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“See something you like?” she teases, pressing her wet body to mine, letting me feel every soft inch as I peer down at her.
Pressing the gun to her head, I watch her eyes flare as I lean down like I’m going to kiss her. “You wish, wolf. Your body cannot save you from this.” I step back, acting unaffected as I gesture for her to go ahead of me.
She saunters from the bathroom and back towards her cage.
My eyes flow down her wet hair to her drying, naked body, unable to resist.
Something stirs inside me, something that cannot be real—desire.
When I lift my eyes, it’s to find her watching me over her shoulder with a knowing look in her gaze.
Fuck.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
When I get back into the cage, I turn to face Vale.
“Erm, do you want clothes?” Vale asks, sounding embarrassed, and when I sniff, I scent his unwanted desire and shame. It’s natural. I am a healthy human woman, and he’s a healthy male not used to our nakedness.
“Why?” I ask, making him more uncomfortable.
“Forget it,” he grumbles before leering at my body and turning away just in time for the other two to come back in.
Jai glares daggers at me before storming to the weapons table and taking a gun apart. The smell of the oil and gunpowder mixed with wolfsbane fills the air as he cleans it. It’s clear he’s preparing to take on my pack.
Lucien checks me over, as if making sure I’m okay, before nodding at Vale. The two of them move over to the cots and sit together with their heads bent, whispering. They seem to think that will make it impossible for me to hear, the idiots, but I don’t tell them since it will only make them hide what they are discussing and it could be important.
“I got a call while we were out there. It seems the pack she’s from is enraged. There have been five hunter deaths since her capture. They have turned up with their throats torn out andwarnings written on their skin. They want her returned now, and we were right. She’s important. The boss knows someone has this wolf, but he doesn’t know who yet. He wants answers, and he wants to deliver the wolf’s head to them.”
“If the pack is attacking, it means they are exposing themselves, so that’s good. We only have seven days before they are fair game,” Vale mutters.
My wolf bays in anger, wanting to rip him limb from limb for daring to threaten my people. They are innocents just trying to live their lives.
“What do we do with Quinn—her until then?” Lucien asks.
“We will discuss the name situation later, but for now, we’ll let her rest. Tomorrow, we’ll begin again. We need all the information we can get if we are to take her pack down.”
“She’s smarter than we thought. She won’t make it easy.” Lucien sighs. “And now that she saved me, I feel wrong for torturing her.”
“Don’t forget who she is, brother. She is the enemy, nothing more.”
Keep telling yourself that, boys, I think, but their wavering commitment is good for me and my plans. Jai, however, is a different story.
I watch his back carefully, wondering how I’m going to get what I need and get out of here. I need to warn the pack, but I need everything I can get first. Clearly, the hunters are organised and someone is in charge.
“I know that.” Lucien sighs. “Boss is pulling the hunters back to the southern outpost. We, as well as a few others, are the only ones in the field, so this needs to be sorted quickly.”
Interesting. How many outposts do they have?
When they finally stop talking and go about their day, my stomach rumbles loudly. A bowl plops through my cage a little while later, filled with ready instant noodles. I glare at the foodand then Vale, who’s standing before me with his arms crossed. “What, not good enough, wolf?”
“Us wolves have high metabolisms, so we need red meat and to eat frequently or we weaken,” I admit foolishly.
“Good.” He walks away.
Asshole. Knowing some food is better than none, I pick up the bowl and demolish the noodles before sliding it back through. Ignoring them, I curl up in the middle and try to relax my body, needing to rest a little. I know I can’t stay here forever, and if they are under pressure, they will kill me to protect themselves, with or without the information, which means I need to get what I need and leave soon.
I fall asleep, but anger and pain follow me into my dreams, conjuring up memories I would rather forget.
