Page 27 of Consumed By the Brothers

“What’s going on?” Ben asked.

“She’s gone. Someone took our mate.”

Ben jerked to his feet. “How do you know?”

“Take a second and feel her.”

He closed his eyes and concentrated on his mate. Fury and fear built when he felt the terror she was in. He looked at his brother. “What do you know?”

“The only other person’s scent I picked up was Noelle’s.”

Ben was stunned. “She took her. But why?”

Rowan pushed the button for the top floor. “Yes. I sensed Noelle’s anger, and a bit of fear mixed in with our mates.”

They rushed into the apartment and hurried through every room. Ben picked up the scent at the elevator. “Let’s follow. Call our men and have them canvas the area and be ready for anything.”

Rowan was on the phone when Ben stopped the elevator on the floor that was used for storage. They walked through the room, following her scent, and went to the outside door.

Ben’s fear grew when he saw the ladder had been put down and felt Jenna’s distress grow. But what really got to him was the scent of the man, Payne, they’d been looking for. The thought of her in that monster’s hands made him want to shift and howl. It took everything not to stay focused.

“Every man in the vicinity is out looking.”

“Good. I want to get a car, but it would be hard to follow her scent that way. With all the people and polluted air, it’s going to be difficult enough.”

“Let’s go. If one of us has to change, we will. People will think it’s a person and large dog walking.”

They made it a mile when Ben finally made the decision.It was going to slow for him. “Shift and get us to her.”

“You got it.” Rowan walked behind a stack of boxes and came out a second later in his wolf.

“Good. Let’s go,” Ben said, following his brother as he rushed through the streets. Several people were startled when they saw Rowan, but Ben ignored them.

Rowan was taking them into the warehouse part of the city. Now, they had the scent of ships to contend with.

“You still got her?” Ben asked.

Rowan nodded and kept running. They were yards from her when something happened to create chaos with the people who took her. Oh, God, please just protect her.

They rushed around a corner to see Jenna with blood all over her, Payne on the ground, and his men fighting and trying to keep her from running.

Ben turned to his wolf, and with his brother, tore into the men that touched their mate. A few were able to shift and run off, but they got the majority.

He shifted back and walked over to Jenna, who was sitting on the ground with a box cutter in her hands and shaking.

“Easy, Mate,” he said, taking the knife and throwing it away. He picked her up and got them both in the car. “Call someone to meet us. We need to get away from here before the police arrive.”

“I’ll drive us,” Rowan said. “You just take care of our mate.”

“You got it.”

Rowan closed their door, and Ben heard the motor start. They started moving. He held her tightly against his chest and crooned to her until she settled a bit.

“We got you, Pet. It’s Ben. You’re safe.” He said it over and over again until she looked at him and focused.

“Ben?”

“Yes, Mate. I’ve got you.”

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