Page 50 of Remy & the Wildcat

Liam rushed forward and Leif lowered his shoulder and nailed the male in the chest. The older male jolted backward and Remy caught him and helped him to his feet.

“It’s all been engineered from the beginning,” Brilla said as she wove her way to the front. “The Olson family should never have been in charge of the pride. I took out his mate and got pregnant with Leif, forcing Mahn to mate me. I knew my child would be the rightful and true alpha, but Mahn wasn’t going to let Leif take over. He refused to change the laws and stuck to the ridiculous traditions and said that he would wait for Thyme to find a mate. I knew that as long as Mahn was around he would make sure Thyme was the alpha, not Leif, so I did what I had to do.”

Remy felt a chill wash over him.

Holy shit, every single member of Jacob’s family were murderers.

“She was going to take the pride away from Marin,” Leif said. “We couldn’t let that happen. If you hadn’t fucking showed up, I would have defeated her in the challenge and kept the pride here.”

“Enough talking,” Jacob said. “I’ll give you an hour to get Thyme and leave town, and anyone who supports you.”

Remy laughed. Jacob’s smug smile slipped.

“No,” Remy said. “I’m going to shift and hunt you, Leif, and Brilla along with my father and friends. If you and the people loyal to you survive until dawn, then I’ll give you your lives, but if I catch you, I will kill you.”

“You can’t do that!” Leif sputtered.

“I can and I will.” Remy grabbed his shirt and pulled it off, then he raised his voice. “If you’re human, you should run far and fast and never set foot in Marin again. If you stick around, you’re going to die.” The humans ran away, leaving only eleven wildcats.

“This isn’t right,” Jacob said, backing away.

“Dad, do something!” Brilla said with a screeching-high voice.

“You took out Thyme’s mom, insinuated yourself in the pride to take over, and then you killed Mahn. Thyme wants what’s best for the pride and she’s the rightful heir.” And she was a damn fine female that he was fucking crazy about.

“Shift or die on your feet,” Remy said.

Liam stripped next to Remy. “If any wildcats want to leave the pride, Alpha Remy will grant you this one-time opportunity to tuck your tails and leave town with the humans. If you stay, you will fight for your lives and only find safety if you evade the pride until dawn.”

Logan said, “Rem, we’ve got your back.”

He looked at his dad and Logan. “Thank you for being here.”

Linus nodded. “Proud of you. Alpha.”

Brilla screamed and turned away in a panic.

Leif grabbed Jacob’s sleeve. “You did this! You said I’d be alpha!”

Several males ran away. Good riddance to disloyal wildcats.

Clapping his hands together, Remy lifted his head to the sky and let loose a deep and purposeful howl: vengeance is mine.

Remy’s wolf took over and he was on his paws in a heartbeat. The pride traitors were running away. Some shifted, but most, including Jacob and Leif, ran into the factory. With his dad and Logan at his side and the pride at his back, he raced toward the factory. Several wildcats split off to go after the others, but Remy’s mind was on Jacob and Leif alone.

His fur bristled as he braced for impact, leaping at the glass doors, which shattered when he hit them. He rolled into the factory over the broken glass and rose to his paws. His senses were on high alert as his eyes adjusted to the low lighting in the building. He was in some kind of storage area, a large warehouse-type open space with metal shelves stacked with equipment.

Jacob and Leif had disappeared into the rows of shelves. Using his heightened senses, he stalked forward, following their scent. He heard the slither of clothing as it was discarded. Rounding a row of shelves, he saw Liam and Jacob shifting into their wildcats.

Leif was larger than Jacob, but Remy was bigger. Leif’s claws scratched on the floor as he hissed. A snarl ripped from Remy’s throat as he launched himself forward, teeth bared and claws curled. Leif met his charge with a graceful leap, and they collided in midair.

Leif’s fangs gleamed in the faint light as he snapped and caught Remy’s forearm between his jaws. His skin split and bled as pain shot up his leg.

He kicked out with his back legs, catching Leif’s side with his claws. Leif let go of his hold on Remy’s leg and they both backed away. Remy charged forward and Leif danced out of reach. He lunged again and this time, Leif darted into the shelves and fell backward, and Remy was able to sink his fangs into his neck with a vicious snarl.

But Leif twisted free and raced away, blood dripping to the floor.

All around him, Remy heard the sounds of fighting, and saw his dad and Logan squaring off against Jacob.

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