“By all that is holy, I will rip my own Alpha apart if he lays a hand on you. We’re onourway.”
Kara nearly sighed in relief but screeched instead when she felt her hair being lifted from behind. She whipped around and smacked Bannan’shandaway.
“I told Nick,”shesaid.
“Ciroknows,too.”
“Iceberg’s coming in strong,” Heather called out as pushed atAntonio.
“What the crap is wrong with them?” Stella asked, smacking yetanotherhand.
“I don’t know, but I feel like we’re getting a glimpse of the zombie apocalypse,” Karaanswered.
“But instead of zombies it’s hot werewolves,” Heatheroffered.
“Not really helping my control, lass.”Kale growled into hismate’smind.
Before Heather could respond, she heard howls and paws beating on theground.
“When I tell you, drop,”Nick saidtoKara.
“Get ready to see how low we can go, girls,” Kara said as she grabbedHeather’sarm.
“Drop!”
Kara didn’t hesitate. She jerked Heather and Stella down with her until they were crouched on their knees, hunched over, protecting their heads as if they were performing a tornado drill in school. She felt fur brush her cheek, and then the bodies that had been surrounding themweregone.
Kara lifted her head. She jumped to her feet when she saw seven wolves locked in battle. Shredded clothes littered the ground, having fallen from the wolves that had just phased. Remnants of shirts still clung to some of the wolves’ fur in their beastforms.
“I’m just going on a wild hunch,” Heather said as she stood back up, “but I think our mates were a little ticked off by the actions of the unmatedmales.”
“What gave you that idea?” Stella asked. “The snarling, howling, snapping of jaws, or perhaps the scent ofblood?”
“Might have been one of those things.” Heathernodded.
“Should we do something?” Karaasked.
“Maybe it would be good for them to get it out of their system,” Heather suggested. “They’ve been wound tighter than a roll of barbed wire. Getting out some of their aggressionmighthelp.”
“Or they might kill each other,” Stellaoffered.
“Well, there is that,” Heatheragreed.
Kara shook her head at her two friends and then took off at a run for Peri’s front door. She flung it open and yelled. “LUCIAN.” She knew her eyes were wild, which might have been why the group that came hurrying into the living room looked at her like she wascrazy.
Lucian, Thad, Elle, Sorin, Adam, Crina, and Adira rushed toward her. Elle reached her first and grabbed her arm, flashing them out of the way and back ontotheyard.
Kara looked back as the others hurried out of the house. Their own eyes were wide with shock at the spectaclebeforethem.
“Peri warned them that this would happen,” Elle muttered, then ran toward thefight.
Elle pushedher magic out toward the out-of-control wolves, separating them from their opponents and freezing them where they stood. They were panting and snarling, but they couldn’t act on their rage. Adam, she realized, was on the opposite side of the group, doing the same with hismagic.
Lucian walked over to where she stood, and Sorin walked to her other side and placed a hand on the small ofherback.
“Phase,” he said coolly, but with so much power even Ellefeltit.
She heard Kara and Stella swear. Where previously there had been furry male wolves, now stood naked human males. They weren’t able to cover themselves, still frozen in place astheywere.
