Page 114 of His Wild Attraction

I was really looking forward to that.

Picturing her swollen with our baby was enough to make me cry. The woman had me on my knees.

Did she know?

How could she not?

I should have felt vulnerable. Maybe some thought me weak. But all I could feel was pride. Pride that she was mine, and that I was hers.

Christ, I loved her.

“Okay, well, I hate to break up this reunion, but after that prick was seen by one of our doctors, he took off. My man tried to track him, but he gave him the slip,” Josef said, and I exhaled.

“Shit. Yeah, he texted me too, before I came in here,” I said, reaching for my cell. “Fuck. I forgot to text Ellie.”

I dialed her number and frowned as the line went straight to voicemail.

“What the fuck? She’s not answering,” I growled, fear causing the vein in my neck to throb.

“Is she using a Sigma driver today?” Josef asked.

I nodded, tracking her phone.

“Her phone is stopped at the Safari Playground. It’s on 91st Street off Central Park West,” I shouted as I took off for the elevator.

Adrik, Marat, and Josef were right on my heels, and I froze after I hit the button for the elevator. It was a private one. Faster than the general car.

But it was still going to take a second, and during that time, I met their determined gazes one at a time.

There was no point telling them they didn’t have to come with me. They would, anyway.

Just like I would be there if they ever needed my support.

Because Adrik was right.

I am a Volkov.

I am family.

My wife and son are family.

That meant Ellie and Sammy were theirs to protect, too.

“If Gary is there. If that prick is threatening them, I’ll end him this time,” I said.

“Got it. Our boys will meet us,” Marat replied, rolling his shoulders.

The elevator pinged, and the doors opened. We got on, silent, lethal, all of us on the same page.

My mind wandered, and it occurred to me this might be the first time four alpha wolves headed to Central Park for a common purpose.

To protect theirs.

When I met Ellie, I became immediately obsessed with her. The attraction I felt?

Hell.

That wasn’t even the right word anymore. Whatever it was, it defied nature. Laughed in the face of Newton's law of universal gravitation.

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