consumed
her.
“Shh, little one. Everything will be okay,” Lenox cooed.
Somewhere amidst her sprouting agony, warmth suffused through
her. Lenox pressed his mouth to her hair. “You’re in my care. Nothing
will harm you now.”
* * * *
Kyle’s eyes widened. Eliza looked over her freshly polished nails,
a mischievous grin tugging at her lips. She uncrossed her legs, teasing
her pets with a peek of her cunt. The thrill of a hunt made her wet.
Wolf or human, she was turned on, and she needed to be sated.
And if Riley wasn’t going to fuck her, she’d turn to the next man
waiting in line.
She spread her knees a little more, sliding her ass to the edge of
the chair. Her short skirt hiked up her thighs. Behind Kyle, Jared
licked his lips, his eyes flashing with heat.
“Where is she?” Kyle asked. His voice had taken a deep turn for
hoarse, rasping along her nerves and strumming the coiled cords in
her womb. The heaviness of arousal permeated the cool air.
“She’s found herself a local pack.” Eliza snickered. Her men were
practically salivating with excitement. The hunt, the chase, the kill. It
stirred together to create a potent toxin. “A bed-and-breakfast in a
remote location, although I’ve gathered the man she left with wasn’t
staying there.” She tsked when Kyle leaned down toward her.
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“Business first.”
Jared growled, his lip quivering. He began to unfasten the buttons
on his jeans. Kyle ripped his shirt over his head and fell to his knees,
his eyes glazing over with primal hunger as he drank in the sight of
her pussy.
“What do you want us to do?” Jared’s voice raked along her spine.
The delight in his dangerous tone made her wriggle against the chair.
“Where’s Riley?”
“Riley’s in town. You two will gather the pack. It’s time we take
the reins here. I don’t care how you do it. Kill the others. Slaughter
them.” Eliza laughed for a short moment. Then, she sobered and
leaned toward Kyle. She gripped his chin between her fingers and
drew her tongue up the side of his cheek. A silent rumble rolled
through him and down her arm. “Those two in Hood River maimed
my sister. I will have my revenge on them, but I want this one now. I
want Ayasha White, pelt and all. I want to see her suffer. I want to
bathe in her blood and have her head mounted to my wall. She is here,
and she’s under the protection of her mate.”
“She was appointed two mates by the spirits.”
Eliza’s jaw twitched. Ah, yes she was. But the second wouldn’t be
a problem much longer.
“I’ll handle the other,” she murmured.
“You know who it is?”
Eliza turned her gaze up to Jared. The silence thrummed with
energy. The potent mixture of arousal, musk, and need whipped
together the brewing of a storm.
“It seems I do.”
Oh, yes, I do. And he’ll keep me warm every night when I’m
through skinning him.
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Chapter Four
Aya stayed beneath the methodical patterning of the shower water
until it became cool, washing herself until her skin was pink from
scrubbing. She couldn’t bear to wear the physical memories from the
fire. Most of her wounds were healed, or in the advanced stages of
healing. A benefit of being wolf, she thought solemnly.
Lenox left her a fresh change of clothing. She couldn’t help but
chuckle when she held up the oversized pair of jogging pants and
long-sleeve shirt. He was massive next to her, a sure foot taller and
packed with honed muscle. Charles always said she was deceptively
meek from birth, hence her name meaning “little one.” Throughout
the years, she’d proven what she lacked in size, she made up for in
stubborn wit.
“You may look small on the outside, little one, but you’ve got fire
and the call of the wild burning inside your spirit.” Charles’s
supportive words resonated in her mind and she sighed.
No more tears. Charles wouldn’t want them.
Aya emerged from the