Page 37 of Her Wolf's Demands

Malone trod closer, his dark eyes devouring me in a way that made my cheeks blush. I licked my lips as I reversed, avoiding his prowl.

“I mean it.” My sharp tone stopped him.

His eyes hooded as he nibbled his bottom lip. “Sorry,” he mumbled. “Your power might have turned me on, just a bit. Knowing that you’re mine, under my control, makes me even more excited.”

“I’m a modern woman, I’ll have you know,” I breathed, heat flushing my cheeks. “And we don’t have time to stand around here. We have to leave.”

Narrowing his gaze on me, he inclined his head and moved out of the way, gesturing for me to come around the desk.

As I did, he smacked my arse, sending a thrill straight to the sweet spot between my legs. He wanted to dominate me. Okay, I could be down with that in some areas of our life, but not all of them.

Instead of playing his game, I strode back through the office door and into the hall, glancing at him over my shoulder. His eyes were still heavy with lust, and yet, there was a hint of something else. Was it good or bad?

“We have to go,” I shouted to the others as they walked around, stark naked.

If any of the witches arrived, they’d think I’d had an erotic orgy after slaughtering their dog. Oh, and taken the cat after the act.

Swirling my free hand, I dressed the wolves, quickly averting my eyes when Manual called to me, half turning just as his pants and jeans materialised on him.

Going to him, I held on tight to Bohdi, who hissed when I drew near. Manual was pointing down at the dead dog, a frown marring his forehead. He ignored my cat, not even daring to look him in the eye. It was wise.

“Looks like he was protecting this.”

Blinking, I bent to Houndy’s neck and untied the hefty leather collar. There was a pocket in the side of it, done up by a button. Undoing it, I tugged out the small canvas, gasping when I recognised the brush strokes. Drake.

“We need to leave, there’s–”

A cackle echoed around us, the sound flying across the hall. Ertha.

Without hesitation, I grabbed Manual’s hand. “Hold on to me!” I ordered the others, readying myself when Malone took my waist and Rochelle gripped my shoulder.

Thinking of Malone’s cabin, I whispered the teleportation spell, smirking when Ertha appeared in the doorway to the library. Her face contorted in rage when she saw what we’d done to her poor pooch. I didn’t have time to flip a middle finger up at her, instead preferring to get the fuck out of there.

We landed in Malone’s cabin, all stumbling as the force of the spell pushed us.

I instantly shrugged the others off and waved a hand around me, cleansing my magic so there was no trace of the coven’s headquarters left behind.

“Here,” I said, handing Bohdi to Malone.

He stiffened, holding his head back as the cat stared, wide-eyed, sizing up his wolfy captor. A soft sigh left Bohdi as he thrust his head against my man, burying it under his neck. If a wolf could tame my familiar, he was for keeps.

“I need to cleanse you all,” I muttered, rushing around them and waving a hand.

Manual shuddered, his eyes blinking rapidly as he rubbed away a patch of blood on his cheek. “Why?”

A solemn mood descended on me as I hurried, hoping to goddess that I’d been quick enough. We might have slayed the hellhound, but Ertha wasn’t stupid. She would’ve tried to read my magic or hitch a trace on it.

“Well,” I said, placing the painting onto the dining table and gesturing for Malone to put Bohdi next to it, “if I leave any trace of magic on you or these items, Ertha might be able to track us here. And I’d hate to think what she’d do to everyone if she found us.”

Chapter Ten

“What is it?” Malone asked.

I leant on the dining table, grateful that the others had left. The painting in front of me was small, only the size of a portrait. Drake’s brush strokes were distinguishable to me, instantly recognisable.

“It’s full of Drake’s magic,” I said, frowning as I shook my head, “I don’t understand why.”

“It’s the standing stones again. He was rather cryptic about it when we visited him,” Malone added.

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