Page 75 of His to Possess

Everything was a blur as tears finally formed. I would not succumb to the madness or the fear.

I had no realization of how far I’d gone but within seconds, there were headlights coming from behind, speeding toward me. I pushed the truck harder, darting glances into my rearview mirror every few seconds. When I noticed more headlights coming from the opposite direction, my gut told me they were trying to box me in.

They.

Humans?

Monsters?

I heard the strangled whimpers pushing up from my constricted throat, the adrenaline rush slowing. No. I had to get out of here. Suddenly, there were more vehicles, seemingly coming from every direction. When I noticed the roadblock, there was nothing I could do. Trees on both sides, vehicles almost on my tail.

Oh, God!

I slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop and throwing the gear into park. I placed the gun in my hand, ready to shoot the first fucker who dared to be caught in my headlights.

Nothing happened for a few minutes. Nothing. What the hell were they waiting for? I cringed, blinking away tears, my hands shaking. “Come on, you fucker. Come on!”

Finally, a door opened and I could see human legs climbing out. When the person walked toward me, I lifted my weapon, ready to fire.

Max.

His eyes burned into mine as he walked closer, his gait slow and deliberate. He was completely naked, his massive body shimmering in the light. Fuck. I couldn’t think, had no ability to focus. None of the others left their vehicles but they remained surrounding me.

I closed my eyes briefly then gathered what courage I had left, managing to climb out of the cab without falling onto my face. “Don’t come any closer, Max. I will shoot you.”

Max stopped, slowly lifting his arms. Then he began to take long strides toward me once again.

“Don’t do it, Max. I don’t want to have to shoot you. Please don’t.” I heard the agony in my voice along with such sadness. I held the gun out in both hands, but he continued to walk closer, unafraid of my actions.

I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t do my job. I sagged against the truck as he closed the distance, every action slow and gentle as he removed the gun from my hand. He eased his other toward my face, but I jerked back, turning my head away from him.

“Don’t. Don’t you fucking touch me,” I hissed, thrown into another moment of shock, taking gulping breaths. I was lightheaded, my stomach churning.

“It’s going to be all right, Kathleen. You’re safe with me.”

Safe. There was no way I would ever be safe again.

The moment I snapped my head in his direction, studying his eyes, the ones full of love and understanding, fear and trepidation, my body faltered. As a shroud of darkness took over, all I could think about were wolves.

* * *

There was no swimming up from a glorious dream leaving me wet and hot. There was only panic when I finally opened my eyes, jerking to get out from under whatever covers had me locked down. “No!” I struggled, finally able to move to a sitting position, my heart racing just like it had been before. Wolves. I couldn’t get the vision of dozens of them out of my mind. They were everywhere.

“You’re safe, Kathleen.”

His voice. Max. A freaking… wolf. Werewolf. I’d witnessed werewolves. Everything finally came into focus. I was in the cabin on the couch in front of the fire. Max sat opposite, now fully clothed with a drink in his hand. “Who the fuck are you?”

Max exhaled, taking a sip of his damn drink before nodding toward the table. “That’s brandy. I think you need it.”

I wanted nothing more than to rip out his eyes. Instead, I reached for my gun, biting back a snarl of my own. He’d taken it.

“If you’re looking for your weapon, you’re not going to find it. At least not until we’ve had a chance to talk. However, two of my men are guarding the premises. We can’t be certain the killer wasn’t looking for you.”

He was so freaking calm, as if he’d been anticipating I’d find out about him. Find out what exactly? That he was some monster? Jesus. I must have been hallucinating, my drink spiked. The man was trying to terrify me. Hell, he didn’t need to. I was already long past that.

“If you’re wondering whether you were seeing things, you weren’t.” He studied me, leaning forward in the chair.

“I repeat. Who. Are. You?”

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