Page 66 of Rogue Wolf

“You’re a computer expert now? Bringing your great human expertise to the zoo?” Ash glared. “Don’t—”

“Enough,” said Kodiak.

But she wasn’t listening.

“I learned more in an hour than you’ve managed in days,” Tamaska said with a snap. “And you all need to listen.

Fine, maybe she could choose her words better. Maybe she shouldn’t have used Ash’s laptop without asking, but she hadn’t opened emails or looked beyond the areas she needed. It technically wasn’t snooping.

There had been a tool and she used it. And learning how to defeat the vampires was more important than Ash’s privacy or the pecking order of the shifters. She might not be a wolf yet, but she would still demand her place in the pack.

“Like fucking hell, you did.”

A piercing alarm sounded from the hut. Kodiak scrambled to his phone.

“What’s that?” asked Tamaska, not wanting to know the answer. Whatever the alarm meant, it wouldn’t be good. She wrapped her arms protectively around her body as sudden fear overtook the anger.

“Fuck,” said Kodiak, looking at his phone.

Channing rushed in wearing only jeans, terror on his face. “Vampires! Has to be.”

“I know,” Kodiak said.

“But it’s daylight.” Channing whipped about, like he didn’t know were to look or what to do,

“Thanks, Captain Obvious,” said Ash sarcastically.

“Don’t lash out at Channing because you’re still sour with me,” Tamaska said.

“Enough! Girls, you have to let it go, or both of you will end up dead,” said Kodiak. “We need to get the fuck out of here.”

Tamaska didn’t like the edge of panic in Kodiak’s voice. Was nowhere safe from the vampires? She still needed to get them to hear what she’d learned—but there wasn’t any time with an impending attack.

“Ash, take Tamaska and Channing back to the clubhouse.” Kodiak threw her the keys to his car.

Sickness twisted her stomach. Oh God, she needed to do something, anything to help. Running off couldn’t be the answer and all she could see, then and there, was the burden she was to him and the pack.

They wouldn’t be in danger if it wasn’t for her.

Selfish, that’s what she was. Completely selfish. She sucked in a breath to try and box in the panic. She might be selfish, but it didn’t mean she was wrong. And she couldn’t turn time back. This was reality and like it or not, they were all in it.

And she might know something that could help. “I—”

“Tamaska. Please.” His gaze caught hers and she shut her mouth.

No one was sitting down for a chat or debate. And insisting would just increase the danger.

“Where are you going?” asked Tamaska, calming her voice as she absorbed some of the stress reverberating around the room. “And what do you need me to do. I might not be strong, but I can help. If you tell me what to do.”

“I need to make sure my pack is safe. Just make sure the vamps don’t get anywhere near you,” answered Kodiak. “So hide or run if necessary and fight with everything you have if you can’t. I’ll come for you. We all will. But go with Ash and Chandler now.”

She stared at the man she loved, working out what he was saying and her heart slammed madly against her ribs. “Kodiak, what are you saying? You have to come with us.” No way was she leaving him to those freaks. She couldn’t.

“We need a distraction,” he answered. “And you get to get the fuck away.”

“I can do that for you,” said Channing. “You go.”

“No way, this is my responsibility,” said Kodiak. “I’m Alpha. You all obey me now. Or I’ll—”

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