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Silver Chains	By : outlawblue Category: Anita Blake > General Views: 3137 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own the Anita Blake series, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 1-Silver Chains
- 2-A plan is born
- 3-Strategies
- 4-Chapter 4
- 5-a new threat
- 6-chpter 6
- 7-Chapter 7
- 8-chp8
- 9-Chapter 9
- 10-chp 10
- 11-11
- 12-chapter 12
- 13-13
- 14-chp 14
- 15-15
- 16-16
- 17-17
- 18-final chapter
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The imp crept closer, his golden eyes fixed on the werewolf’s darker ones. The humans were keeping the Ulfric drugged through the mask over his face, but they were excited now and not paying as much attention to him. Easing ever closer until he was gazing up into the werewolf’s face, the imp kept telling himself that humans thought the werewolf was beautiful. What was beautiful? Was it the power leaking out of his body? Was it the smell of blood and sweat and other things? Or was it the shape of his face, the color of his eyes and hair? What made him beautiful?
The werewolf’s eyes opened and fixed on him. There was a glaze in his eyes, an unsteadiness of the flesh. “I can’t breathe,” the werewolf said softly through the mask.
The imp rose higher and touched the werewolf’s face. He would be punished severely if any of the powerful ones saw him, but he was drawn to this man beast and, using both hands, he moved the mask out so Richard could breathe clean air. The werewolf was still too drugged to do anything, but the fresh air was helping revive him. Laying the mask back down but not over Richard’s nose, the imp crouched back down on his haunches and watched him.
A shout of excitement went behind him. Scooting around like a small monkey, the imp watched as Andras and his black wolf reappeared with Anita Blake between them. The Executioner was here!

Anita tried to open her marks and contact Jean-Claude, but all was silent. She was within a ring of power that had been designed specifically for her. Not good! Looking around at the eager faces, human and otherwise, she couldn’t help but think, I may be fucked this time. Then she saw Richard. “Richard!” she yelled. “Richard!”
The werewolf raised his head and looked for the source of the voice. “Anita?” he gasped in horror. “Anita,” he repeated and started gathering himself. “Anita!”

The imp felt the power first and leaped back. Now that he could breathe, Richard was finding the strength within him to shift, to save Anita. When the witch grabbed her arm and jerked her to the ground, Richard growled low, deep, and dangerous. Anita struggled against Bailey’s hands and was struck across the face while Niley stood outside the ring grinning at her.
Finding the inner strength that had made him the Ulfric of the Thronnes Rokke Clan, Richard leaned against the chains and started the shift. Roaring his rage, he embraced it and forced himself up right, forced his body to lean against the acid burn of the silver until sweat and blood poured off his body. All eyes turned in horror as chain links started snapping under the power of the shifting werewolf. Even Anita watched the transformation half in fear and half in relief.
Throwing open the marks, Richard touched Jean-Claude, and in a voice that was not quite human, Richard snarled, “Jean-Claude is coming!”
The chains fell away with a crash, and werewolf or man, they had left their marks on his body, but Richard wasn’t thinking about that. He had to free Anita! Niley, fear seizing his gut, turned and fled with the other humans who didn’t want to face the vampires that were on their way.
The demoness, rage turning her eyes to fire, turned to Bailey and hissed, “Kill her!”
Richard charged the ring but Andras and his black wolf intercepted him. Bailey, his eyes wild with fear, had his knife out, but he kept looking back as the werewolf picked up the black wolf up and threw it at him. Magic sizzled and popped as the demon wolf passed through the shields. Anita grinned and threw open her shields. Jean-Claude answered!

Edward, grinning as his tracking device started beeping, nodded at Shang-Da and said, “Now it’s our turn.”

Andras slashed at the werewolf, drawing more blood, but Richard was impervious to the pain. All he wanted to do was kill the thing, kill it and get to Anita. Attacking Andras, sinking his teeth into the demon’s shoulder, he shook it until meat came away in his mouth. Bloody jawed, he growled even more brutally. The demon screamed in pain as the air was suddenly filled with vampires. Jean-Claude was here! Since the magic of the ring had already been broken, Jean-Claude grabbed Bailey by the throat and lifted him off his feet. Gasping for air, the witch tried to slash at the vampire, but his blade wouldn’t reach. Unconcerned, Jean-Claude threw the witch at a sturdy tree and broke his neck. Richard’s wolves would clean up the remains tomorrow.
Asher and The Wicked Truth had the demoness between them, but this was one of those times her magic was stronger than theirs. What she did not count on was Anita lunging at her with Bailey’s dagger. Faith is a remarkable thing. The demoness, caught by surprise, screamed savagely and vanished.
Andras followed quickly behind her. Richard, his jaws bloody, threw a glance at Anita and then took off running. Niley was not going to get away. Shifting back into his human skin, Richard ran on the feet of the wind, following Niley by his scent. Only one thought occupied his mind, kill Niley. Kill him! Rip his heart out! Eat the marrow out of his bones.

