Chapter 37
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
GARRETT
Five white wolves surround us the moment we cross into Novak territory. Barely a mile in. I remain in wolf form while Hayden shifts.
“You don’t have permission to be here,” the largest of the border guards says to Hayden.
“Either bring Drake here or let me pass.”
“Having trouble following simple instructions, Hayden? Your mate’s heavy with a kitten, and you’ve forgotten how to think like a wolf. Predictable.”
To my utter surprise, Hayden doesn’t move a muscle. Back home, he’d shred anyone who even looked at Mila with disrespect. Only when I shift to human form, does he stretch his arm out, fist closed, signaling me to hold my position.
“I see why you left your birth pack.” I don’t bother lowering my voice. “Nothing but animals here.”
The guard shifts and charges—not at me, but at Hayden—only to be sideswiped mid-lunge by a larger wolf.
“I said hold your position. That includes your mouth,” Hayden snaps at me, unconcerned by the white wolf that’s shifting to human form after slicing down the center of the guard’s chest.
“Hayden, we agreed you wouldn’t enter without permission. Fortunately, I’m in a good mood. For now.” Drake. Hayden’s brother and this pack’s alpha. His expression sours. “Leave.”
“Were any of your males in Devil’s Peak today?” Hayden presses as if the pack’s alpha didn’t just threaten him. “Two shifters kidnapped one of our females.”
“Do you think I’d condone such behavior?” Drake doesn’t bother hiding his smirk.
Hayden lifts a brow.
Fuck this. I step forward. “Do you have her?” I demand.
Hayden grabs me by the shirt and glares at me with those sharp green eyes, silencing me without words, before turning back to the alpha. “What will it cost me, Drake?”
“Intel isn’t cheap.”
“Name your price.”
“I don’t want money. I need a shifter who can infiltrate a human facility. Covertly.”
Fuck, the alpha knows exactly who I am.
“I’ll do it.”
“Not your decision,” Hayden says over his shoulder to me. His gaze remains locked on Drake. “Only if the intel pays off.”
“We have a deal then.”
“Only after she’s safe. Where is she?” Hayden asks.
“My males don’t have her… yet. It appears they’re chasing a female on our eastern border.”
I advance on the alpha, then stop short beside Hayden. “They fucking better not touch her.”
“It’s not for you to say what my guards should or shouldn’t do to a trespasser, Black.”
Yes, he definitely knows who I am. But I don’t give a shit. Angel’s my only concern.
“She was taken. From town.”
“Not by my shifters. She trespassed on our land, from the highway. Don’t worry, little Damien…” He pauses, looks me over then locks eyes. “I think retriever fits you better. As I was saying, don’t worry, they’ll catch the female soon enough… if they haven’t already.
My wolf snarls at the insult, but staying here fighting with a dick of an alpha accomplishes nothing.
Angel’s out there.
In trouble.
I don’t wait for permission. I shift and run, pouring everything I have into my legs as I head for their eastern border.