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Blood Rites Quinn Loftis 22970K 2023-09-02

"Still easily rean said, complete confidence in his voice

The rest of the ride was spent in silence Cynthia worried about Jacque and how Logan had practically salivated at the idea of Jacque taking his blood Cynthia wasn’t paying attention to the fact that she wasn’t seeing any of the es that outline the Colorado skyline

She was brought out of her stupor when she heard Logan on his phone

"Is it ready?" she heard him ask "Good, we should be there in a few ht, Cynthia looked out herand could tell by the landscape that they were not in Colorado

"What’s going on, Logan?" she asked, her voice wavering, betraying how nervous she was

"Change of plans," was all she heard before everything went black

Logan looked over at Cynthia’s slu to cause her pain, but it was necessary After he had decided to take her with him he realized that she could tell Jacque where they were and then Jacque could tell Fane He wasn’t about to let her ruin all his hard work if she suddenly decided to have a conscience So he had called one of his wolves, Sam, because he kneas loyal to him and wouldn’t contact Dillon, and asked him to rent a cabin in the Ozark Mountains in southern Missouri and send him the coordinates as well as find a place to land His pack mate had done better than that He had found a cabin with an ean felt like fate was intervening He told Saet on a plane and fly to the airport nearest to his location, then to rent a car and, after getting groceries to meet him at the cabin

As he closed in on the location of the field, he began his descent He saw the cabin to the right of the field As the wheels touched down to the earth, the plane bounced at the contact Overall it wasn’t too bad a landing, Logan thought

Once the plane was fully stopped Logan ju Cynthia to wake up before he had her blindfolded and cuffed He was still going to need her help with Jacque, so he figured he could allow her to be uncuffed under his supervision while she tended to her patient He went around to the passenger side of the plane and opened the door Cynthia’s unconscious forht her just in ti from the front floorboard and then headed in the direction he had seen the cabin

When he got to the door he remembered Sam had told him that the place that rented the cabins would put a key under thedown tothe doctor, he saw the silver key To his eyes it was a s finally arrived at his destination with his soon to beto look around, and hastily placed Cynthia on the first piece of furniture he saw He reached into the bag he had brought in and grabbed a pair of handcuffs He leaned her forward, pulling both ar like for now that would be enough, he headed back to the plane to get Jacque

Logan grabbed the IV bag and laid it on Jacque’s stomach for the transfer frourney onto the ground and then pulled it forward until the front wheels were at the edge of the doorway Stepping into the plane, he grabbed the front of the gurney and lowered it to the ground as well Logan grabbed the rest of the bags that Cynthia had brought with her and shut the plane door He began to push the gurney forward as fast as he could without toppling Jacque fro at the front door of the cabin once urney into the cabin, and this tiuard by how open it was The roof was pitched and rose at least thirty feet in the air There was a loft across from the place where he stood that was open to look over into thehall and he could see several doors that he assu the back as the kitchen, the cabinets done in beautiful cedar There was an old fashion Dutch oven in the wall to the right, and on the island that stood in the middle of the kitchen was a flat top stove All of the appliances hadcedar fronts that had to have been custoe rock fireplace and various chairs and a couch made out of cedar that appeared to have suede cushions, all for a semicircle around the fireplace There were blankets thrown across chairs and pillow stacked on the floor,it obvious this was a place of coan’s wolf rumbled in approval of the place he would call his den

Needing to figure out the best place to put the women, he walked down the hallway towards the various doors Two of theular square bedrooms, each had a bed made of cedar and a bedside table In between those two rooms was a small bathroom The third door on the left was the an could see double doors that opened into a spacious bathroom Finally he walked into the door across fro space that appeared to be a library/study There were shelves that lined the left side of the wall all the way across, filled with books of various sizes and colors In the lance, he realized was a bear’s pelt Surrounding the rug were several cedar chairs with plump cushions and blankets thrown across their backs On the furthest wall from the door was a beautiful cedar desk with a credenza with shelves that had lighting built into them This here he would put Jacque and Cynthia They would be comfortable in here, and the best part was there were no s in this roo area and picked Cynthia back up He carried her to the library and set her in one of the cedar chairs Then he went and picked Jacque up off her gurney and placed her in one of the chairs that was an to leave the roo up She moaned and tried to move her arms, her eyes snapped open as she realized they were stuck behind her Looking around wildly, trying to get her bearings, her eyes landed on Logan

"What have you done, Logan?"

"I couldn’t have you telling Jacque where ere if you suddenly decided you couldn’t go through with the choice you had o to your cabin I regret having to cuff you, but until I can put a lock on the outside of this door you will have to say that way"