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“Good.” He grabbed the suit jacket and pulled it on, not bothering with the now bloodstained shirt.
It always amused him how the vampires had a thing about dressing so well. But then again, part of the reason why wolves didn’t bother, was that they went through clothing regularly on account of changing forms.
“Ready?” He held out his hand to help her up.
Tamaska paused. And their gazes clashed. Heat coiled up through him as he waited, hand outstretched. His pulse skipped as she dropped her eyes to his hand. Then back to his face.
“Yes.” She put her hand in his and allowed him to help her up.
Kodiak winced in pain as he moved.
“You’re hurt,” she said. The concern in her voice soothed him a little, but it wasn’t enough to mend the wound inside from the fear and hate, from how she’d looked at him when he was a wolf.
She could touch him now because he looked human. In his wolf form, she oozed hate and fear and yeah, that hurt. It was a rejection he had no experience with. And a rejection he despised.
“I’ll mend quickly enough.” He kept hold of her hand, tight. “We need to get out of here quickly. Cory will no doubt be gathering reinforcements. So, be aware and prepared for anything. And Tamaska?”
“Yes?”
He pulled her in close. The heat of her warming the cold inside, and her scent soothing away the stench of vampire. “Stay close. Don’t let me go.”
Something flared in her eyes as her pulse point leapt. “I…I won’t”
“Good, because it seems the vampires want you at all costs. But I’m not going to let that happen.”
She sucked in a breath, a tremor passing through her. “Kodiak—”
“This way.”
They made their way quickly and quietly through the empty club, and he tugged her towards the side door, the one that would give him direct access to his car.
Her fear was palpable, and the erratic beat of her pulse told him she didn’t want to be near him. Or maybe it was that she didn’t want to be here.
Probably both.
She didn’t resist; she clung to him.
“Better the devil you know, huh?” he asked as he tried the door.
Locked.
One of the fucking vampires had bolted it. He threw the bolt open, but it stuck. So maybe someone had locked it on the other side?
He didn’t give a damn, and he didn’t have time to find out or to look for another exit.
“It’s not like that,” she said, voice thin.
“Of course not.” He tightened his hold on her. “Big bad wolf, then.”
Kodiak threw his weight into the door, using his shoulder. Wood cracked and screeched, and the door swung open. They stumbled out into the early evening air, the sun having dipped below the horizon.
Shit. He’d hoped there would still be some rays of sun to help them. With the pools of shadows and the lack of sunlight, vampires could be anywhere.
He wasn’t about to stick around and find out.
“Quick.” He lurched towards the road, glad to be out of that the club and dragged in lungfuls of clean air. She kept up with him easily. He must be more seriously injured than he’d wanted to admit.
I’ve been worse. And he’d get through this, too. He pushed through the increasing pain as they hurried down the road.
