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When his eyes could see his surroundings again, Zane found David and himself on a small bluff, overlooking the water. “Loch Ness?” he asked.
“Yes,” David said, pointing. “Brian’s boat is that way, many miles from here.”
“Good. Stand back, babe, I want to throw this as far as I can.” Once again, he was a pitcher on his high school team, going into his windup and then throwing a scorcher. The tiny metal capsule flew far from shore in a long, low, arc. Hearing the tiny plink as it hit the water, Zane smiled at his mate, happy David was finally safe from the shifters who were pursuing him.
“Wow, that was amazing! How did you learn to throw like that?”
Pulling his mate close to him, Zane said, “I used to pitch for my team at school. I guess it came in handy today, huh?” he grinned.
“It sure did. I still can’t believe those people knew where I was at all times. It makes my grand gesture of running away look stupid…or at least, makes me look stupid.”
“Fuck them! They can’t do it any more…that’s the important thing.”
David looked at his mate with admiration. “What do you want to do now?” he asked.
“I’m glad you asked,” Zane said, smiling at his mate. “I want to continue what we were doing when we were so rudely interrupted…claim each other by biting. Once that’s done, we’ll be able to communicate using our mind link which might come in handy in tricky situations. Plus, once it is done, maybe they’ll give up searching for you since you’ll belong to a different pack.”
As eager as he was for his claiming, David knew he had to tell Zane about who he was before they could move forward and, for that, they needed some place safe,unknown, and quiet so they could finally talk. Thinking of where they could go, David suddenly remembered a special place Brian had taken him to.
“I think I know where we can go.”
“Good, because I’m fresh out of ideas.”
“How do you feel about other wolf shifters?”
“As long as they’re not trying to kill me, I’m fine with it. Why?”
“Hang on!” David said, and a few seconds later they were standing on top of a large, flat rock.
Hearing the low growls as the darkness receded, Zane instinctively stepped in front of his mate and found himself staring at a huge, red-headed man dressed in a kilt.
Poking his head around his mate, David said, “Hi Angus, do you remember me? Brian brought me here one time. This is my mate, Zane of the Blackwood Pack in California. I hope we didn’t do anything wrong by showing up unannounced, but we need some help.”
“Blackwood Pack?”
“Yes, sir. That’s my pack.”
“Are ye related to our king?”
“Whoa! Are you a Scottish Wolf shifter?” asked Zane.
“Ay.”
“Colton is my brother and his mate…my brother-in-law…is Ian Wallace, your king.”
Chapter 21
Angus nodded. “What kind o’ help do ye be needin’?”
“There are some shifters…bad dudes…after my mate and we need a place to stay for a while until it’s safe for him,” answered Zane.
“Ay, ye can stay here but what aboot your brothers?”
“They know about it because one of the shifters broke into our hotel room and they caught him. Afterwards, I told Logan we weren’t coming back until I could make sure my mate was safe.”
“Ay, come on, I’ll take you tae where ye can be.”
