Page 25 of Out of Peril

When I didn't move fast enough, the front door opened, and I could hear more than one set of footsteps enter the house.

A low growl rumbled through me.

“Hide,” I told the kids as I crept out into the hallway and down to the opening to peer over into the foyer.

There were at least six large men, all with jet black hair, standing there.

“Hello? Is anyone here?” a voice yelled out.

“Stop being an idiot Bas, if someone's squatting here, they aren't going to just show themselves.”

“Did you call Leo already?”

“No. There's no sense in pissing off the wolves if it's nothing.”

I knew that voice, but I couldn't quite place it.

They spread out and began to search the first floor.

“Popcorn!” one of them yelled. “And the kitchen's clean. Someone's definitely been here.”

I could feel her presence when my mate returned.

There was a thunk at the front door as she dropped the bags of groceries she was carrying and then a menacing growl. I even knew the exact moment she shifted.

Screams filled the air as she stalked toward the intruders in her beastly form.

“What the hell is that?”

“It's an Experiment! Get out of here now.”

“She's stalking us.”

“That's not possible.”

I didn't know what they meant by that wasn't possible. But all color drained from my face and I felt like I was going to puke hearing them call her an Experiment. It wasn't that I hadn't suspected as much, but hearing it made it somehow all the more real.

There were some more screams, and I truly hoped she didn't kill any of them as they ran from the house.

Things got eerily quiet, and then Lindsey walked upstairs completely naked like nothing had happened.

She glared at me, but there wasn't any malice behind it. Instead, she looked worried.

“The kids are okay,” I assured her.

She nodded and quietly said, “Thanks.”

“Do you know who those men were?”

She nodded. “They'll alert the Alpha. Others could come. This is Pack territory.”

“Which Pack, Lindsey?”

“NOLA.”

I nodded. I'd suspected as much. The NOLA Alpha wasn't much of a team player. He did things his way and maintained a lot of the old-school traditions.

“Are you a NOLA wolf?”

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