Page 18 of The Wolf King's Mate

I found the red door quickly, and threw it open without knocking.

“Yes, Fletcher, I understand that you’re angry.” Clay sounded annoyed, his voice coming from a room attached to the small waiting area I’d found myself in.

This was not good.

He was the nice brother, but he was still part of the king trio.

I rushed through the waiting room and into the office, ignoring the DO NOT DISTURB sign on the door.

“Right, but—” Clay cut himself as his eyes widened at the sight of me. “Tell me you haven’t been wearing that through the Lodge.”

“Give me the phone.” I held out my hand.

“No, Fletcher, not you. Your sister is here. I told you, she’s fine.”

I leaned over the desk, and his eyes went straight to my tits.

They definitely weren’t hidden.

He put in a bit of a battle, but after a moment of reluctance, let me take the phone from him.

“Hey, Fletch.” I was breathless.

“What the fuck happened?” he snarled into the phone. “You were supposed to be careful. I?—”

“Iwascareful. The Savages’ noses just work too well. Hunter found me on the trail, and he realized exactly what I was. Their mother was a born wolf shifter.”

Clay pinched his nose. “That’s not supposed to be shared, Princess.”

“Did that fucker just call you Princess?” Fletcher demanded.

“Yeah. It’s fine. Don’t tell anyone about their mom. And really, no one has hurt me. I’m safe. Kind of safe, at least. The Alpha—the king—he thinks he can force me to marry him. He’s going to keep people away from me. They’re all afraid of him.”

“He never saidforce,” Clay grumbled.

“If that fucker touches you, he dies.”

“You’ve met him, Fletch. You know you can’t win that fight. Anyone who’s met him knows they can’t win that fight. I don’teven think his brothers can win that fight, and they’re just as big as him. You can’t fight us out of this.”

“Aspen…” his voice was raw.

Desperate.

We were all each other had. And had been, for years.

My gaze flicked to Clay, who was eyeing me with something that looked a little like approval.

“Please keep the people we love away. Tell them, but don’t let them interfere. I’ll find a way out of this. Enzo doesn’t seem to like me. I’ll make him like me less.”

He growled. “I can’t leave you there and do nothing, Aspen. He could kill you.”

“Better me than the rest of our family.”

He was quiet for a minute.

A long minute.

“I would trade myself for you in a heartbeat,” he said, pain in his voice.

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