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almost seemed
desperate, and his eyes looked pained when he looked back at us.
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 You re after Peter, aren t you? Leif asked simply, and Ezra and I stiffened.  Look, I m not
out to get
him. He killed my brother& but it was self-defense. Krist had a temper and&  Leif looked
around again,
growing more agitated.  Peter had no business being here. He was trying to  try out for the
pack, but that s
not how it works. So Gunnar was putting him through all these stupid tests, and Krist was
one of them. But
Peter started winning&  He looked apologetic, his eyes wide and sincere.  It wasn t fair
what they did to him.
What they re still doing to him.
 Still? The fear in Ezra s voice made me wince.
Ezra took a step forward and his heart tightened at the thought of them still doing anything
to Peter.
My head swam with images of torture, and Ezra had seen far worse than I had. He knew
what true torture
could be for a vampire, and I didn t even want to know what he was thinking of. Everything
Leif had been
saying only made feel sick and scared, but if they were still doing something to him, that
meant that he still
had to be alive.
 Yeah, he s alive. He s okay, Leif s voice cracked on the last word, and I had a feeling that
okay was
rather subjective in this case.
 What are they doing? Where is he? Ezra demanded in a low growl, and Leif shrunk lower,
taking a
step back. Any pretense that Ezra had of submitting to the lycans was completely shattered.
He was a pack
leader in his own right, and Leif bowed down to that.
 I don t know exactly, Leif confessed.
He was clearly afraid, and I didn t think that worked in our benefit, so I put a hand on Ezra s
arm.
Reluctantly, he responded and took a step back. Leif nodded his appreciation at me and
stood up straighter.
He wasn t going to mess with us, but he wouldn t have whether Ezra had freaked him out or
not. After all, he
had sought us out, not the other way around.
 They re hunting him, Leif said.
 He s in Sweden? I raised an eyebrow. That wasn t what Ezra had been hearing.
 No, no, he s still here, Leif shook his head.  Its just the pack in Sweden.
 I don t understand. Why is he still here? If they re gone, why didn t he just come home? I
asked,
confused.
Leif gave Ezra a plaintive look, and Ezra nodded knowingly. He understood what was going
on, and I
didn t appreciate being left out of the loop. Maybe I didn t full understand hunting properly,
but once the
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hunter was gone, I didn t see the point in the prey hanging out for them to return. Even with
Leif being left
behind, he wasn t a guard of any kind. Peter could easily overpower him.
 What? Why won t Peter leave? I demanded, looking up at Ezra since Leif didn t answer
me.
 Us, Ezra replied thickly.  The pack will track him if he leaves, and follow him back to our
house.
 If they re so good at tracking, then why haven t they killed him yet? I pressed.
It didn t make sense. If they could follow us across the Atlantic, then they could certainly
find one
vampire in their own territory. While I didn t want Peter to be dead, it didn t really make
sense to me why they
would leave him alive. Especially not after all this time. We d been in Finland for a week, and
the trouble had
to have started some time before that.
 They like to play with their food, Ezra said, and Leif looked sheepishly at the ground.
 They want
him to wait in fear, wondering when they re going to pounce, jumping at every noise. And
eventually, he ll
either go mad, or come home, which is a prize in and of itself.
 What are you talking about? I asked, but an intense nausea was welling up inside me.
 Why don t you explain it to her? Ezra growled at Leif.  Since this is your plan!
 It s not my idea! Leif insisted, looking hurt and ashamed.  I m here, telling you this! At
risk to
myself! So don t tell me that this is my idea!
 You didn t do anything to stop it, did you? Ezra roared and took several steps toward him.
This
time, Leif didn t back down. He just stared indignantly at Ezra.  You wouldn t have said
anything us to if you
hadn t seen us!
 I couldn t stop it! I can t go up against them! Leif shook his head, then lowered his eyes.
 This is my
pack. Peter s just a stupid, arrogant& 
Leif rubbed his neck, and Ezra sighed. Part of him really wanted to deck Leif about now, but
he knew
that would only make things worse. Regardless of what Leif had or hadn t done prior to this,
he was the only
trying to help us now. If we were going to find Peter, he d be our best bet at doing that.
 I still don t understand what you want with keeping Peter alive. I spoke mainly to break
the tension
between them, but also, I didn t get it.
 Peter obviously has a bit of a death wish, otherwise he wouldn t be here, Leif explained
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