Page 244 of Cruelly Bitten
It was as though the lycans had gone out on a hunt, scattering throughout the wooded area beyond the lake.A diversion, I growled to myself.A way to confuse our senses.
Because they didn’t want to be found. Not by us or by the vampires we’d left behind at the tower.
Something is definitely going on,I thought, my mind open to both Luna and Silas.Something big.
Want me to do a tower sweep again?Silas asked, his irritation fleeing in favor of our businesslike discussion.
No. They haven’t come back.I was sure of it. Because, otherwise, Luna or I would have caught one of them. It was as though they were going farther and farther away from the tower.
Toward a meeting place, or…
My wolf lifted his head.Which way is the airfield?I asked, searching our surroundings.East? West?
Southeast,Luna answered, her mind telling me she’d followed my thoughts and was sniffing in that direction as well.You don’t think…
She trailed off.
Primarily because Ididthink exactly what she’d been about to ask.
Both of us took off toward the airfield in the next second, leaving Silas growling in our heads.Don’t say anything to Kylan yet,I told him.We need to know for sure.
No shit,he muttered back at me.
Careful, Enforcer,I warned him.
Bite me, Alpha,he returned.
I will,I promised.Right on your ass before I fuck it.
I swear to God all you two ever think about is sex,Luna inserted.We’re trying to find a bunch of lycans who may or may not have gone rogue, and you two are fucking flirting.
Jealous, little mate?I asked her.Would you prefer we flirt with you instead?
I’d prefer you both to focus on the task at hand,she replied.
Liar,I murmured to her.You want us to talk about your sweet pussy and what we plan?—
My wolf froze, a familiar cypress-like scent wrapping around us and forcing our attention to the left.
Gramps,I thought, meeting my grandfather’s dark eyes through a low-hanging tree branch. His silver fur glittered in the sun, the color similar to his hair in human form.
But I could immediately sense the wrongness pouring off of him as he stepped forward, his severe expression one he rarely bestowed upon me.
Keep going to the airfield,I told Luna, aware of her current hesitation. She’d slowed the moment she’d realized I’d found my grandfather.I suspect he’s here to distract me.
I’m coming,Silas said, the words for Luna.
I can handle myself,she told him.
I know. I just want to watch, little moon.Even I could hear the lie in Silas’s words. Oh, he wanted to watch, but he also wanted to guard her.
Luna simply sighed, aware there was nothing she could do to thwart Silas’s protective instincts. It was why I called him our enforcer.
Well, one of the many reasons why, anyway.
My grandfather began to shift, causing me to follow suit. My limbs easily transformed, my wolf bowing to my command to heel.
“Edon,” my grandfather said, his back straightening as he stood to his full six-foot height.
