“Kate?”
She turned to see Logan and Jesse approaching. Neither looked happy to see her.
“What?”
Logan grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her. “You could have been hurt.What were you thinking?”
“What?” Her teeth rattled from the force of his hold.
Jesse seethed. “You little idiot. Didn’t you see the other Lawless curs waiting in the woods? They were a heartbeat from taking you. Damn it, Kate. Enough.”
“Huh?” She couldn’t seem to find her wits.
“I’m talking to Eric about this,” Logan muttered but wouldn’t meet her eyes.
“Good idea.”
Jesse dragged her with him through the woods. When she tried to get free, Logan pushed her from behind.
Baffled and overpowered, she had no choice but to go with them. When they arrived home, they took her to Eric’s room, shoved her inside, slammed andlockedthe door.
Leaving her face-to-face with her arch nemesis. Victoria Fox.
“Well, hi.” Vicki shoved a hand through her thick black hair, tangled with leaves. “Thanks for getting me out of there.”
“Ah, sure.” What did one say to the woman she wanted to hate, especially when said woman was being nice?
“So what did you do? They stuck me in here and ditched me. I thought they couldn’t do that to females. From what Malcolm said, you guys rule the roost.”
“I’m sorry?” Why could she not think today?
“Been a while since I’ve seen Jesse and Logan. I hope they were okay?” Vicki ended in a question.
“Fine.” She hadn’t seen them? “I thought you were friends with the guys.”
Vicki flushed, and Kate wanted to bite her. “Ah, we met briefly, when Eric kidnapped me.” She frowned. “So what’s the deal with you and your sister? You marked Sean? Did either of you ask him whathewanted?”
Now the dumb woman went on the attack? Did she not realize Kate had not only saved her but could rip her throat out before she could blink?
“I didn’t mark Sean.”I want the two Ravagers you’ve sunk your unworthy hooks into!
“You didn’t?”
“No, I didn’t.”
“But I thought you had sex with him.” She colored when she said it.
“I did. Sex isn’t always about marking or mating. Sometimes it fulfills a need.” Stupid human.
“Ah, but… Okay. So why did your sister mark him?”
“Who can say? Sometimes ourguerguides us to where we need to be.”Which is the only thing preventing me from killing you right now.
Vicki blinked at her. “Right. So you want to tell me why you hate my guts?”
Had she been so obvious? Maybe the growling had given her away.
“Look, Kate, I can see yourguer, your energy, whatever you want to call it. It always goes dark when you’re around me. So what the hell crawled up your ass and died?”
