Page 71 of Wolf Bound

“Okay, since everyone knows which group we’re going with, let’s get on the road,” Demetria said.

Kira knew she wanted to get this done pronto. Not only because once they had the two men incarcerated, they wouldn’t have to worry about them, but it wouldn’t give Oscar that option to try and free them either, which could result in another shootout and someone on one of the teams could be severely injured or die this time.

She was sure everyone was interested in getting together with their families for Thanksgiving too. Then Kira wondered if Oscar would give up kidnapping victims once he wasn’t being influenced by Reggie, and since he wouldn’t have co-conspirators to work with.

Still, he could end up doing other kinds of crime so he would have money. He had proven he was too dangerous, so they couldn’t allow him to live on his own without someone taking responsibility for him to make sure he didn’t cause problems, and that would have only been if he hadn’t been involved in dangerous criminal activities. It was way too late for him to just get a slap on the wrist for all that he had already done.

Kira glanced at Fisher as they got into her car. She saw him flinch when he fastened his seat belt, and she knew he had been hurting again after running as a wolf. She hadn’t wanted him to turn wolf no matter what. Though she understood why he had wanted to—his need to take down Reggie, but also his promise to keep her safe. She had been glad he’d been there when Reggie had taken aim at her, and Fisher had distracted him. And when Reggie had tried to shoot Fisher, she had stopped him from doing so. They really worked well together as if they could read each other’s minds and had known just what to do. In this business, it could be a matter of life and death.

“Thanks for stopping Reggie from shooting me,” she said.

“Yeah, I owe you thanks for the same thing.”

“You’re hurting. Do you want to take something for the pain?”

He reached back to get the first aid kit and pulled out a pain pill, then took it with some water. “Just don’t tell my brother.”

“Heath?” She smiled. “You were lucky Dr. Kate was too busy patching Reggie up to check on you. And I saw the way you were avoiding her.”

Fisher chuckled. “So what’s the plan?”

“Well, everyone else had time to grab some snacks but me,” Kira said.

“Me either. As soon as I noticed you weren’t in the store or at the car, I knew you were in trouble.”

“I’m so glad you were paying attention. With so many of us involved in this, it would be hard to keep track of everybody,” Kira said.

“Are you kidding? You’re my priority. Martin gave me a direct order to watch out for you. So we go back to that mini mart and get some food and drinks and then what?”

She headed in that direction. “We need to coordinate with the others on our team about what everyone wants to do.” She got on Bluetooth and started a conference call. “We’re headed back to the mini mart where I was grabbed so we can get some food and drinks.”

Tanner said, “Brock, Shawn, and I are way behind the caravan, watching to see if anyone seems to be watching them from businesses on the side of the road. The good thing is Oscar and Reggie have no idea where we were taking Royce, so except for following them—if Oscar’s doing so—he’s not going to be able to be way ahead of them to ambush them along the way. If they stop for bathroom breaks, that may be the first time he can try something.”

Travis said, “Stryker, Bridget, and I are going to drive along parallel roads to the one the convoy is on so we can look for anyone suspicious.”

“Do you want any of us to go with Fisher and you?” Tanner asked.

“I doubt he would return to the mini mart where they took me hostage,” Kira said.

“Okay, we’ll continue on our path then,” Tanner said.

They finished the call, everyone going in the direction that they planned to.

“We work together well,” Kira said to Fisher, believing they really were in step.

“I feel the same way. What about the other agent you had been working with? How did that work out?” Fisher asked.

“He’s good. Justin Barrymore has been with the USF for a year. He’s great at investigating, anticipating a situation, and problem solving, just like you are. But he tends to take charge and it’s his way, period. Part of it is an ego thing. He’s an alpha male wolf who is used to being in charge and he’s that way with women especially. Now Martin likes his work and I needed someone to work with who had been with the organization for a little while, but truthfully, he drives me crazy. He’s a nice person, until I have to work with him.”

“Is he mated?” Fisher asked.

She laughed. “He isn’t. Believe me, I’m not interested in him in the least bit. Anyway, he stymies me when I’m trying to figure out what to do on the mission. I was relieved when I didn’t have to work with him on this case, though I soon realized I needed more support. Even if I had been on the mission with him, we couldn’t have done it alone.”

“Well, you’ve done a great job of being in charge on this mission.”

“Oh, I loved it when you said no to Reggie when he dictated to you what would happen as far as a hostage/prisoner exchange in the national park went. I was ready to shout no, if you hadn’t said it. You’re brand new, no training at all, and you naturally have taken on the role of a special agent in the best way possible.”

“I knew if they got their way, you could be expendable. Me too. So no, I wasn’t going with that option. I was just glad Dan had been able to triangulate your position using my phone and Reggie’s once Reggie realized you and I were tracking each other on our phones and used another phone.”

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