Page 15 of The Bodyguard and the Alpha
Stick-guy chuckled, his breath washing my cheek. “Oh, we’re definitely gonna have some fun sweetness.”
Gag.
C’mon, just undo my chain.I let myself drop into battle-mode. Ready for my opportunity.
But I didn’t get the chance.
Because the cell filled with sound. A roar so loud it made my teeth rattle. Then the cries of the men who’d been moving Bastien.
Stick-guy pivoted, his attention drawn to the scene across the room.
Chapter 14
Bastien
I flicked my eyes away from the two humans who were readying me for a move to the interrogation room. The bully who’d shown yesterday that he liked to inflict pain had walked over to Elie’s side of the room. My gaze burned a hole in his back. What the fuck did he think he was doing?
And then I heard it. I heard him threaten to violate my mate. I had been prepared for them to hurt me. I didn’t care about myself. I could deal with whatever they did to me. But my little Pixie?
Never.
Rage rose up from the depths of my being. Every part of my soul rejected the idea that I could allow my mate to be hurt that way. The need to protect, to get herawaythrummed inside me.
The fucker stepped into her space, and she flinched, hunching her shoulders, making herself less of a target. My vision started to go hazy with the rage that pulsed inside me, but I paused, on the edge. Her scent hadn’t soured. She wasn’t afraid of him. Pride in my mate swelled in my chest. She was so fucking strong. A queen.
But she was also a prisoner and even though she was well-trained, her body honed to be a weapon, she was still too vulnerable. With one jab of that shock-stick, she’d crumble.
Beastpushedat me. My fingertips ached as my claws extended. The seams on my shirt gave way with apop, pop, popas my shoulders grew. My vision was sharper, scents stronger. The sweat and fear-stink of the men in front of me made me wrinkle my nose. Ew.
Their puny arms pulled at the chains restraining me. I planted my feet.
And then the bastard who’d taunted my mate sealed his own fate. He chuckled. He fucking chuckled. He thought she was truly afraid. And to him it was funny.
HE WILL DIE.
The black tide rose over my head. And I rejoiced at becoming the creature I had always been meant to be. The one who could protect my mate. And once she was safe, she would be mine.
Chapter 15
Electra
I was momentarily frozen, mouth agape. Bastien had shifted. Into an eight-foot… monster. Silver grey skin. Abs for days. Thighs like tree-trunks. He was HOT.
Wait.Focus. I shook my head, pulling myself out of the shock. This was not the time to drool over the creature my boss had become.
This was my chance, and I wasn’t going to waste it. Stick-guy hadn’t undone my chain, but I was never going to get a better opportunity. He was still staring, jaw slack, as Bastien hauled on the chains, pulling the men towards him as if they were puppets.
Then Stick-guy reacted. As if it was happening in slow-motion, I watched as he began to turn away from me, ready to run forward and use his shock-stick. In my mind I could see how it would go. He would step forward on his right leg. He would run forward, his right arm outstretched, the stun stick thrust forward into Bastien’s side.
Not today dude.
I jumped, spinning, kicking out my leg as my body hurtled through the air toward my target. I had practised this in the gym a thousand times against Shifter opponents who were always bigger and stronger than me, so taking this guy down was easy. Muscle memory was a beautiful thing. My foot connected with the back of his head, and he dropped like a stone.
That’s how you do it ladies and gentlemen.
Landing next to his unconscious form, I knelt beside him. Reaching one hand out to the chain that still connected me to the wall I hefted its weight in one palm. Working behind my back made this harder than normal, but I wrapped the chain around his neck. Then I tugged.
I was so intent on my task that it took me a few moments to register that the only sounds in the cell were my grunts of effort and a low steady growl emanating from Bastien. Pausing my efforts, I looked up. And up. And up.
