Page 338 of Warlords, Witches & Wolves

I dropped to the floor, huddling behind a bench.

“I know you’re in here.” A deep menacing voice made the hairs at the back of my neck stiffen. “I can smell you.”

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Noah

My cell rang again, and Ash’s picture flashed on the home screen. I tossed it on the passenger seat and let it go to voicemail. For the fourth time.

I loved my brothers, but sometimes they just needed to back off and give me space.

After Mia left the bar, I locked up and drove. Without a destination in mind, I kept the foot on the gas, heading aimlessly down the highway.

Foreboding swirled in my gut all afternoon, and it wouldn’t let up. I put it down to offloading all those secrets to Mia, and given we’d had sex, it awoke the ancient bond between us. I sensed her uncertainty, her unease. All her emotions collided inside me confusing the hell out of me.

My cell rang again, this time Liam.

“For fuck’s sake.”

Knowing they wouldn’t give up until I checked in, I pulled the truck to the side of the road and answered.

“What?” I barked.

“Where the fuck are you?” Liam snapped.

At his tone, adrenaline surged through my veins, muscles coiled tight, preparing for action. My wolf, who’d paced back and forth all afternoon, now clawed against my insides growling to shift.

Before I even registered my movements, I turned the truck around and sped back to Woodland Falls.

“Twenty miles out of town. Why?”

“Is Mia with you?”

All that adrenaline coiled into a knot. I accelerated. “No. What the hell’s going on?”

“Baker called. He caught one of their shifters working with a hunter.”

I waited for the punch line. Shifters working with hunters wasn’t the most shocking news of the decade. Hell, even we did…before Joan died.

“Spit it out, Liam.”

“The one they caught yesterday wasn’t the hunter who killed Joan. The sick sonofabitch is still out there.”

“Fuck.”

“That’s not all. Baker tortured the shifter. He said since escaping, the hunter has been hiding in Woodland Falls.”

The truck’s engine whined as my foot slammed against the floor. Violent tremors quaked my body, my wolf getting impatient. Liam needed to talk faster. I could only hold off the shift for so long. Shifting while I drove wasn’t the smartest idea.

“I’ll call Mia.”

“Ash already tried. He assumed you were together but when she didn’t answer and neither did you, he shifted and headed to her place.”

Thank fuck. I just hoped she was there, locked inside the house.

“I’ll meet Ash there.”

“Baker is on the way with a few others from Rhett’s pack.”

At least we had backup coming. We needed all the help we could get to take down this psycho once and for all.

I just hoped I got there in time.

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