Devin's Mercy [Shifters of Mystery 4]
Shifters of Mystery 4
Devin’s Mercy
Devin was forced into a war he didn’t believe in. Worse, Devin was
used as an outlet for Alpha Martin’s sadistic bouts of rage. When
Sage, a longtime friend, hauls Devin home, locking him in a cage
for fighting on Martin’s side, all hope seems lost that his life will
ever be normal again.
Mercy walked alone, even with friends surrounding him. Devin was
someone from his past, a man he kept at bay. But when Mercy
discovers Devin locked up in the basement, a war rages inside
himself to stay away from the tempting young man. But his
conscience won’t let Devin remain behind bars. No matter how
attracted he is to Devin, Mercy isn’t going to let his libido rule him.
As distant as Mercy tries to remain, he finds himself helping the
werewolf through his nightmares, finding that Devin still has
feelings for Mercy.
Can Mercy keep Devin safe when the alpha is determined to
destroy the small pack in Mystery? And can Devin heal from
wounds so deep that he contemplates ending his very own life?
The battle in Mystery is coming to a pinnacle, and Mercy fears the
one man he let into his inner circle just might be killed in a war
that should have never taken place to begin with.
Genre:
Alternative, Paranormal, Vampires/Werewolves
Length:
49,447 words
DEVIN’S MERCY
Shifters of Mystery 4
Lynn Hagen
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DEVIN’S MERCY
Shifters of Mystery 4
LYNN HAGEN
Copyright © 2012
Devin couldn’t believe he had gotten dragged into this stupid-ass
war the alpha was waging against humans. It wasn’t his damn war. He
didn’t even believe in what the alpha was fighting for. In his opinion,
it was a war that shouldn’t have started in the first place.
All he wanted was to get the hell away from the man, but the next
thing he knew, here he was, being ordered to fight Jeremiah, a man he
had known his whole life.
Devin didn’t want to fight Jeremiah, but couldn’t tell the werewolf
that. Not only would his alpha probably kill him for showing
weakness, but he wasn’t sure what Jeremiah would do to him. Devin
kind of liked breathing with both lungs and didn’t want to chance
having that privilege taken away. Jeremiah wasn’t a man to tussle
with. He was prickly at best most of the time, and one big-ass man
who terrified Devin.
Devin wasn’t a fighter. Never had been. And he wasn’t sure what
to do to stop Jeremiah from killing him. Using the word
please
wasn’t
going to work. Not in this situation.
“You agree with Martin?” Jeremiah asked as he stepped to his
left, Devin doing the same. He prayed to god Jeremiah didn’t hand
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him his ass. The man was huge! “You would sacrifice your life for his
maniacal scheme?”
“He is my alpha. It doesn’t matter what I think. I follow his lead.”
Gods, he couldn’t believe he was saying that. But Martin was within
earshot. Not only did Devin have Jeremiah to contend with, but if he
wussed out now, he would have the alpha trying to experiment on him
next.
Martin had delivered that very threat before coming here.
No thanks.
He had seen what Martin’s experiments did to people.
Devin wasn’t willing to become a guinea pig. So he either had to fight
Jeremiah or deal with Martin’s wrath. Those two choices were so
damn dismal that Devin wanted to scream.
“Then you are truly a fool.” Jeremiah leapt, taking Devin down
and clamping his teeth over Devin’s throat. Jeremiah applied pressure
to his neck, but Devin kept his head angled in a position that made it
hard for Jeremiah to get a good bite. They had been friends once, and
Devin prayed Jeremiah remembered that.
He didn’t want to die.
“Kill him!” Martin shouted at Devin.
Jeremiah eased back, but kept his weight on Devin. In that instant,
Devin could see in Jeremiah’s eyes that the werewolf didn’t want to
hurt Devin. He was thankful for that. Devin was already scared
beyond words. “Do you see what he is doing? He’s willing to kill his
own species to get what he wants. Do you see him coming to your
rescue? Is he fighting to save you?”
Devin’s eyes shot over to Martin, and he knew for a damn fact
that the alpha wasn’t going to help him and he didn’t want the alpha’s
help.
He wanted to get up and go home.
This was crazy!
Martin curled his lip up at Devin and then turned his back. Devin
growled, his eyes narrowing in on the alpha. Maybe he should just let
Jeremiah finish the job so Devin wouldn’t be Martin’s tool any
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longer. He was sick and tired of the man taking his frustrations out on
him. The alpha was pure evil and didn’t hide the fact when he beat the
crap out of Devin.
“Let me up so that I can kill him myself,” Devin snapped as the
anger began to mount inside of him. It was bad enough that Martin
abused the shit out of him. But now he wanted Devin to kill one of the
few friends he had ever made?
“No, you will leave, never to follow Martin again,” Jeremiah said
as he continued to sit on Devin. Hell, Devin didn’t have a problem
with that. It wasn’t like he enjoyed being around the tyrant in the first
place. He would gladly skip his happy ass out of town, away from
Martin, and away from all the insanity that surrounded him on a daily
basis.
Not a problem.
Devin’s eyes cut over to Sage and Mercy, watching them kill
every last lycan Martin had brought with him. Too bad Martin wasn’t
dead. He swallowed hard, praying that wasn’t his fate, and wishing it
were. It would end his pain and suffering if Jeremiah finished him off.
But Devin was soon forgotten as Martin’s latest experiment
emerged from the woods. The man’s name was Charles, and he was
just as pissy and ornery as Martin. If the alpha were gay, they would
be a perfect match for each other. Devin hated Charles more than he
hated Martin. The alpha had given Devin over to the bastard and his
depravities, and Devin felt nothing but raw hatred in the depths of his
soul when he stared at the man.
He could only hope that Sage or Mercy killed the scumbag.
“I’ll get my hands on Sylvester. Mark my words, Jeremiah. But
until then, I have a new test subject, and Charles is more than willing
to help my cause.”
Devin literally shrank back when Jeremiah growled and then
jumped off of him. Charles howled and then moved closer to Alpha
Martin. Devin wished Jeremiah would kill the son of a bitch. He hated
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Charles with every breath he took. Just remembering the bastard’s
hands on him made him want to roll over and vomit.
Devin quickly scrambled to his feet when Martin shifted into his