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“Uh-huh.” Jane rolled her eyes.
“I swear. I shifted into my wolf form to run off some of the sexual tension I was feeling. My wolf picked up your scent, and the next thing I knew, you were scratching my head and offering me cold chicken. It’s not like I tried to look like a poodle or Yorkie. I was awolf. I’m sorry you don’t know your animals,” he said with a shrug.
Jane’s mouth hit the floor. “That’s how you remember it?” she asked.
“That’s how it happened.” He challenged her. “What the hell did you think I was?”
“A husky, maybe, or a German shepherd mix. I don’t know.”
“Seriously?” he said with that sexy-ass smirk of his that had a way of melting her panties off her body every time it showed up on his face.
“Fine, but the next night and the night after?” she asked.
“My wolf wanted to be near you to make sure you were safe. He really likes you. I still can’t believe you named us Sam and wanted us to get neutered. Really, woman? What the actual hell!”
The tension left Jane’s body, and she began to laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation she found herself in. “Okay, the way you reacted to that should have been a dead giveaway, and it might have been if I hadn’t been so damn tired that night. My mind was everywhere. I guess that’s my only defense as to why I never realized that Sam … uh, you … were an actual wolf.”
Mason closed the distance between them and pulled her into his arms. She sighed with contentment when all she wanted to do was kick him.
“We make quite the pair. Don’t we?” he whispered into her ear.
“Yeah, I guess we do.”
Mason kissed a trail of hot kisses down her neck to the top of her chest. His fingers tunneled into her hair as he held her close. “I want you so badly, but now is not the time. Not when I have over two dozen men missing.”
“What can I do to help?” Jane pulled back.
“Nothing. It’s too dangerous. I want you to stay here and stay safe while we go out to search for my men.” He kissed her forehead and walked out to the door.
“Giles can get you anything you need.”
“Uh, thanks. I guess.” Jane’s anger returned. Tenfold this time. What the hell? She wasn’t some helpless twit who needed to sit at home, out of the action, while her man did all the heavy lifting. Yeah, she was human, but she wasn’t without resources of her own. Being jumped outside her bakery had been a one-off because she hadn’t been expecting it. Now that she knew someone was after her, or several someones, possibly, she knew what to look out for and could protect herself … probably.
Jane paced the room, feeling like she was trapped despite the stunning house. She hated being cast aside by someone who thought they knew what was best for her. Been there. Done that. And she was so fucking over it.
Her ex-husband always seemed to know what was best for her and sidelined her so many damn times that it wasn’t funny. She watched as several large groups of wolves headed out on what she assumed to be the hunt. Mason led one of the groups. He saw her standing at the window and gave her a slight nod.
“Is there something I can get for you, ma’am?” Giles asked, scaring the crap out of her.
Jane shook off the fear racing through her body. She was sure Giles was a good man. After all, he worked for Mason, but she didn’t know him. Therefore, she didn’t trust him. “Umm, no. I’m good but thank you. I just need to go out and grab my phone from my car.”
“I can fetch it if you’d like, ma’am.”
“No. I can grab it. I’ll just be a minute.” She had to get the hell out of Mason’s house. Under any other circumstances, she might like spending time there, but this was not that time. What was she supposed to do? Sit? Stay?
Yeah, that wasn’t in her nature. She hopped in and took off the second she made it to her car. Jane had no idea where she was going, but she couldn’t stay there.
TWENTY-THREE
Mason set off with a contingent of his best fighters. He had picked up the smell of one of his missing men a few miles back, and now, they were hot on his trail. They had followed the scent as it weaved to the outskirts of town, where they found themselves just on the edge of a piece of land that had an abandoned warehouse.
Quiet, now. We have the element of surprise, and I’d like to keep it that way,Mason said through his pack connection as he assessed the situation. A volley of scents assaulted his nostrils. Along with his missing wolves were at least a dozen and a half others who he couldn’t identify.
Henry, fall back. Text Sharon and let her know our location. Have her get as many men out here as possible.
On it, boss.Henry sprinted off, following the orders that Mason had given him.
Spread out and surround the warehouse. Patrick, you lead one group. I’ll lead the other. No one enters or leaves. Quietly take them out as needed. Report all entry points back to me, so we can see what we are dealing with.
