Page 55 of Sold Wolf Slave

Chris let out a low snarl. But I barely noticed, more interested in his statement.

“You know who we are, then?” I said.

He gave a slow nod. “I didn’t at first. You gave it a good run. I only figured it out after you tried to get Morgan out of her cell. I did some research on you and finally made the connection. I wanted to know what I was getting myself into before reclaiming my property. Otherwise, I would have had Ronan knock down your door last night.”

Property. He was talking about Kendra. I growled and took a step forward.

“Take one more step, and I’ll kill her while you watch,” Cain said without a hint of mirth or idle threat in the words.

I stopped, but I bristled with rage while my wolf howled at me, wanting to do something. This was the man who had kidnapped Kendra. My wolf wanted to teach him a lesson. But I couldn’t, not while Kendra was in danger.

“Let’s talk about this like civilized men,” Cain said.

I growled, forcing myself not to lunge at him and tear his throat out. There was no way in hell I was going to play nice with this asshole.

“Give me Kendra,” I said, “or I swear I’ll tear you limb from limb.”

He barked out a laugh. “Not particularly civilized, now is it?”

“Where. Is. She.”

“It doesn’t matter. You’re never going to get to her in time,” he jeered.

I frowned, unease crawling up my spine. “What do you mean?” I asked.

He grinned. “I mean, if you go after her, you’re never getting out of here alive.”

“Enough with the idle threats,” I said. “They’re getting old.”

Raising an eyebrow, he smirked. “Nothing idle about them. I’m talking facts. This place is compromised, now that you’ve found it,” he said. “Which means I’m going to close the portal.”

“Why are you telling us?” Chris asked.

“Since I don’t want more trouble with the Gold Wolves than I already have, I’m going to offer you a deal. A rather generous one, I might add.”

“Your benevolence is astounding,” Nolan quipped.

“What’s the deal, exactly?” I asked.

Cain gave a sleazy grin that would have made a car salesman jealous. “If you leave now and go quietly through the portal, then you can leave unscathed,” he said. “If you decide to stay, the instant the portal closes, every single person will be out hunting for you. I plan on putting a rather generous bounty on each of your heads.”

I stared, the implications of the offer reverberating inside me. Leave and stay alive to fight another day, or go find Kendra and risk being stuck here to likely die.

“And how are we supposed to trust you?” Chris demanded. “This could all be some sort of trap.”

Cain rolled his eyes. “If I wanted you dead, I would have brought more men to your house when I sent Ronan to collect my property.”

“She’s not your property,” I snarled.

“Do you really want to do this now?” Cain asked. “Point being, if I wanted you dead, you’d be dead already. I don’t particularly want to have to look over my shoulder for the rest of the Gold Wolves for the rest of my life. It’s not a very appealing thought, now, is it?”

“We’ll come after you, anyway,” I scoffed.

He laughed again. “That’s assuming you’ll find this place again. You coming across it once was a fluke. And even if you do happen to defy the odds and discover us again, I have other leverage that I can use.”

“What’s to stop us from killing you right now?” I asked.

He examined his nails. “I’ve already sent out the order for the portals. It’s a done deal.” He grinned, showing fangs. “I also have outstanding orders for my men to kill both Kendra and Morgan if they don’t hear from me. So the instant you kill me, those two are as good as dead. And based on the way you’ve been acting while here, I doubt you want anything bad to happen to either of them.”

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