Page 228 of My Unexpected Mate

“Why the hell not?” Annie asked angrily. “I am a wolf. My senses are sharp. I can help.”

“Annie, no,” Gabriel sighed. “Something could happen. We would be worried the entire time and it would only distract us.”

“What do we do then?” Cassie sighed.

“You can stay here and find out everything you possibly can about that fucker Victor,” I said.

Annie and Cassie sighed and gave us a small nod. I could see they weren’t happy, but I couldn’t give a fuck. They were not putting themselves in danger. Gabriel was right. We would only worry about them, and it would distract us. Not to mention, Aria would kill us if something happened to them.

I looked at Mike, who was glaring at me.

“What?” I asked him sternly.

“Can you keep your cool, Nick?” Mike asked me and raised his eyebrow. “You can’t freak out during your shift.”

“Yes,” I growled. “I will not do anything to endanger her.”

He was a complete and total idiot if he thought I would do anything to put her in danger. I should kill him for insinuating something like that.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself. I can’t go around killing people just because they said something I don’t like. No matter how pissed off I was.

“Good,” Jacob said, interrupting us. “Show us the area, Cass.”

Cassie spread the map on the coffee table and pointed at the circled area.

“There,” she said. “That’s where that plant is growing.”

We nodded and I stood up. “Okay, how do we do this?”

“The area is pretty far,” Gabriel said. “We will have to drive there, leave the car on the side of the road, and walk the rest of the way.”

“We should keep the shifts short,” I added. “Four hours each, maybe.”

“I agree,” Blake nodded. “We need to keep our senses sharp and overdoing it can only lead to mistakes.”

“We will cover small areas each and we will rotate,” Gabriel said and grabbed the pen. “Mike and Jack, this will be your area.”

Gabriel circled a small area on the map.

“Jacob and Blake, you will cover this one,” he continued and circled another area. “Nick and I will cover the rest.”

The guys nodded and pulled out their phones to take pictures of the map. I did the same.

“If you see anything, don’t fuck up and react immediately,” Jacob said sternly, mainly looking at me. “Come back and all of us will go. We can’t be sure how many of them are there. Two of us probably won’t be enough to take them down.”

I nodded, not really liking what he said. I already know it will be fucking hard to control myself.

“Who will take the first shift?” Jack asked.

“We will,” Gabriel and I said at the same time.

If there was a slim chance of finding something out today, I wanted to be the first one there.

“Good,” Jacob nodded. “See you in four hours.”

CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE – Despair

Gabriel’s POV

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