We were heading out of Nacogdoches going down North Street when the most delicious scent hit my nose, it was like all my favorite foods and sex wrapped into one tasty package. As we passed the library the scent got stronger, and then began to fade the further away we got. My cat was standing at attention, prowling, scratching for me to go back toward the scent. Not bothering to see if The Kid was following me, I made a U-turn and headed straight for the library. The closer I got the stronger the scent became, I pulled right up to the front doors, but they were closed. The Kid rolled up beside me giving me a look that said he thought I was losing my mind.
“It’s a little late to be checking out books Wraith, maybe we could come back tomorrow when they’re open.” He laughed at his little joke.
“Don’t you smell that?” I raised my nose in the air and inhaled, that’s when a second scent hit my nose, wolves. There were voices coming from the back of the library now, voices promising violence to whoever the wolves had. That’s when I heard it, a whimper, it was such a soft vulnerable sound, but it made my cat rage inside of me. He demanded to be let out, snarled and growled for me to do so. The Kid looked over at me, concern marring his brow. Pulling out my phone and sent a quick text to Rooster.
“You go that way, and I’ll go this way.” He looked like he was about to argue with me, but clamped his mouth shut and nodded before heading in the opposite direction. The delicious smell grew stronger the closer to the rear of the library I got, but so did the smell of wolf. I couldn’t decipher how many there were from the side of the building so I let my mind go so I could. Their thoughts bombarded my head almost immediately, gruesome thoughts that made my stomach churn. There were four wolves and one woman. The woman was frightened but was much calmer than I expected her to be. Her thoughts were on her disappointment on finding proof of something, only to be dying too soon to reveal it. My cat was screaming and pushing me to move faster, to not let them hurt her.
I hurried around the corner and saw the four wolves surrounding a very curvy woman that was being pinned to the brick wall by her throat. A growl rumbled deep from my chest, my cat wanted out, he wanted to bleed them all.
“Go away pussycat, this is our business, not yours.” The one who was holding the woman glared back at me, baring his teeth. When I looked over at the woman her emerald green eyes shone bright under the one overhead light, piercing me to my soul. I couldn’t move, my cat stilled, letting out a purr.
“MINE.” My cat suddenly declared before I could even stop the words from passing my lips he growled them out. The Kid stood next to me stock still looking at me like I’d lost my mind, maybe I hadn’t but it sounded like my cat definitely had. I didn’t want a mate, we had an agreement, we didn’t need a mate, we weren’t good for a mate, but this asshole had just laid claim to one.
“Tough shit pussycat, this human is ours. I claimed her ten years ago, I’m just now collecting. So mosey on back to your litter box and you won’t get hurt. Maybe once we’re done with her, we’ll let you have her, if there’s anything left to have that is.” I was having a hard time controlling my cat, he wanted out, he wanted blood, and he wanted the woman. There was a reason I moved to Texas, there was a reason I bought land out in bum fucked nowhere, humans were not safe around my animal, ever.
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Angelique
How in the hell had I managed to get myself into this mess? I couldn’t figure out what was going on around me, but the hot biker dude that just came around the corner of the library didn’t understand the amount of danger he was in. I tried to warn him, but Mr. Jackass McWolf tightened his grip on my throat just slightly. If my oxygen intake wasn’t already low, now it was damn near nothing. Black started dotting my vision, I wasn’t sure how much longer I could remain conscious, but I needed to warn hot biker dude before I passed out. Even with the second guy I could make out of the corner of my eye they were no match for these wolves. They needed to get the hell out of there.
Wait did hot biker dude just call me his, like he owned me, the hell he did. I was an independent woman and I didn’t belong to any man. Who did he think he was telling these assholes I was his? If I wasn’t right in the middle getting myself strangled to death, I would give him a piece of my mind. Mr. Jackass McWolf turned towards me with a feral look in his glowing eyes. Shit he was scary.
“You aren’t his are you sweetheart, you’re mine. Tell him.” I struggled against his grasp, scratching at his wrist, but he wouldn’t budge. “Tell him.” He growled in my face teeth bared. Oh, I was going to tell him, I was going to tell him lots, just
