Page 61 of Out of Peril

“Simmer down,” Tucker said.

“I swear, I've never encountered someone so easy going lose it the way you do,” Linc said.

“It is strange, yeah,” Lachlan agreed. “We may need to discuss this deep-rooted hostility in a few therapy sessions when we return home.”

The others groaned as I growled at him.

“Better you than me,” Grant said.

I'd been too preoccupied with the guys heckling me to realize he had already started the examination and was shoving his hand down her shirt—it was really the stethoscope but try telling that to my wolf.

I started to shake all over.

“Keep him quiet,” Grant ordered.

“Sorry man,” Linc said before his hand clamped down over my mouth and the four of them pulled me backwards away from my mate.

I growled and tried to snap my teeth, but their grip was strong, and I was pinned.

Grant finally pulled away and Taylor covered her mate as he stepped away from the bed. Only then did they release me.

Fur had already sprouted in patches up my arms, and my teeth had elongated. My wolf was pissed, and I felt half insane with the need to protect Lindsey.

“Jesus, Walker. Calm the hell down,” Michael ordered.

“Don't even think about it,” Taylor warned me.

“Just breathe. Long, deep breaths,” Lachlan said. “In and out.”

Tucker groaned. “Someone smack him. There's nothing wrong with you, Walker, but you do need to remember we aren't the bad guys. No one is going to take your mate away from you, and Grant is here to help her.”

“I agree. We've all been there, well, except Lachlan.”

“When you lose your shit while mating, we're all going to chant in and out, just breathe,” Tucker teased. “See how much you like that sort of shit.”

Their irritating banter actually started to calm me, but as soon as let my guard down, my wolf surged and I spontaneously shifted the rest of the way.

“Get back,” Michael shouted as they all jumped away from the bed.

Ignoring the peanut gallery, my wolf sniffed our mate from head to toe, seeming satisfied that she was okay. Then he proceeded to rub his scent all over her.

“Dude, come on,” Grant protested. “At least stay away from where she was shot.”

The reminder of what had happened to her didn't sit well with us. My wolf turned on Grant and growled. Taylor once again protected him, confusing my wolf.

“Come on, Walker. You're stronger than this. Shift,” Michael demanded.

Much to my surprise, it was exactly what I needed to hear to clear my head and regain control.

Back in my skin, I sat there for a moment taking a few deep breaths. I wasn't ever going to admit to Lachlan that his shit actually worked. We'd never hear the end of it.

“I'm okay. Sorry guys. I didn't mean to lose control like that.”

Colin returned with the kids at that moment.

“Oh no. You lost it again?” Maya said.

“I'm fine,” I assured her.

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