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We’ll act as soon as you knock him down again.
That was all he needed to hear as he levitated to once more hover just a few inches above the sand.
Kryder no longer walked but flew toward him. He picked up speed, his left hand now a fist and ready for action.
Ryan’s back, Natalie said.
Good deal. He switched telepathy and threw a final command at Ryan. Kryder has a blade. Let’s take this bastard now.
We’re headed your direction, Ryan said. Try to get him on his back.
Grant bent his knees and kept his eye on Kryder’s abdomen. The direction the muscles shifted would tell Grant which way he meant to move.
Grant saw the lateral shift then swept in and caught Kryder’s left wrist pushing his arm up. The man was strong and began to force Grant’s hand back.
There had never been a question in Grant’s mind that Kryder outmatched him muscle for muscle. He felt it now, the sheer brawn in the man’s arm.
“You thought you’d take me,” Kryder whispered close to Grant’s ear. “You don’t stand a fucking chance. I know you saw the blade, so guess where it’s going?”
Grant strove with all his might to put return pressure on Kryder’s arm. All he felt was a cement-wall of power pushing against his hand. From the corner of his eye, he saw the sharp blade and felt Kryder switch trajectory. He was aiming for his neck.
But Grant hadn’t battled for years or drilled or trained without knowing a couple of tricks. Levitating away from Kryder, he fell backward onto the sand. With his momentum having disrupted the alph
a, he kept going until he’d rolled Kryder backward as well.
He felt a sharp pain on his arm as he flew up and away from Kryder.
He turned in time to find the alpha on his tail, a malevolent gleam in his eye. Grant rolled, stretched out parallel and caught Kryder sideways across his abdomen.
He heard Kryder grunt then curse.
Grant rolled into a ball then flew toward the ceiling. This was the first time he realized the pack wolves were now cheering and shouting his name, only they’d added ‘Alpha’.
“Alpha Grant!”
Their support sent a bolt of adrenaline straight through him. When he reached the ceiling, he bent his knees and used the wood beams for support. He pushed off and dove headlong straight at Kryder.
The alpha aimed straight for him again, a grimace tightening his lips.
Grant responded with a shout as he flew like a bullet toward the man. Kryder held the blade in front of him, but at the last second, Grant flipped to the left, caught his other arm and with a flying twist and dislocated the alpha’s shoulder.
Kryder went down screaming. He landed face down in the sand.
Grant summoned the team by saying aloud, “Bring it.” He further sent a telepathic message to the group. Bring in the net. Do it now. Tell me when he’s secure.
A moment later, Ryan’s voice pierced his mind. We’ve got him.
The net couldn’t be seen, or the wolves holding it down, but Kryder remained visible.
Grant slowly descended. He watched Kryder try to get up. “What the hell is this?”
The wolves in the gallery went wild. Yips and howls sounded up to the rafters and back down.
“Had the wind knocked out of you, is that it?” Grant asked. He gestured with his arm to encompass the pack wolves. “And it looks like your enthrallment spell has fallen apart. By the way, how’s that shoulder?”
Grant knew he had Kryder. The thing he’d been trying to do for six long years was here at last.
“You have me pinned with some kind of net.” The sand kept his voice from reaching very far. “That’s illegal.”
