Page 73 of Shifter Situations

“I can attest to that,” Blaire told me. “I’ve hired him before. He’s quick to respond but takes his time to get the job done thoroughly.”

“I’ve heard Murphy talk about him before,” Palmer chimed in.

I waggled my brows. “Does he recommend the dick too?”

My mage didn’t respond, opting to hold four fingers up instead.

“I don’t know where you’re getting your numbers from, but I’m determined to find the common denominator.”

“Keep running your mouth,” Jack called. “I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Now, who is Murphy? Not someone from the warehouse, I’m assuming.”

Palmer folded his hands behind his head. “My brother.”

I let their conversation fade into background noise as thoughts of the warehouse bombarded me.

To know that two young shifters within the pack were responsible for all of this angered me to a point that I couldn’t even begin to articulate. And we still didn’t know who their underlings were.

They were killing, whether they knew it or not, some of the strongest shifters within the pack.

But I had no doubt that they knew these people were dying. There had been bodies inside those cages, and some of them had been eaten from. There was no way that they didn’t know what was happening.

I was well aware that I had a hard time controlling my rage on a good day.

Today would not be a good day if I didn’t stop thinking about this.

As soon as I found Katie, I was going to pounce. I had no plans of challenging her. I didn’t want her to know I was coming.

I just wanted her to die.

I knew she was a feline shifter, but I had to wonder if she always landed on her feet.

I guess we would find out.

Heat at my back pulled me from my murderous thoughts. The cinnamon and fire scent wrapped around my senses as Stone peered at me.

“Are you going to sit here and daydream about killing people all afternoon? I don’t mind, but can we plot somewhere less public? I have some more ideas for you.”

“I was kind of enjoying myself,” I admitted with a grin, standing from my chair. “I suppose we can leave, though.”

My demon ambled behind me, stretching his arm over my shoulder to push the door open. I stopped in my tracks, and Stone’s chest was tense against my back as the bell in the doorway rang above our heads.

I wasn’t sure if the Fates were smiling at me or testing my patience.

Either way, it hadn’t taken long for me to find Katie, or for her to find us. I didn’t care about how we got to this place in time. I was going to take advantage of it.

I took a step forward, and Stone snaked his arm around my waist.

“Don’t react yet; wait and listen.”

I growled low, more of a vibration in my chest than actual noise. He was right, but godsdamnit. I wanted to kill her now.

She didn’t seem to care about the danger she was in, though they had mentioned that she was intelligent.

I couldn’t see it now.

All I could see was the blinding obsession that she had with my mate. Her need for him was written all over her face, and I didn’t fucking like it.

She was the reason he’d stopped doing some of the things he loved to do, like rock climbing. She’d made him miserable.