I squared my shoulders. “And youare?”
“We heard the pack bitch was back, but damn, we hadn’t heard how hot shewas.”
For the first time since I’d returned to Boulder, I disliked someone more than Liam and Lucas. “You might call your females bitches, but I prefer she-wolf.”
Wifebeater smirked and took another step in mydirection.
“Come any closer,” I hissed, “and I’ll make sure you can neverbreed.”
“The bitch hasattitude.”
Anger dripped inside my veins like fuel. My limbs hummed. “Just leave mealone.”
He raised his palms in the air. “One question, and then wego.”
“I’m not answering anyquestions.”
His head was so close to mine I could smell his ripe breath. “Is your ass very sore from being the only bitch in yourpack?”
My gaze narrowed to a sharp point. I punched his Adam’s apple and kneed his groin. Hard. And then arms were hauling me back, and a wall of bodies darkened the space between me and the asshole. I tried to shrug away from the arms, but they bandedtighter.
“What did he say to you?” Liam’s voice waslow.
Like I would ever tell him. He’d probably wonder why I’d turned violent at such a petty taunt. Or worse, he’d use it as ammunition againstme.
“Nothing,” Igrumbled.
“Justin Summix is an asshole, Ness. So I repeat, what did he say toyou?”
Justin Summix. I committed the name to memory. “It doesn’tmatter.”
Liam finally released me, and I turned to scan the sea of faces for Everest. When I couldn’t locate him, I stared back at Liam, caught him nodding. I pivoted, just as Matt tore through the line ofbodies.
“What was that about?” Iasked.
“Nothing.”
“My ass, it wasnothing.”
His pupils throbbed in the gleam of the strobe lights. “You don’t talk; I don’ttalk.”
“Ugh.” I growled, raking my hands through myhair.
Yelps rose around me as the pack moved through the field of festivalgoers, chasing Justin and the other two. And then three security guards broke away from their postings around the stage to jog after theboys.
“They’re going to get arrested!” Ibellowed.
Liam gazed intently at his crew, lips thin, jawset.
“Liam, call themoff.”
“I’m not Alpha. I don’t give themorders.”
And yet, that’s exactly what he’d justdone.
The singer from The Lemons stumbled on one of the lyrics as he witnessed the crush of bodies at the edge of the field, but then he flung his attention back to his twisting crowd and smoothed out thelyrics.
“Have you seen Everest?” Iasked.
