SWNOVELS Chapter 15: The Beast That Lives In Him!
Kane was back at the pack house within the hour as promised. Johnny met him in the garage when he pulled in. Though he was still angry Kane tried not to break anything this time. Key word was try, Ky was still restless and agitated in his head, which made Kane restless and agitated as well as angry. Kane broke the handle off the garage door. Johnny’s eyes just widened and his mouth dropped open.
“Would you stop wrecking the fucking house. They don’t make Hurricane Kane proof fucking doors. Now we’re stuck in the fucking garage” Before he could call for someone the door shattered off it’s hinges from the force of the kick Kane used to open it
“And now we’re not” Kane growled and stormed into the house heading straight to his office. Ky was fighting for control, he barely made it to his office before he fell to his knees, by Ky’s forceful pushes. Ky No! Kane was telling him. They all must die! Not yet! His eyes started to change from smokey grey to azure blue. And that bitch! His canines elongated. That hateful shrew! Johnny rushed into the office, he needed to stop this now.
“Kane you need to calm down” Johnny said “Kane, are you listening, this is not going to help” Kane threw his head back and forth, trying to fight Ky off. “KANE!!” When Johnny touched Kane’s shoulder, he was grabbed and thrown into the wall. A loud growl shook the whole room. Kane was no longer in charge. When Johnny looked at him he saw Ky.
Kane was a mountain, but Ky was the beast that lived in him. He made Kane seem taller and bigger in every way. When Ky was out everyone shook, he was the reason Kane was thought of as a nightmare. Ky snapped an Alpha’s neck when he tried to call a truce, in a war Ky started. Granted this was the year Kane had given up hope on finding his mate and let Ky have control. But he had his mate now, why was Ky so angry?
“Ky!” Johnny looked horrified at him
“They….die!” Ky seethed “ALL…. DIE!”
“KY! Give Kane back control” Johnny yelled.
“NO!” Ky growled again at Johnny.
“Ky, listen to me, I’m your friend...” Johnny kept his head down but kept an eye on Ky, he was unpredictable and Johnny didn’t want to be caught off guard.
“NO!....Kane…. f-fr-frie-friend!” Ky snarled at him “Not... Ky…. fr-fri-frien-friend”
“I am your friend” Johnny said “That’s why you can’t do this”
“NO….” Ky growled at him “ALL…. DIE”
“Who Ky? Who dies” Johnny asked “Tell me”
Kane was trying to fight for dominance but Ky was too angry, his mate had been wronged when she was not given a name. Being robbed of her childhood was bad enough. They never let her have an identity. She was wronged on the sidewalk as well, what should have been a good day turned sour from the venomous words that bitch dared to speak to her. Ky was grabbing his head, trying to stop Kane from regaining control. He smashed his fists down on the desk, papers, the computer it all crashed when the desk split in two.
“Not the fucking desk!” Johnny didn’t know what to do, he stayed low to the ground, Ky in his agitated state would view it as a threat. Ky was pacing back and forth, throwing his head around growling, his body shook with rage. Something happened today, something really bad to put Ky in such a mood, that not even Kane could control him. Then an idea popped into his head.
“NO….ALL….DIE” Ky bellowed.
“WHO DIES? KY, WHO DIES?” Johnny yelled back “Tell me and we’ll kill them all”
“Hu..rt….MATE!” Ky glared at him growling,
“Who’s your mate Ky?” Johnny asked,
“MATE” He looked at Johnny sadly, Ky was losing control,
“Who’s your mate Ky? Say her name, what’s her name Ky” Johnny pushed him, trying to get him to focus on her
“Mate” he grabbed at his head
“SAY HER NAME!” Johnny yelled at him, Ky glared at him, his lips curled back in a snarl.
“DAX!” He yelled back and as soon as the name was out of his mouth Ky hit the floor snarling and growling and then all was quiet.
Johnny slowly stood up, there was a trail of blood down his forehead from a cut that was in the process of healing. He saw Kane on the floor and grabbed the fire poker as a weapon.
“Good man?” He asked, Kane never said a word, he continued to lie there breathing deeply “Kane!” No reply, he started to inch closer to him holding the fire poker ready to hit him if Ky so much as blink his way. “Kane!” Still no reply. Taking a deep breath he moved a bit closer. “KANE!” Kane opened his grey eyes and looked at him
“What the fuck are you gonna do with that thing?” He asked, Johnny jumped back a bit startled.
