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He almost reached for her, but she whipped around to face him. “Did you see Kryder or the blue aura?”
“No.” Her questions and the fire in her eyes, brought him back to his senses and to the reality of the moment at hand.
She shook her hands in the air. “I heard my wolf bark, then followed the line of her intent gaze. Then there he was. Did I make a mistake saying what I said?”
He spoke the truth. “I don’t know. It might have been better to keep Kryder ignorant of your knowledge of his presence. Whatever the case, it’s too late now.”
She pressed both hands to her face. “Okay. Okay.” She blew the air from her cheeks several times.
He glanced around. “Where’s your wolf now?”
“With me. I need to figure out what to do next.”
Something about the way she’d just framed her thoughts didn’t sit well with him. “What do you mean?”
“If you tell me where I can find him, I think it’s time your pal, Kryder, and I have a little chat.”
“Are you kidding?” Her words were a blow to his chin.
“Of course not.” She began saying something else, but her earlier statement about talking to Kryder herself had made him deaf.
His thoughts drew instantly inward and he was back in the Graveyard with Renee in his arms and her blood spread over him like a blanket. Somehow, in the space of two short nights with Natalie, she’d started to mean something to him. Because he hadn’t felt this way about a woman in a long time, suddenly he couldn’t breathe.
This time, he saw Natalie’s blood covering his arms and chest, her life leaking out of her until there was no air left in her lungs, no ability to bring air back into her body. It would be Kryder’s doing.
Again.
What swept through him was a powerful sensation to which he responded without thinking. He leapt toward her, caught her in his arms mid-sentence and flew her straight up into the night air. As soon as he cleared the tops of the trees, he angled toward Revel Territory to the north and added some speed.
He felt her struggle in his arms and thought maybe he was holding her too tight. His hearing opened as well perhaps due to the fact she was yelling at him telepathically. What are you doing, Grant? Let me go? Where are you taking me?
He answered the last question. Back to Revel?
Why?
Because you’re no match for Kryder and you sure as hell don’t belong in this fight. This is my battle with my alpha. I don’t want you here. I want you back in your own territory and safe.
She continued struggling against him. Let me go. Now. Do you hear me Davis Grant? Get your hands off me. You have no right to dictate what I can and cannot do.
He glanced down and saw they’d cleared the broad barbed wire border between Savage and Revel. Since she was still pushing at him, he released her.
She fell through the air and he was just pivoting to go after her when she caught her levitational balance, righted herself and aimed both hands straight for him.
She caught him awkwardly off to his left side and gave a push which sent him spinning. When he regained his equilibrium, he saw that she floated in the air twenty feet away, arms crossed over her chest. Something in her smug expression fired up his temper. Didn’t she understand he was just trying to help?
He angled in her direction, then shot forward like a bullet. He had to get her home safely.
But the damn woman was quick. She twirled in the air and did her own gun-firing maneuver and had the audacity to laugh at him. The next minute was spent in a chase like nothing he’d experienced, through the air, darting toward her with what he was sure was enough speed, only to find the air empty when he grabbed for her.
Once, she was below him and caught his boot with both hands, tugged hard and sent him spinning off toward Savage.
At that point, he settled down and took his time. He wasn’t about to let her win this battle. He reined in his emotions and flew steadily in her direction.
This time, he watched how she moved, intent on detecting her flight patterns.
She was good and something about her ability lit him up all over again.
Still, he was careful until finally he saw how her quickness gave her a moment’s blindness when she spun, and her back was turned. He set up his plan, shot toward her only this time, as she started her spin, he reversed direction then came up right in front of her.
