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His head comes down, his lips above mine. “Isn’t this what you want, little wolf?” He smashes his lips onto mine as I thrash, but they only hold me tighter, his hand gripping my chin and holding me still as he kisses my lips.
The pain makes me gasp, and his tongue sweeps in, tangling with mine even as I fight.
I bite down, and he pulls back, laughing as blood drips from his lips. “Keep fighting, little wolf. We both know you want this.”
Growling, I kick out, and he flies backwards. I yank myself from the hands and pin him to the cage floor, my hands gripping his head to smash it into the concrete as he grins up at me.
“Kill me, little wolf. Oh wait, you can’t, can you?” I freeze above him. “Go ahead, kill me,” he taunts, and when I don’t move, he grins and leans up. “Or better yet, fuck me. I bet we would be explosive. Don’t you think, little wolf?”
I jolt awake with a growl, my heart racing. My hand lifts, lingering on my lips as they throb, even though it was a dream.
Moons, what is happening to me?
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Ishouldn’t have said what I did to Vale. I know very well why we do this, why he is a hunter, and I will follow him anywhere, but sometimes I cannot help but feel like a monster myself.
If it takes a monster to stop the monsters, though, then isn’t that worth it?
It’s what I worry about all day, besides Jai and the idea of Vale finding out I let Quinn go. I can already sense his concern for me, and I can’t handle his disappointment or, worse, losing his trust. To outrun my racing thoughts, I push my body to my limits until I can’t take any more.
When Jai wakes suddenly, and I mean suddenly, we both rush to his side.
“Jai, are you okay?” I ask, searching his body as he sits bolt upright, his eyes an unnatural bright blue. He slowly turns his head to face me, and I see Vale reach for his blade, so I shoot him a glare. “Jai, can you hear me?”
He blinks, and his eyes are back to normal. “What happened?” he grumbles, slumping back, and Vale and I stare at him.
“Erm, we managed to heal your wounds,” I lie. Until we know what’s happening, I don’t want to worry him, but he seemscompletely normal as he sighs and slides from the cot, standing on unsteady feet.
“I’m starving,” he says, moving over to the kitchen, and we both follow him.
Vale clutches his blade behind his back in case Jai turns. Standing a safe distance away, we watch as Jai rips the fridge open, downing some milk before grabbing some cooked chicken. When his head turns, he freezes, his eyes wide.
“What?” he asks around a bite before swallowing and wiping his mouth.
“Here, think fast,” I say, throwing water at him as Vale moves closer.
Jai blinks, and the water hits his chest. It was too fast to catch. “Dude, what the fuck?”
“Sorry.” I shoot Vale a glare as Jai turns away. He opens a cupboard next, and when he doesn’t rip the door off, I relax. New wolves cannot control their strength or change, and it’s not something he could hide.
Jai is still human, or at least I’m betting on it.
Vale obviously thinks the same because he relaxes, sheathing his blade. We’ll keep our eyes on him, but he seems okay. It must have been a trick of the light or something Quinn did to him. Yep, that’s what happened. Once he finishes eating, he heads to shower, and when the water’s running, I move over to Vale.
“He seems normal.”
Vale nods, keeping his eyes on the door. “We’ll keep our eye on him, but you’re right.”
“So what do we do now—” I stop as Vale’s phone rings. Only one place calls that number.
He plucks it from his pocket, staring at it before he answers, “Yes?”
I can’t hear what the other person is saying, but he hangs up soon, sighing. “A meeting has been called. We can’t affordto miss another or we’ll draw suspicion. Tell Jai, and let’s get ready. It’s probably good if we aren’t here anyway in case wolves descend. Move everything back to the motel. We can keep checking if they trigger the traps.”
Nodding, I move to my bags and quickly pack, although most are already prepared, ready to bug out. I pack the tools we used on Quinn, and by the time Jai is out of the shower, the trucks are loaded and ready to go.
There is no trace we were ever here bar the cage and traps.
