Shadow of the Moon (4 page)

He plunged the needle into the doctor’s arm.
Zachau backed away, staring at the syringe.

Will ran to me, falling to his knees, helping
me sit up. “You’re hurt. This looks bad.”

“What?” I pushed him away, moving toward the
front of the cage as the doctor twitched, shuddered and
mumbled.

“Jess, you’re bleeding.”

Absently I put my hand to my head. My fingers
came away slick with blood. “Oh.” In all the excitement, I’d
forgotten the sharp pain. “Just a scratch. You know head wounds
always look more serious than they are.”

His lips tightened. “I thought he’d killed
you.”

“Well, he didn’t, so get over it.”

Together we stared at the doctor. “You think
he’s going to become a wolf?” I asked.

“Might,” Will answered. I picked up my gun.
“He said that wouldn’t work on a
boxenwolf
.”

“Let’s find out.”

However Zachau did not shift; he only
gibbered nonsense. For hours and hours. He came close enough once
for Will to grab him, then I removed the key to our cage from his
pocket. We called Edward; the
Jager-Suchers
arrived shortly
thereafter for a clean up.

Zachau now resides in his own personal cage
at
Jager-Sucher
headquarters. His patients are there too,
along with all of his notes and potions. Elise hopes that someday
she'll be able to decipher what he did to those people and himself.
With luck she'll even be able to cure it.

As for Will and I, there was always another
werewolf around the corner. At least we have job security.

And each other.

If you enjoyed reading about Jessie and Will,
please read BLUE MOON, the full length novel where they were
introduced.

About the author:

Lori Handeland is a Waldenbooks, Bookscan,
USA Today and New York Times best-selling author, as well as a
two-time recipient of the Romance Writers of America’s RITA
award.

For more information on Lori or her books,
please go to:

http://www.lorihandeland.com