Page 59 of Wolf Desired
“Solid iron. They’ll keep us in here until we rot. Or worse, send us to one of their labs to experiment on us.”
“Not going to happen,” Rafe said, sounding as sure of himself as ever.
“They could tranquilize us again before transporting us.”
“Fucking trank gun,” Rafe cursed.
“Hey, sweet cheeks, are you ready?” came one of the anti-shifter’s voices outside the door to the dark room that housed the cell. “Gonna see yourself a live wolf.”
Unlike Rafe, Tiernan remained on the floor. As the door opened and the lights flicked on, Tiernan caught Alyssa’s scent. His wolf roared to life, and Tiernan found himself clenching the bars with both hands without remembering rising. Forgetting simple actions like that wasn’t a good sign.
Alyssa strolled in, pink t-shirt knotted high on her chest, just below her breasts, no jacket or gun at her side, hair down. . . and another male’s hands circling her waist. Tiernan’s wolf growled, loud and threatening, in a way he’d never reacted to Maddox or Rafe touching her.
“They’re jealous,” the anti-shifter said, laughing as he shoved Alyssa up against the wall and kissed her. Her moans carried across the room. Tiernan’s wolf roared.
“Easy, Tiernan,” Rafe whispered. “New plan. Give it time.”
He didn’t know what plan Rafe was talking about, but he trusted the alpha-heir. Giving it time? That was the hard part as he was forced to stand there, helpless, watching that human put his hands and mouth all over Alyssa. Tiernan’s wolf bit, clawed, and slashed at Tiernan from the inside. The pain ratcheted up at an alarming rate. He wouldn’t be able to contain his wolf much longer.
“The wolf, cupcake,” Alyssa said. “Can I really pet it?” She glanced over the man’s shoulder and her eyes caught Tiernan and then Rafe, but quickly tore away to focus on Maddox’s wolf, sprawled out alongside the bars. The concern on her face jolted Tiernan.
“Is it dead?” she asked, the waver in her voice quite real.
“I told you not to bring her in here, Snake,” came another voice. The second human.
Tiernan remembered this one vividly. He was the one who’d shot them with tranquilizer darts when their wolves had crawled through the hole in the back of the warehouse. They’d set off a motion alarm and been hit with darts seconds later. Maddox had taken more than one dart, which is why he hadn’t woken yet.
“Just gonna show her the wolf, Hank. I’m not opening the cage. Do you think I’m an idiot?”
Hank crossed his gun hand over his chest while tapping his boot against the floor. This time, he held a gun similar to the one Alyssa owned, one that would kill, not just incapacitate them. “Hurry up. I need to get back to work.”
Alyssa leaned into the guy with the tattoos. He had his hands on her hips,underthe band of her jeans.
Another growl. Tiernan didn’t even try to stop it, despite Rafe’s more subtle growl, aimed at him no less.
Alyssa was playing a dangerous game. With her hair down and no gun at her side, she looked like just another human. And she had no way of protecting herself. Even if she was good at hand-to-hand, each of those men outweighed her by at least a hundred pounds.
“You didn’t say there’d be other people here,” Alyssa said, hesitating to move away from the man.
“Not people. Shifters. They don’t count. Go ahead, pet the wolf if you want before Hank has a fit and kicks us both out of here.” The man’s hand smacked her ass.
Tiernan’s growl turned to a steady snarl as fur started sprouting down his back.
“Only if you come with me,” she said, jumping away from Tiernan as if she feared him.
The man grinned as he led her to the side of the cage where Maddox’s wolf lay.
Alyssa squatted by the bars and reached into the cage. Her hand sifted through Maddox’s fur as Snake gripped the back of her neck. “He’s so soft,” Alyssa said.
“Come on, sweet cheeks. Time to party.”
As she rose, she turned to Snake and kissed him. A long, deep kiss as her hands moved over his body, heading toward his crotch.
“Out,” Hank said.
Alyssa broke the kiss. “You’re a good kisser.” She smiled, one of those coy smiles that Tiernan loved.
Despite trying every technique to calm his wolf, the damn beast kept slicing at him. The pain was becoming unbearable.
