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I watched Amelia and Finn exchange a look. Bridget did not sound happy when she’d left. Had
something happened?
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I was so keyed up. Troy had promised to text me when Morven arrived, but so far, there had been nothing. Either Troy had forgotten to notify anyone, which was unlikely, or Morven still hadn’t
shown which didn’t bode well for me.
Finn and Amelia didn’t say a word while Bridget was gone. I finished the count and
stepstool away. “Done. I’ll go back to the office.”
“About fucking time,” Finn growled.
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Amelia rolled her eyes. “Do you really think Morven is going to try to kidnap her off Troy’s land? In broad daylight?”
“I think, Princess, that you’ve spent so much time under Troy’s protection that you think he hung the moon,” Finn snarled back. “You have no idea what it’s like out there, no idea what other packs
can be like. Your witch was taken off your land. What makes you think someone can’t get to Kiana
either?”
Amelia’s cheeks colored red, and I sighed. “That’s enough, you two. We’re all a little on edge. When Bridget returns, you two should ask for a break. Take an hour to run. Bridget can get some temp
guards here.”
Before they could argue, Bridget returned, and her face was ashen. “S-Something’s happened. Finn. Amelia, you’re to get to Irene’s. Now. Kiana, the other guards and I are going to get you back to the security compound.”
I stiffened. “Irene? Is everything okay?”
“No. Nothing is okay.”
When Finn and Amelia didn’t immediately move, she barked at them. “What are you doing?! Move!
Now!”
“I don’t take orders from you,” Finn deadpanned as he pulled out his phone. “I’m sorry Bridget, but when I’m guarding Kiana, I only take them from Troy.”
“Shit, I forgot about that. Alright, Amelia, take two guards then. Finn, the other guard and I will take
Kiana. Go.”
Amelia sprang into action, and I barely had time to put the clipboard down before Finn was
strong-arming me toward the door.
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“Hold on, I need to do security checks on the car. Wait for me in the office,” Bridget ordered before
muttering something under her breath.
“Wait, what the hell is going on, Bridget?” I was tired of being pushed around. “What is wrong with
Irene? Is it Morven?”
“It’s a red wolf,” she said under her breath. “And it’s not one of ours. Irene’s guards are down, and
she’s gone.”
The red wolf. Fear washed over me. “I-It’s Morven.”
“Morven isn’t here,” Bridget said tersely. “Enough questions. Office. Now.”
After being bustled into the office, I reached for my phone which I’d left on the desk.
It wasn’t there.
“My phone. I must have left it at the bar.” I needed to call Troy, but what was I going to say? Something that he already knew? No point in jamming up his phone.
Still, something bothered me. “Troy didn’t text you? To warn you?”
Finn double-checked his phone, and his troubled expression told me everything I needed to know. It was entirely possible he only had time to notify one person, and he chose Bridget.
“Something is wrong,” Finn said. “It shouldn’t take this long to do a security check on a car.”
Pulling out his radio, he tried to check on her, but all he got was static. “We’re sitting ducks in this damn restaurant. We need to get to the vehicle. Stay close to me, and if I tell you to run, you
fucking run.”
Sure.
Run from a psychopathic werewolf.
That was a brilliant option.
The river was two miles behind us. We could make a run for it and stick to the water until Troy
came for us.
Except that I was done running, and I was tired of hiding. Like it or not, for now, this was my pack. If it was in trouble, then I was going to protect it.
I locked eyes with Finn and nodded, and we slipped out of the office and to the service exit.
One of the cars was still parked there. There was no sign of Bridget or the other guard.
Pushing the door open, Finn stepped outside. A wolf dropped from above us and immediately
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“Finn!” I screamed, but before I could do anything, hands wrapped around my waist and pulled me
from behind.
It was over in a matter of seconds. One second Finn had started to shift, and the next, he was still
and bleeding from the neck on the gravel.
A massive red wolf stood over him and Bridget sighed rubbing her temples.
“He didn’t have to die,” She shrugged, her arms still tight around him. “If he had just left when I told him, he’d still be alive. I didn’t expect him to be so loyal to you, Kiana.”
“By the Goddess, it was you?! You betrayed Troy. You orchestrated Irene’s abduction. You were working with my father? Why?”
“Your father? He was a gutless cockroach whose insane need to kill nearly ruined everything,” Bridget hissed. “His abduction of Cora set us back years. Fucking years. I don’t work for him.”
“You work for Morven?” I kept my eyes on the red wolf. “And who the fuck are you?”
The wolf stared at me, and even before he shifted, I knew who he was. I could see it in his eyes.
Hear it in his voice.
I just hadn’t made the connection until now.
“We’ve been waiting a long time for this, Kiana,” Dean said in a soft voice. “Don’t fight us. We’re going to make you famous.”
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