Page 5 of Vicious Wolf Mate

Usually, I can tell pretty easily what my instincts are trying to tell me. But this doesn’t make any sense. How could she be important?

Sure, she’s hot. That much is obvious from just looking at her. I don’t think I’m saying anything out of line with that. She has a lot going for her when it comes to looks.

Her blonde, wavy hair flows beautifully behind her, especially when she tried to walk away just now. It looked so nice, it almost distracted me. Then there are those eyes, light brown with fascinating streaks of gold. Those definitely could distract me if I let them.

Also, as I grabbed her arm, I could see a sliver of a tattoo poking out from under her sleeve. An urge comes over me to take off her shirt and see the full tattoo and then explore her body for more. I need to push that out of my head. Now is not the time.

She’s probably used to getting all the boys to do what she wants. But I won’t be like that, no way. She can beat her eyelashes, flip her hair, or feel my muscles all she wants. I’m not giving in to her.

But Mckenna being hot doesn’t explain why my instincts are telling me she’s important. I’m twenty-nine years old, I know what it feels like when my body tells me I’m horny. That’s not what this is.

My confusion over the situation causes my grip on her to loosen. Mckenna takes the opportunity and pulls herself free.Don’t let her out of your sight, it whispers.Be more specific, I yell back in my head.

I step forward to grab her again, but she pulls out of my reach. Mckenna glares at me. “Don’t touch me.”

“I’m sorry,” I say with as much sarcasm as I can muster. “Did I hurt you? Can I get you a glass of water?”

“You are such an ass –”

“Youare the captive here, in case you forgot. You aren’t leading us anywhere.”

“Yes, I am!”

“No! You aren’t!”

“I know where the facility is, you don’t. I know how to get in, you don’t. I know what to do about the chips, you don’t. I’m holding all the cards.”

“We’reholding all the cards. I could shift right now and kill you just for being annoying. You are our captive. You aren’t leading this. I am. Your job is to tell us what to do –”

“Sounds a lot like a leader to me,” she cuts in with a smug smile.

“Your job is to tell us what to do… or we will hurt you. That’s how this works.”

I can’t believe this woman. How am I stuck with the one captive that fights back? It’s even worse that my inner wolf is telling me to stick with her.

The more time I spend arguing with her, the more I unfortunately find myself growing attracted to her. I’ve never felt anything this instant before, certainly not for a regular human. But even when glaring or yelling at me, I can’t help but find her face to be very pretty.

I can’t let myself get distracted like this from a pretty face. There is too much on the line. Especially now that we know about these trackers and Gnash being taken.

“Either we do this my way, or not at all. Hurt me all you want, I won’t help you if you can’t work with me.”

This is something I’ve never experienced before. She is standing in front of two wolf shifters and isn’t backing down. She’s digging her feet into the ground and refusing to have her mind changed. Either she is incredibly brave or incredibly stupid. I guess time will tell.

I can’t even think of what to say in response. She has me stunned. Not much has ever left me speechless. I guess this day is only getting more and more interesting.

I look back at Jax for support. This whole time, he’s been standing at the entrance to the bunker, watching the show. He just shrugs at me.

“What?”

“She’s right,” he says. Alright, now Jax is making me angrier than Mckenna.

“What the fuck are you talking about?”

“We don’t know anything, she knowseverything. I think we just have to follow her lead on this one,” Jax explains.

I look back at Mckenna who is now wearing a smug expression.

Jax continues. “We don’t have any other choice. How else are we going to deal with these chips?”

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