“For fuck sake you stupid son of a bitch” Johnny threw the fire poker on the ground
“Seriously, what were you gonna do with that?” Kane asked slowly getting up
“If your damn blood thirsty hellhound came anywhere near me I was gonna hit him before he ripped me to pieces” Johnny said letting out a shaky breath looking at Kane as his eyes flashed azure blue then vanished “Fuck off Ky” Johnny yelled backing away
“Ky would never hurt you, he was just….angry”
“Angry! You call that angry?” Johnny said pointing at the desk. “You and your damn beast need to be house broken before you break the house, what the fuck brother? What got him so worked up”
Kane thought hard about what he should tell Johnny. He decided everything was the best, including the encounter that happened on the street earlier today. He wanted to know what Johnny uncovered, anything that would explain in a little more detail what he already expected. He left out a few things though, the break room table which Johnny sort of knew about after all it was his first rampage through the house, but he did not need to know about the little game they started playing, the way she dressed in front of him this morning or what happened after the broken mug incident. Having those scenes play in his mind brought a flood of warmth to him, and they seemed to keep Ky calm, for the most part. Johnny sat there and listened to every word, his expression detached, never giving away any thought or emotion he was having. Though Kane could see the storm brewing behind his friends eyes.
“Well what the fuck?” Johnny finally said though it was more of a statement then a question after Kane had finished telling him everything. Kane just nodded and sat at his desk chair. “That would explain Ky’s anger, his mate was wronged on so many levels. A few things make sense now” Johnny added, rubbing his chin, referring to the day at the warehouse where she threw paper weights at Kane. A smile crept on his face as he remembered Kane taking cover behind the desk.
“What’s funny?” Kane asked and raised his eyebrow
“Just thinking of flying paper weights,” Johnny laughed.
“I didn’t exactly see you standing in the open brother, if I am not mistaken you ducked for cover first” Kane smirked “What did you find out about that date?” Johnny sighed and gave Kane the once over,
“Is he….contained?” Johnny asked, he did not want to go another round with Kane’s beast, and he had a feeling the information would set him off again.
“He is occupied, but if the information you have warrants further precautions then you might want to get the chains” Kane said. Johnny thought about it, he really did believe this would set Ky off again. He mind-linked Charles to bring in some silver cuff chains. Kane eyed them, he did not like being restrained but if Johnny thought this was for the best, then he must have found something really bad.
Restraints in place around Kane’s wrist, Johnny stepped away from his friend. “Maybe we should get another pair?” Not knowing whether or not one set would be enough to hold him.
“Just get on with it” Kane hissed as the silver burned his wrists, Ky was alert in his head and did not like this, he did not like being restrained either and he was pushing in the back of Kane’s mind.
“Took some digging, but Aug 27 1999, it was one of the coldest summers on record, a six hour old baby girl was found abandoned on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. She was turned over to the authorities, who brought her to the hospital, after a week in the NICU she was handed over to social services, where she was placed for adoption.”
“She was adopted by Carl and Maria Whitekar and any more on her stops there, until…” Johnny looked up at Kane, his jaw clenched, lips were pressed flat and his eyes were closed. He could see Kane starting to shake as his grip on the chains tightened and the silver starting to burn his hands.
“Continue” Kane hissed out between deep breaths
“Three and a half years ago, Carl Whitekar was arrested on the attempted murder of Baby Girl Jane Doe. I had a friend in the department forward me the case and good thing I printed it off before you broke the computer….again” Johnny said,
“JOHNNY!” Kane gritted out between clenched teeth
“The charges were lessened to a second degree assault charge, they never found the weapon and she refused to testify. He was sentenced to five years in prison, but is up for parole….soon” Johnny finished. He could hear the chains straining and Kane growling.
“What happened to the woman? The wife?” Kane asked, still fighting control against Ky.
“I don’t know, two years after the adoption she disappeared. I have a feeling Carl had something to do with it” Johnny replied, he was taking small steps away from Kane. But he pressed on.
“There is a big jump in adoption to attempted murder so I tried looking up hospital records and reached out to a few friends in the areas hospitals, but it is proving to be difficult. Do you know how many Jane Doe’s are emitted to any given hospital a year?” Johnny added “Without any specific details we have hit a dead end”
“Pointy ears and cerulean blue eyes with amethyst starburst in the center, should be enough detail to get it back on track” Kane seemed calm now Johnny arched an eyebrow at him but just nodded.
“Take these off, I need a drink” Kane raised his hands and Johnny could see the burns the silver cuffs had created around his wrists. They would heal, but with silver it takes longer.
“Here, here brother, we could all use a drink,” Johnny said, removing the chains and allowing them to fall to the floor.
After a few glasses of whiskey, they sat quietly in Kane’s office. He was musing over his options when Johnny broke his thought
“We could have him killed?” This caused a smile to fall on Kane’s face as he looked at the amber liquid in his glass.
“To simply kill him would be too lenient a punishment. No something more fitting for an animal as disgusting as him” Kane mused “Who do we know in New York?” Kane added
“Let’s see New York is our territory thanks to your hellhound’s bloodlust, so I believe that would be...Kenneth and the Blood Moon Faction” Johnny said with his own wicked smile on his face.
“Excellent, get in touch with him. I think New York needs a visit” Kane swallowed the rest of his drink and a sinister smile spread across his face as his once grey eyes shone azure blue.