Logan's Rattler by A. Jarrett (inspirational novels txt) 📗

Finn started to walk in the other direction, away from the man. He needed to keep Rhett talking so the warriors in the woods knew what the psycho’s plan was.

“I love Logan. I will always come when he needs me.”

“It doesn’t matter what you say, snake boy. It’s all for nothing.

You’re just going to die.” Rhett’s eyes gleamed in the firelight. They were void of all emotion. The man had truly lost his fucking mind.

Finn cocked an eyebrow at the man. “If I’m going to die anyway, why don’t you humor me and tell me what you offered this witch in exchange to get your dead mate back.” He saw the questioning in Logan’s eyes, but it wasn’t the time to explain.

Rhett started to laugh. “It’s a very interesting story. I guess I can tell you. You’re a dead man anyways.” He stopped pacing and stood still, gazing down at the fire. Finn inched closer to where Logan sat on the ground tied to a large tree.

“I was living my miserable existence when I was approached by this man. He asked me what I would give to get Lindsay back. I was pissed at first, thinking the man was fucking with me. But he told me there was a way to do it. He explained that a relative of Lindsay’s would be born, a reincarnation of sorts. And that he could put Lindsay’s soul in this man’s body and I’d have my mate back, but I

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had to become a part of the wolf pack that resided in this part of Missouri.”

Finn started to do the math in his head. Logan was only twenty-six and wasn’t born until the late nineteen eighties. Rhett had been a member of the Carrington pack for a little over fifty years. That was a long time to lie and wait.

“That’s a lot to gamble on a word of a witch. How could you be so certain he wasn’t lying to you?” He had to keep Rhett talking.

“When a witch offers you a blood oath, they mean business. I thought you would know that.” Rhett shrugged. “I guess not. Snake shifters must be an unintelligent lot.”

“What did you offer them in exchange, Rhett?” Logan let the other man’s little digs go unnoticed. Now wasn’t the time to get his feelings hurt. They needed to know what the deal was.

“This witch said if I joined Garrett’s pack and was their spy, he would help get me Lindsay back. It wasn’t a hard choice to make. I was wandering around aimlessly, and this gave my life purpose. The only downside was I had to wait until Logan was born.”

“What did the witch want to know about Garrett’s pack?” He flashed his eyes toward the woods when he saw a pair of eyes glowing in the dark. They quickly dropped out of sight.

“He just wanted to know the pack’s comings and goings and if they could be persuaded to join up with the Dark Warriors. The man said a battle was forthcoming and anyone not on their side would die.”

Finn found that interesting. Only just recently had they discovered the uprising of dark forces and this mysterious coming. What were they all in for?

“So you’ve just been lying in wait until Logan was born?” He looked back to Logan, who sat enthralled with what was being said.

“Yes. I made the oath and waited patiently to have my mate back.

Trust me, if you lived as long as I did without the person you loved most in this world, you’d sacrifice your whole family just to have that

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love back. So waiting wasn’t that much of a hardship, especially when I knew what the final outcome would be.”

Finn could understand Rhett’s motives behind what he had done, but to turn his back on the council? That was just not acceptable. Not every paranormal became a warrior, but there was always a clear line drawn in the sand on what side a person stood with. And to give in to evil meant giving up your soul. Finn didn’t know if there was a way to come back from that kind of betrayal.

“You sold out your own kind for the hopes of a witch pulling off bringing your mate back from the dead?” Finn asked in disgust. “Did you ever think that your mate wouldn’t want this? That he wouldn’t approve of you sacrificing Logan?”

Rhett wasn’t aware that his dead mate had contacted Carter and that Lindsay did indeed disapprove