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for the door.
“Your clothes should be done by now. I’ll show you to the car in a
moment.”
    “ I’d rather walk, thank you,” she
sniffed, glaring in his direction. She felt a little taken
advantage of. He couldn't just cook her breakfast and kiss her
whenever he wanted, and then drive her to school. He acted as
though he owned her — as though they had always been this
way.
    He glanced back. “I’ll show you to the car in
a moment,” he said again, and left the room.
    Maddy stared after him, her mouth agape, then
her eyes narrowed. The bastard! What the hell did he want with her?
It was all so right, yet all so wrong. They shouldn’t be kissing,
and he should be way more obvious about his intentions so she could
at least make a decision! She couldn't tell if he was using her or
just being really, really sweet.
    She glanced at the window again, but
dismissed the idea. Alright, she’d let him drive her to school, but
that was it. After that she’d stop talking to him. She wanted her
life to be normal, not even more fucked up.
    “ Jerk,” she muttered, and stood up
carefully, needing to hold onto the wall to steady herself. Well,
at least now she knew his name. After seven years, it was about
time.
    She left the room in search of her clothes.
Time to fix this mess and get on with her life.
     
     

Chapter 3
     
    They had seen it. It had been hard to get a
clear view through the window, but the Mark was impossible to
mistake. Tony could recognize it immediately: the slight nip, the
sudden blossom of blood from her lips. It was a sign of
Claiming.
    “ We need to tell Kane of this
immediately,” he said, turning and walking back towards his
car.
    “ Maybe it’s a mistake. She’s human,
after all – wolves only mate with wolves.”
    “ You’re an idiot if you believe that,
Gordy,” he replied. “If wolves only mate with wolves, then why do
we have a half-breed problem?”
    “ Well….”
    It was true. A wolf claiming a human as a
lifemate was rare, but it did occur, and it seemed that Gareth had
found his lifemate in this girl. It was dangerous — technically, it
meant he could start his own pack, and they didn't need more
competition in the area. The girl was young but she could still be
made into an Alpha; it was normal in the feral world to take
younger mates, and this was no exception. He moved and got into the
car, Gordy sliding into the passenger seat. He rummaged through his
glove compartment until he found the cell phone, then hit speed
dial. There was shaky reception out here in the mountains, but at
least he got a signal.
    “ What’ll ya think Kane’ll do about
her?” Gordy asked, chuckling evilly.
    “ We’re about to find out, dumbass,” he
replied. The phone picked up on the second ring. A gruff voice met
his ear, with the slight twang of a Southern drawl.
    “ What?” the phone crackled.
    “ We’re reporting a problem. It seems
that our friend has found a lifemate. It’s a human.”
    There was a brief pause, but only brief.
“Kill her.”
    “ As I thought, Alpha,” the man
replied.
    “ I want to know the job is done,” he
growled, then the line went dead. Tony sat back, trying to hide the
shaking in his hands as he shut the phone. Kane was a rough and
violent Alpha, but it was necessary – survival demanded
it.
    “ So what’s the plan?” Gordy asked. The
shorter man was getting comfy with a box of leftover French
fries.
    “ You have to ask?” Tony growled.
“We’ll wait until she’s alone… then we finished her
off.”
    Gordy giggled, a somewhat disturbing sound,
given the circumstances. But then again, Gordy had always been a
little off. “Sounds like today’s gonna be a good day,” he
grinned.
    Tony turned back to the house, watching as
their target left through the front door, heading towards a rusty
Camaro that sat in the weedy front drive. “Indeed,” he
murmured.
     
    * * * *
     
    Maddy was not happy. Sure, her clothes were clean and fresh
smelling, but