Cruel and Unusual - serialised novel EXCLUSIVE to Steemit Part 68

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It would appear that the Throwback was more savvy than Hazel at first thought, she did not realise that it had done so very much research or watched so many Wolves and therefore, unlike others of its kind, did know to some extent, what it was and what its potential could be – moreover, it would seem that it embraced its potential and would like to know still more.

The enquiring mind can be a dangerous thing – especially to those of whom it is enquiring.

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Another nagging query in the back of her mind refused to surface and so she allowed her mind to wander for a moment, not concentrating on the journal, or the problem at hand, and at last, her mind made sense of it.

The one that had attempted to kill Annie Millwood had been Hume by the evidence of the first report, yet when she was eventually killed, if the Throwback was right in its theory, a great deal of strength – perhaps even superhuman strength – would have been necessary to cause the woman’s death.

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Which Wolf that Hazel knew would want a Hume killed without harvesting the glands? It was ingrained that Wolves disguise their kills but to kill a Hume and not benefit from that kill by way of feeding was unusual enough to take notice of.