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If I fired on them—either with my power or my bullets—I’d have to drop my ward. One of these days, I was going to learn how to create a ward I could shoot out of but was still impenetrable from the outside.
I eyed the men, who’d spread out farther, likely hoping to rush me at some point. “Did you seriously think this would work?”
“You don’thaveto be alive,” Weasel said. Suit just watched me out of those dead eyes.
That’s what this was. They’d take me if they could, but if they couldn’t, they figured they’d stop me from shutting them down. What they didn’t know was that if they ever succeeded in killing me, my mate would rampage through their sick little group until they were all dead.
Nathaniel would never stop.
But he’d also never regain his humanity, and I couldn’t let that happen.
I could feel my mate approaching from his territory. Given how close he was, he must have been driving. Good. We could put one of these guys in his trunk.
“This isn’t going to end how you think it will,” I warned.
One of the men positioned behind the truck fired again, and I barely kept my ward in place. The bullets thunked into my ward, then dropped to the ground.
“This is only a matter of time,” Weasel called. “Be a good little girl and drop the ward. I’ll tell my superiors you cooperated.”
And then Nathaniel was there.
He wasn’t driving like I’d thought. No, he was all wolf.
He must’ve run so fast, I wouldn’t be surprised if his paws were bleeding.
The huge wolf launched himself at Weasel and ripped out his throat.
“Alive,” I called. “We need at least one of them alive.”
Nathaniel turned and snarled at me.
I sighed. “I’ll stay behind my ward.”
The HFE lackeys turned to run. Some of them disappeared into the woods on either side of the road, while others were launching themselves at the cars. Nathaniel took care of those first.
A car pulled up, and I ran toward Ryker, enveloping him in my ward.
“He’s pissed.” He nodded at Nathaniel.
“We need one of them alive. I nominate the guy in the suit. He seems to be relatively high up.”
Ryker sighed. “Drop your ward.”
I dropped it long enough for him to run toward Nathaniel. Naomi had gotten out the other side of the car, and she nodded at me. “You okay?”
“Fine.” I automatically included her in my ward. She knocked on it, clearly annoyed, and I ignored her.
More cars were pulling up. Several wolves had already shifted, and they poured out of the vehicles, scouring the area for any other HFE members.
I had no idea where my phone was, so I turned back to Naomi. “Can you call Steve? Give him that plate number.”
She nodded, turning away. Nathaniel had cornered Suit, who was deathly pale, pressed against his car. Ryker was talking to Nathaniel, and from the look on his face, he was attempting to calm him down.
I frowned. That was unlike Nathaniel. He had a temper, but he was usually able to control it when it came to the bigger picture.
I attempted to reach him with the bond, but now that I was out of immediate danger, the bond felt distant again.
He must have known I needed him, though, because he turned toward me, and within a moment he was human once more, stalking toward me.
