“Yes,” he said clearly so there was no way for her to misunderstand him. “I would destroy anything or anyone who has or would hurt you. And to be perfectly honest, in some instances, I would do it with a smile onmyface.”
Chapter16
“The problem with evil is that it doesn’t stay put. It is not content to only conquer a little. Evil always wants more. And evil doesn’t walk up to the front door and hit it with a battering ram demanding entry. It seeks out weaknesses in the wall of those who fight against it, and then it chips away at the vulnerable spot. Evil is sly, merciless, and relentless.” ~Adira
“Is Bannon staring at us?”Kara asked as she glanced at theIrishwolf.
“I really hope you aren’t asking me because I might have to find your face to slap it,” Heather saiddryly.
Kara rolled her eyes. “Stella,ishe?”
Stella turned to glance where Kara was indicating and met the eyes of the wolf in question. “Maybe it’s just a really longglance.”
“Isn’t that the very definition of a stare?” Heatherasked.
“No,” said Stella. “A stare would be a really,reallylongglance.”
“That’s just semantics,” saidHeather.
Kara ignored their banter as she turned in a slow circle. They were standing out in front of Peri’s home enjoying the nice weather. It had been two days since the spell had lifted, and they’d been two intense days, to say the least. Lucian had finally ordered the three mated males to go on a hunt, just to give the girls somebreathingroom.
When Lucian had given the order, the other wolves, those remaining unmated males, were not around, probably on a hunt of their own. But now they’d returned. Without a word to the healers, they’d all marched into the sparring circles and had been taking turns fighting. It wasn’t until Kara noticed the silence that she realized something waswrong.
As she made the circle, she saw that the unmated males, Drayden, Bannan, Antonia, and Aimo, were now all standing still and staring.Atthem.
Kara took a step closer to Stella and smacked her arm. “They’re all giving us really,reallylong glances,” shewhispered.
“What in the—” Stella began, but her mouth snapped shut when all four males suddenly moved. It was faster than they could even track, and suddenly the males were standing mere feet from them instead of across the trainingfield.
Kara grabbed Heather’s arm and pulled her back, since she’d unwittingly taken a few steps toward themales.
“Why do I feel like we shouldn’t make any sudden movements? Are we being stalked by a big, scary animal?” Heatherasked.
“No, we’re being stalked by four big, scary animals,” Kara answered, her voice tight as she tried to choke down her fear and the shout she wanted to give to alertsomeone.
“What’s wrong, jailbait?”Nick asked throughtheirbond.
She let out a sigh. Of course, the bond, duh, Kara, she thought toherself.
“Kara?”His voice was a littlesharper.
“I think we have a problem,”she said quickly because she could feel hisworry.
“You’re going to have to give me more than that,sweetheart.”
“I don’t want you to get mad at them. It almost seems as if they’re under a trance. And it doesn’t seem like they want to hurt us. It looks more like they’re both confused and intrigued. I do think they want to touch us though because Stella just smacked two hands away.Oh no you don’t.Yep, they definitely want totouchus.”
“KARA,” Nick growled. “Who wants totouchyou!”
“Oh, sorry. There are some pack members here. Drayden, Bannan, Antonio, and Aimo, I think that’s the last one’s name. They seem fixatedonus.”
“Show me what you’re seeing,”heordered.
Kara pictured in her mind the scene before her. Apparently, Nick did not appreciatetheview.
“Where the hell isLucian?”
“Can’t really tell because we’re sort of surrounded by largebodies.”
