Howl For It
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Where did Gage really fall on that scale? Where did she?
Her eyes opened. Determination fueled her blood. Lets get them out of there, she said. Before the next guard shift comes to check on Thomas.
She grabbed the key cards. Headed for the woman first. Faye stood in the middle of her prison. Her head was down. Her body held perfectly still.
But when Kayla and Gage entered the narrow corridor that led toward the caged wolf, the womans body tensed. Her head snapped back. Alpha. Hope and fear twisted the one word.
Gage hurried toward her. Were getting you out, Faye.
Fayes dark gazeher eyes almost looked pitch blacklocked on Kayla. The hunter? She . . . smells of you.
Great. Shifter noses. Kayla swiped the key card and jerked open the cell door. Come on.
One wolf down.
One to go.
But Faye didnt move. Her gaze stayed locked on Kayla. Is this . . . a trick? she asked. Her eyes narrowed. You hate me. Why would you help us? That gaze slid back to Gage. Even if youre fucking the alpha . . .
Yeah, I am. And with shifter senses, well, hell, she might as well be wearing a giant neon sign that said, Hi, Im Kayla, and I just screwed the alpha.
Why go against your own kind? Faye demanded and her soft voice was laced with steely anger.
Cause theyre not my kind. Lyle wasnt. He wasnt Gages kind, either. He was just a murdering sick bastard. That kind.
Hed told them all that Faye was psychotic. That shed sliced open five men in Vegas. Kayla had seen the pictures, but hadnt talked to the men. Lyle had told her interviews werent necessary. Now she wanted to know . . . Whyd you do it?
Faye held up her hand. Claws broke from her fingertips. The bastard doctor didnt totally kill my wolf.
Were the claws supposed to scare her? Think again. Five men are now walking the streets of Vegas with your mark on their faces. Why.
Because Kayla had to make sure she was doing the right thing. She was going against years of training. Everything shed ever believed.
Fayes delicate face hardened. Those men, the word was a curse, got off on hurting women, and they made the mistake of thinking theyd hurt me, too. Fayes lips thinned. No one hurts me and just walks away. Those days are long gone.
There was no missing Fayes intensity. Or the pain that echoed in her voice. Kayla stared at herand believed.
Not evil. Not good.
Was the whole world a shade of gray these days? Everything had seemed to be in such big, bold colors just days before.
Kayla turned away from Faye. Staring into the she-wolf s eyes, it was a littletoo much like . . . looking in a mirror.
Same rage. Same pain.
Alpha? She heard Faye ask. Shamus . . . I heard him yelling . . . is he . . . ?
Hes next, Gage said, voice flat. Youre both coming home.
Home. The word caused an ache to lodge in Kaylas heart. Did she even have one anymore?
Dont think about it. Not now. She just needed to do the job. Get them all out of there with minimum bloodshed, yeah, that was priority number one for her. She slipped around the corner, punched in the code for the next holding room, and tried like hell to keep her control in place.
Time to face the big beast. Shamus would hear her coming, no doubt, but it wasnt him she was worried about. Well, not too worried. Not with Gage having her back.
We just have to hurry.
Lyle was too confident. He thought the silver was all he needed to contain his captured prey.
Guess you never thought one of your own would turn on you.
Time for Lyle to think again.
Come near me . . . Shamus bellowed and she flinched. Hell, did he have to yell? Did he want to bring all the other guards his way? And Ill cut you open!
Actually, that was pretty likely. So shed better stay far away from those razor-sharp claws.
Im trying to help you, she muttered as she rounded one more turn and came face-to-face with his cageand him.
Big Red was freaking huge. Had to be at least six-foot-three, maybe six-foot-four. His shoulders were like dang mountains.
If you so much as scratch her, Shamus, Gage snarled from directly behind her. Soft moving wolf. Youll answer to me.
Silence. Shamuss stare drifted between them. A hunter? Disgust dripped from the words.
Im the hunter whos here to save your ass. She used the key card and his cell door swung open.
Shamus didnt move. Is this a trick? His claws were up. Before Kayla could answer, he lunged forwardand those claws came right at her neck.
She jumped back, but Gage was already there. He leapt in front of her and locked his hand around Shamuss thick throat and slammed him back against the silver bars.
Faye cried out as the scent of burning flesh filled the air.
I warned you, Gage growled. Then he yanked Shamus away from the bars and dropped him on the floor. Shes mine, and you dont ever go at her with your claws. Got it?
Shamus lifted his head. G-got . . . it, alpha.
Right. When a lesson was burned into you, it was kinda hard to misunderstand.
Psychotic tendencies. That had been in Shamuss file. His gaze cut to her. Oh, yeah, white-hot fury and