdoor system,” Thane said.
    “So you have a vampire ally on your side, huh?”
    Thane nodded. “I’ve known of Tor for decades, even though we don’t cross paths very often. He came to me while I was being held. I refused him at first. He wanted something I didn’t have. Something I might never have.”
    “What?”
    “A child. If Tor got me out undetected, he wanted one of my future daughters. A betrothal. He wanted to start a hybrid clan under his leadership. He needed a bride to bear his children. Just any shifter woman wouldn’t do. He wanted a shifter bride with an old bloodline. I couldn’t promise him that. So, I declined. He explained that he wouldn’t come again, but that he’d send me a gift just in