"Kit Reed - What Wolves Know" - читать интересную книгу автора (Reed Kit)

HappyтАЩs hackles rise. His lips curl back from bared fangs as in the
garden under the window the mother cries, тАЬI told you never to come here!тАЭ

There is a stir; something happens and the mother is silenced.

Him.

He commands the crowd. тАЬGive me a minute and IтАЩll bring the wolf
boy down for his very first interview.тАЭ

****

His father comes.

He will find that Happy has unlocked the door for him.

Big man, but not as big as Happy remembers him. Big smile on his
face, which has been surgically enhanced, although Happy will not know it.
Smooth, beautifully tanned under the expensively cropped hair, it is nothing
like the angry face Happy remembers. The big, square teeth are white,
whiter than TimboтАЩs fangs. Even the eyes are a fresh, technically
augmented color. Blue shirt, open at the collar. Throat exposed, as wolves
will do when they want you to know that they do not intend to harm you. Nice
suit, although Happy has no way of knowing.

тАЬSon,тАЭ he says in a smooth, glad tone that has sealed deals and
gotten meetings with major players all over greater Los Angeles. тАЬYou know
your father loves you.тАЭ

This is nothing like love.

Caught between then and now, between what he was and what he
thinks he is, Happy does what he has to.

He knows what all wolves know. If you are male and live long enough,
you will have to kill your father.
 It doesnтАЩt take long.

****

Brent finds the door locked when he comes upstairs to find out how
itтАЩs going. He says through the closed door, тАЬEverything okay in there?тАЭ

Although Happy has not spoken in all these days, he has listened
carefully. Now he says in the fatherтАЩs voice, тАЬThis is going to take longer
than I thought. Reschedule for tomorrow. My place.тАЭ

There is a little silence while Brent considers.