At her silence, I knew I was on to something. “Moira. I’m your best friend. If you can’t trust me, who can you trust?”
“It’s nothing,” she said breezily.
“If nothing happened, you would tell me that. Saying ‘it’s nothing’ tells me it’s something.”
She sighed and put her mug down. “I got hit with a few stray…somethings. It’s not a big deal.”
The shop door opened, and Tess and Ash breezed in laughing. Moira slapped a smile on her face and gave me a warning look.
Okay then. I was the only one who suspected something was up.
“We’re not finished with this,” I said quietly before turning to greet the rest of my team.
Whatever was going on with Moira was not nothing, and I planned to get to the bottom of things sooner rather than later.
Chapter
Fifteen
CAELAN
Ismelled them the moment I stepped into the woods. Fury, shock, and a touch of fear rode both men as they made their way out of the place Evie had tossed them.
A fierce grin touched my lips. I wished I would have been there to see her toss their asses through the air. Two of my top wolves followed behind, Merrick and Cole. Fierce, powerful, and utterly loyal to Pack. What transpired today would stay between us and no one else.
Both men fanned out to either side.
“They’re still together,” Merrick whispered, low enough to reach only our ears.
“Easier to catch them,” Cole said, his grin edged with violence.
“Both injured.” Merrick inhaled. “Bleeding profusely. Your woman did a number on them.”
“She tossed them half a mile away from her shop,” I murmured. “The landing did most of the damage.”
“Good way to follow the law. Technically,shedidn’t injure them.” Cole’s grin widened. “The ground did all the work.”
“Evie does love a technicality.” I held up a hand for silence as we prowled through the woods hunting the men who dared accost my Floromancer.
We found them a few minutes later, slogging through the trees and cursing up a blue streak.
One of them spoke, a tall and handsome shifter, not mine. One more strike against him for trespassing in my territory without announcing his presence. “Thatbitch. That fucking bitch. When I get a hold of her, I’ll show her exactly what a real man can do. I don’t even give a shit about marrying her.”
A cold rage settled over my body, the fury of the hunter seeking revenge. I motioned for my two wolves to circle around and block them from behind. They could try to run, but they’d find two more surprises if they did.
The other, slightly shorter and not as vocal, hissed between his teeth, one hand pressed against his rib cage. Blood seeped between the cracks of his fingers. “I dunno, man. Maybe we should leave her alone.”
The shifter snorted. “No one treats me like this and gets away with it.”
A sigh from the quieter one. “Dude. Do what you want. I’m getting the fuck out of here and finding a healer.”
I stepped out from between the trees. “Hello.”
The second stopped in his tracks, his eyes wide in his pale face. “Erm,” he said and paused before letting out a heartfelt sigh.
And then, “Fuck.”
I smiled. “It appears you know who I am.”
