Page 103 of Pack: Posy 3

"Whatever." She rolled her eyes. "I don't need this pack, anyway."

"Good, because this pack doesn't need you, either. You're morally corrupt, and how you rejected Landry was unreasonably cruel."

"Again, nothing the alphas can punish me for!" she yelled and made a run for the door.

Fool.

Reaching out with one long arm, I grabbed a handful of her hair and anchored her in place. It wasn't nice, but I didn't want to touch her anywhere I might make skin contact. I'd need to go scrub with bleach if I did.

"I'm not finished yet," I snarled. "Setting aside the pack, our laws, and the right to reject your mate, you still hurt and humiliated my friend in front of the biggest audience you could. Why? Why'd you do it, Nia? Was it really because he turned you down last fall?"

"You're damned right it was!" she screeched. "Howdarehe say no to me!"

I shook my head in disbelief. Landry had had a lucky escape, if you asked me.

"You're a psychotic skank, and I'm overjoyed my friend won't spend his life tied toyou." I wished I could kill her right here and now, but I could bide my time. For now. "By the way, Jay is on his way to escort you to the border. After he banishes you, I suggest you run as far and fast as you can."

"Or what?" she sneered.

I yanked her head back and let Sid come out a bit as she met my eyes. She whined and trembled, which made me grin. Not too many people had ever seen this side of Ash Mitchell, and most of those who had, well, they weren't breathing anymore.

"You have until midnight," I smirked, "then I'm going on a rogue hunt. Might even bring Sid's buddies along. Quartz hasn't had a good chase in a while."

"You— You can't— " She swallowed and tears overflowed her wide, fearful eyes. "You can'tkillme! I'll go lone wolf, not rogue!"

"Lone wolves are always so easy to confuse with rogues, aren't they? So hard to tell in the dark." I shrugged, then leaned closer and whispered, "So you'd better haul ass, hadn't you, bitch?"

Her breathing sped up and she shook harder. When the doorknob rattled, she yelped and struggled to get away. I wrapped her hair around my fist two more times, pulling it taut, and she grimaced and went still.

I'm here, Jay linked me.

Dragging her by her hair, I went over, unlocked the door, and opened it. With Quartz glittering in his eyes, Jay stared down at Nia, who whimpered and panted.

"Please," she begged in a whisper that we ignored.

"I see you've gathered up the trash for me to take out." Jay gave me a nod. "Thanks, brother."

His lip curling up with disgust, he tugged his coat sleeve down over his hand before grabbing her by the elbow. I unclenched my fist from her hair so he could haul her away.

"Oh, and Ash?" He stopped at the door and looked over his shoulder. "Make sure you wash your hands after touching this thing. Don't know what nasty diseases it might have, and I don't want you getting sick."

"Thanks for your concern, brother." I rolled my eyes.

"Well, you need to be healthy if we're going hunting tonight." He shot me a smirk, which I returned. "Quartz is hungry for a challenge."

Nia whimpered, then her eyes rolled back in her head and she crumbled to the floor like all her bones had melted.

Jay and I looked at her limp body, then each other, and I raised my hands and took a step back.

"Sorry, dude." I grinned. "You're the alpha, not me. I'm not even legally an adult yet, so suck it up, buttercup."

"Don't worry, sunshine, you have an unpleasant job to do, too," he taunted. "You get to comfort your gamma."

I groaned and jammed a hand through my hair, accidentally getting my pinky tangled in a curl and pulling it too hard.

"Owie!"

Jay burst out laughing at me, and Sid giggled.

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