Page 58 of Sold Wolf Slave

“Fuck!” Will snarled, running his fingers through his hair as he looked around wildly.

“Did they move them?” Chris asked.

I stared at Will’s panicked expression as he looked around wildly, his nostrils flaring as if hoping to catch my scent. A flurry of emotion washed over me, my heart thundering in a way I wouldn’t have expected as his scent filled my nose. I hadn’t realized until just this moment that I had been thinking about how badly I wanted to see him again.

“Not quite,” I said. A shimmer rippled through the air as I dropped the invisibility spell.

Will’s head had whipped in my direction the instant he heard my voice. When I came into view, relief spilled over his face.

We stared at each other for a long moment. I had come up with a dozen different things I wanted to tell Will while I had been in the cell. Only now, none of the words I wanted to tell him would come, despite my best efforts.

It turned out that it didn’t matter. Without a single word, he stalked forward, his eyes locked on me. He grabbed my wrist, tugged me toward him, and pressed his lips to mine, his hand going to the back of my head, locking me in place as his mouth claimed mine. His grip on me tightened, as if unwilling to let go of me, worried I would vanish into the ether, never to be seen again. I melted into his embrace, relishing the taste of him, relieved to be this close to him once again after worrying that I would never see him again. For the briefest moment, nothing else mattered, only him and I, and the fact that we were both still alive and okay.

“That’s cool,” Nolan said, raising his eyebrows and giving a grin. “Makes you wonder what else witches can do, eh?”

He moved to nudge Chris in the ribs, who ignored it. I didn’t pay them any attention, instead tightening my hold on Will as I let myself drown in his scent, nuzzling into his neck as I inhaled that sea breeze and cedar scent. My wolf growled, her tail trashing in pleasure. For a moment, nothing else but the two of us mattered.

“I’m sorry I let them take you,” he said, his voice soft as he murmured into my ear.

“It’s not your fault,” I said. It was the only thing I could think to say as a whirl of emotions ran through me, muddying my words. All I wanted in that moment was to stay here for as long as possible.

And I realized with a jolt that, despite everything, I should have been listening to what my wolf had been trying to tell me all along. I was in love with Will. Part of me wanted to scream it out right then and there, while the other part of me wanted to hold onto it and not say it in front of everyone else. Either way, it didn’t seem to matter all that much. Will was here, right here next to me. That was all I cared about at this moment.

A moment later, we broke apart, and the spell was broken. We stepped away from one another, and the reality of all the problems plaguing us crashed back into place. We stood in the middle of what was effectively a jail, with a bunch of slaves I had just freed, Morgan nowhere in sight. And, unless Will had something up his sleeve, we had no plan on how to get her or the rest of the girls out of here without getting caught.

“We have to get out of here,” Will said.

“I know,” I said, but Will shook his head.

“No, I mean we need to leave. We need to get to the portal. Cain’s closing it.”

My breath went shallow, the words swimming in my head. Of course, he was closing it. It was his best move. But if he was going to do that, then…

“Morgan,” I said, my voice tight with emotion. “She’s… I can’t…”

I expected Will to tell me it was too late, that we had to leave. But he squeezed my shoulders and nodded, his eyes piercing into mine.

“I know,” he said. “And I know you’re not going to leave without her. We’re going to get her. Don’t worry.”

I stared up at him, my mouth dropping slightly. Then, because I couldn’t help myself, I wrapped my arms around Will again and brought his lips to mine.

The second our lips brushed against one another, he let out a growl and pulled me against him, arms wrapping around me as he held me tight. I relished the taste of him, not realizing how badly I had missed it until it was on my lips once again.

I could have stayed against him for an eternity. A gentle but blatant cough snapped me back to reality. We broke apart to see Chris and Nolan staring at us, an amused smirk playing on Nolan’s lips.

“Let’s get Morgan,” Will said.

“Where is she?” Chris asked.

Squeezing my eyes shut, I muttered an incantation, waiting to get a view of Morgan, hoping to see some sort of clue that would tell us where we could go, where we could find her. But instead of the normal reflection rippling to reveal my sister, the ripple showed nothing but blackness.

I stared for a long moment, barely able to breathe as my mind raced, unable to figure out why I couldn’t see my sister.Panic began to spin and spiral inside me. My breathing went shallow as realization struck.

I closed my eyes, wanting to scream. “He set up enchantments around her so we couldn’t look for her,” I explained, my fingers curling into fists. “Most likely, he had Lucas do it. He probably did it after we found her the first time.”

“Do you have any idea where he might have taken her?” Chris asked.

“There’s the door in the receiving room,” I said. “Maybe there?”

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