Page 8 of Nita's Redemption

Chapter Three

LINK WATCHED THE THREE most important people in his life walk ahead of him. He followed at a much slower pace, taking in their surroundings, testing the air for unfamiliar scents. They had all kept up the pretense that the women back in town hadn’t freaked them out, but that wasn’t true. Anything that was a threat to their female would be a worry to them until the threat was eliminated or... no longer a threat by any means.

“Yo, Link, you gonna continue your snail’s pace or what?”

Gray stood at the top of the stairs looking down at Link, an irritating smirk on his face. Link took a deep breath, and then he was up and over the Raven, landing in the doorway behind the other male.

“I guess it’s or what,” Link said, opening the screen door while looking over his shoulder. “You coming in or gonna stand out here and look stupid?”

He scurried inside before Gray could say a word or try to hit him. Either was a possibility, and the last thing he wanted to do was walk into his best friend’s home while fighting with her mate. Gray made a growling snort sound which had Link grinning.

“Link Adams, do not rattle my mate for your own entertainment. I promise, you won’t like it if I retaliate,” Jaklyn warned, her own growl just as low as her mate’s.

To Link and the others surprise, Nita appeared between him and Jaklyn. She didn’t growl, not like a normal shifter. Hell, Link wouldn’t have been able to put what his female did into words if he’d been given a million dollars or had Zeus’s lightning bolt to his head. The sound was a cross between a growl, hiss, rattle, and booming thunder. Fuck, his dick was hard as nails, and he was sure everyone in the large room knew it.

“Easy, Nita. Jaklyn wouldn’t actually hurt me.” Link hoped his tone didn’t convey the lie since the other female had never done much harm to any of them in the past, even when she’d been pissed as all get out.

Nita turned her head to stare at him over her shoulder. Link licked his lips, not thinking of the reality she’d nearly done a hundred and eighty degree turn of her beautiful noggin without moving an inch of the rest of her body. Nope, that was not freaky at all. His dick obviously didn’t think so either since the thing gave a happy little jump beneath the zipper.

“You are a strange male, Link,” Nita said. Her tone was husky and sweet, sending a shiver down his spine.

“So says the female with her head turned around backward. For the love of my sanity, turn it back now before I piss my goddamn pants,” Dimitri muttered from inside the front door.

“Shut it, Raven. It’s sexy, and you’re a jealous prick because you can’t do it.” Link looked over his own shoulder, glaring at Dimitri, and eyeing the big male to see if he could find a weakness. He was actually hoping the idiot would get the message and not say another foolish word, because his female and Jaklyn didn’t need to see them fucking shit up.

“You’re right. Everyone wants a female who can literally spin her head around. P.S. Y’all are so fucked because your female will track you with not only scent but her eyes.” Dimitri clapped his hands, then rubbed them together like he was excited.

“Dimi, I really think you should flash your ass outta here before you get in trouble,” Gray warned.

Nita let out a sigh. “Y’all are so weird.”

There were a few snorts, but nobody mentioned her head thing, thank fuck.

“Jaklyn, can I ask you a question?” Nita blurted.

“Absolutely, that’s why I asked the Ravens to drop you off here. Come in and sit. You thirsty?” Jaklyn asked, taking a seat on the huge charcoal sectional. She patted the space next to her, growling at her two mates as they attempted to sit beside her. “Nita and I are going to have some girl chat. We need some Jesus Juice to wet our whistles. Can one of you be a love and get us a bottle of the good stuff?”

Colt leaned down, kissing Jaklyn soundly before standing to his full height. “You want that sweet shit with bubbles?”

“I thought you wanted to interrogate them or something. Pretty sure we were told they had to come here, not that it was a suggestion,” Dimitri said with a grin.

Jaklyn narrowed her eyes at the male, flipping her hair off her shoulder as she ignored him.

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