“Anna,no!” I screamed too late.
Herface looked murderous as she pushed Harris so hard he flew ten feet and slammedinto a huge redwood, splitting it. Harris crashed to the ground on all fours,panting to catch his breath. No doubt there were some broken ribs. Kai wasbarely holding onto his consciousness, his eyelids fluttering.
Icouldn’t move. I had to keep the mist from pouring out of my skin.
“Sheinterfered with an official Alpha fight! I will have the council put her down!One on one, those are the rules!” Harris roared as he stalked towards her witha slight limp in his step.
Annastood there defiantly, not afraid, and met his gaze. Max held her mate, Jake,by the arms, which were twisted behind his back.
Istepped forward. “Actually, you interfered with the fight first. One on one, yousay?” I flicked my eyes to Jameson. “You used Jameson’s gift to make youstronger. Not fair. So I think two on two is fairer.”
Hisnostrils flared. I had a point. Kai was still on the ground struggling to getup and I was ready to shift at any moment if shit got more worked up.
“Fine,two on two,” he said, and in one quick move he clocked Anna in the jaw with thesilver knuckles and sent her flying backward.
“You’redead!” Jake roared and began shifting in Max’s arms. His teeth were snappingand a guttural howl ripped from his throat.
Iwas about to shift when I saw a streak of black launch through the air andknock Harris over. He hit the ground hard, his teeth cracking. I grinned andcheered my mate on.
‘Hepunched Anna! Screw the rules! Rip his goddamn head off!’I told Kai and then slowly made my way behindthe crowd so that I could try to get within reach of Jameson. We needed to planour exit NOW. Five of the pack’s dominants were guarding him. They stood therelike a wall, glaring at me. One of them looked unsure, like maybe he wanted tolet me through. I glanced back at Kai, who was winning. Anna stood behind himready to jump in.
“Boys,let’s do this the nice way,” I told the dominants guarding Jameson.
Harris’second stood forward. He was tall, littered with tattoos, and had that ‘50’srockabilly look. “If your mate kills Harris, I become Alpha and I won’t letJameson go either. Leave the girl. Give up and go home!”
Hisbreath smelled of beef and whiskey. My wolf didn’t like the threat. She came tothe surface, eyes going yellow. Little did these idiots know, I had beendistracting them the whole time. Alexa had gone all the way around and come upthe back of the fight. She made her way over to Jameson and quietly snapped hischain with bolt cutters from the car. They shared a shy smile and she began toundress and shift, then Jameson began to shift into his wolf form and Igrinned.
Butthe dominants caught me looking.
“Run!”I told Alexa and Jameson. Without a second thought, they took off like I hadlit their tails on fire.
Thesecond in command tore off after them while four of the other dominantsadvanced on me. I was a pretty badass martial arts fighter but four dominantwerewolves were too much for me.
“Max!”I shouted, glancing over my shoulder as Kai ended Harris’ life. I saw Harris’head sail through the air and land with a thud.
Turningback to the dominants just in time, I blocked a kick but one of the guysgrabbed my arm, yanking me forward. Then I got sucked into a vision. Oh Jesus.Bad timing. I couldn’t see, so I tried to back up as a fist landed in my face.
“Don’ttouch her!” I heard Max roar next to me.
“Matevision,” I choked out as I followed it. I had no choice.
Isaw Kat, the red-headed Alpha from the Tucson, Arizona pack. This guy holdingmy arm was her mate. His name was Murphy, I just knew. He let me go as I fellto the ground but the vision played on. He had just been changed last week andhe was very dominant. He was a good guy and didn’t want to be mixed up in allthis. Harris changed him.
WhenI saw the events surrounding his change, I gasped. Murphy and Jameson were bestfriends as humans. Harris stalked Murphy and Jameson for a few days first. He soughtout the strong, young males and then changed them against their will. They werewalking out to their car after working out at the gym, when Harris lured themto a side building and attacked. Harris wanted a pack full of changed wolves sothat they would all have powers. The strong, young human males were more likelyto survive the change.
Thevision kicked me out and I gasped for air as I came to. Opening my eyes, Ilooked around, Harris was dead on the ground. Alexa and Jameson were back andKai had Harris’ second tied up, his face was shoved on the ground. Everyoneelse was staring at me.
Iwaved awkwardly and then turned to Murphy. “I found your mate and I know whathappened to you and Jameson. That is not allowed!”
Hiseyes widened and everyone quieted.
ThenI turned to Kai.‘It’s Kat.’She had been waiting a long time for hermate. I would be happy to give her this news.
Kaigrinned, but his broken jaw was purple and swollen. I needed to heal it soon.
“Thereis something we need to clear up before we can leave,” I shouted to all of them.Harris’ pack watched me quietly.
“YourAlpha was planning to change humans into wolves to collect powers. He changedJameson and Murphy against their will! That’s not allowed!” I roared.