Edward parked the jeep at the foot of a high bluff. Micah parked behind him and with the werewolves, they got out and gazed up at the cliff overhead. The river was off to their right, and while the wolves and cat could scale the rocky precipice, Edward was not that agile. But the werecritters suddenly went on alert; someone was coming quickly.
Raising his rifle, Edward gazed through the scope and watched as Niley ran for his life towards the river cliff. Behind him, charging like a mad bull came Richard, only his arms and hands in wereskin. Richard caught Niley, and they fought, the strength of demons aiding Niley. Something flashed in his hand, a dagger! Niley had a silver dagger and buried it in the werewolf’s shoulder. Edward fired. Niley staggered and fell backwards, but he had a death grip on Richard and pulled the wounded werewolf off the cliff with him.

Shang-Da and Jamil raced to the river ahead of Micah. Leaping into the water, they dove under to search for their Ulfric. Micah, running down the side of the bank, hoped three familiar heads would soon pop up. Jamil came up first and then Shang-Da, and between them, Richard. One of them had pulled the dagger out, and together they were pulling Richard to the bank. Micah reached down and grabbed Richard by the arm, pulling him out of the water as Jamil and Shang-Da freed themselves.

Edward drove up in the jeep and together they got Richard into the front seat and strapped in. Then it was off to find Anita and the vampires.

Jean-Claude held Anita closely to him and tenderly kissed her. “Nathaniel said there was nothing you couldn’t do. I see now, ma petite, how true that is.”

She smiled but drew back and asked, “Did anyone see where Richard went?”

“We heard a rifle shot,” Asher answered. “Perhaps Edward?”

Anita momentarily panicked. Edward wouldn’t dare shoot Richard. Hearing the roar of a jeep, she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Edward driving up with Richard strapped to the front seat and his wolves behind him. Micah was in the jeep behind them.

“Richard?” she asked and gently laid tender a hand on his arm. He was hurt so badly. His skin was blistered from the silver, and his shoulder was bleeding profusely. “We have to get him home! Dr. Lillian needs to see him.”

The cool air revived Richard who was now wearing Shang-Da’s coat. He looked at Edward, and for a moment he didn’t recognize the man. Then he remembered and closed his eyes. He was safe. Jamil, sitting behind Edward, laid a comforting hand on Richard’s shoulder. Shang-Da laid a reassuring hand on his other shoulder. He was safe; no one was going to hurt him.

Where was Anita? If they were driving away then she must be safe as well. Gazing into the side mirror, he saw her riding in the jeep beside Micah. Tears burned his eyes and fell silently down his cheek. That’s all right, he told himself. She loves Micah more. That’s all right. He closed his eyes and slumped in the seat. He wanted to go home.

When they arrived at Anita’s house, her cats hurried out to greet her, to make sure she was all right. Nathaniel grabbed her up and swung her around while Richard watched with a breaking heart. “Take me home,” he told Shang-Da. “Please.” He just couldn’t quit crying, and he hurt so bad, so very very bad.

Anita jerked around as the werewolves drove away. “Richard!” she called after them. “Richard!” Cursing to herself, she looked at Micah who looked as if he didn’t know what to do. And what was it about Nathaniel’s beautiful eyes that told her he had deliberately planned that. “Shit!” she snapped.

Jean-Claude, standing on the porch, also watched Richard’s wolves take him away. Asher gave him a puzzled look, but Jean-Claude could do nothing but shrug his shoulders. Richard made so much unnecessary pain for himself.

Jean-Claude thought a day of rest would be good for Richard before descending upon him with flowers and care packages. The Ulfric was not overly sentimental, and believing that Dr. Lillian would make a house call, he did not pay much attention to it, until he noticed late in the afternoon that he could not feel Richard at all. Picking up his phone, he made a call to the Ulfric’s home. Jamil picked up.

“How is Richard?” he asked the werewolf.

“I do not think he is well,” Jamil answered truthfully. “Shang-Da thinks we need to let him rest, but I am afraid.”

“Why?”

“He hasn’t slept, and all he does is cry. I have never seen this before.”

“As soon as it is dark I will be over,” Jean-Claude said and hung up the phone. Richard had been horribly brutalized. Men like Richard sometimes didn’t recover.
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