Saving a Wolf: Moonbound Series, Book Six Read Free Page B

because I’m small doesn’t mean I can’t kick your butt all the way back to Hollywood.”
    “Hey, hey, hey.” Andrea stood and waved her hands up and down. “We’re all tired and irritated and—” She slapped her neck, squashing a mosquito. “None of us are pleased to hear that Maggie also struck out with Luther. But she also has to deal with the knowledge that he’s her mate, and he may or may not come over to our side. Give her a break.”
    Maggie could’ve kissed the Texas wolf right then and there. The truth was, she didn’t have a clue what to do next. Other than go back to Luther again and again like she’d threatened.
    They’d surveyed that island from every angle. Even if they managed to airdrop onto the island from the backside, without access to the inlet and boats, they’d never be able to get anyone off.
    “The pork is ready,” Niko interrupted. “Why don’t we eat, and take the rest of the afternoon to think about our options?”
    “There aren’t any options,” Maggie answered. “I told Luther I’d see him again every day he was on the mainland until he changed his mind.”
    “Mag is right. Without boats and Luther’s help, we don’t stand a chance of rescuing anyone.” Andrea sat at the table again.
    “If Maggie is correct, and Luther is her mate, he’ll come around.” Hannah’s small voice carried clearly from behind Donovan. She stepped around the tall blond Kentucky wolf and smiled. “This is a blessing, Maggie. Not bad news. How strong was the pull?”
    She eyed Hannah and sighed again. The quiet team member from the forests of Oregon had a point. And if her inclination of desire to strip naked and suction-cup her body to Luther’s was any indication to the level of magick involved, it was very high. “Very strong.”
    “Like, Nora-and-Rain-fuck-every-time-we-touch strong?”
    “Oh, yeah. I’ve never felt the desire to be on top of someone like that before. The fact that he was a complete stranger didn’t even faze me. If there’d been an opportunity to stick my tongue down his throat, I would’ve done it.”
    And that scared the shit out of her.
    Maggie didn’t fear anything . She jumped off of buildings in her spare time for fun. Leapt out of airplanes. Rock climbed mountains. But that man…he was more thrilling than all those things put together.
    He made her feel things inside that she’d never been aware of before. And it wasn’t that she’d never been attracted to a guy or slept with someone. She had. But being in Luther’s presence made her hungry to taste him and weak in the knees all at the same time.
    Luther would come around. He had to come around. There wasn’t another way onto that island.

Chapter Three
    L uther knocked on the door of the little shack on the narrow inlet. In the beat of time before Brooks answered, he found himself looking up the hill toward the big house.
    Damn that little sprite and her jackass questions.
    All the women , she had said. His last brothel …
    He couldn’t let her get under his skin.
    The door swung open and the skinny dude who sat behind the computer banks all day gave him a tight smile and flashed a dingy towel. “Don’t come in yet. I gotta clean this up.” He scuttled around, wiping at the floor. Dark pools turned the towel to a dirty brown color.
    “What the hell happened?” Luther stood in the doorway and put his hand back around the red stamp crate, taking the weight off the side of the rickety building.
    “My coffee… I just got surprised, that’s all.” Brooks threw another towel over the last of the liquid and surveyed the damage.
    “By me? Didn’t you see me coming from miles out?”
    He rubbed his eyes and Luther almost rolled his. They had a strict policy about sleeping on the job, and if another mess-up happened like the others and Adrian could find a way to blame staff incompetence, more heads would roll.
    Unless Maggie’s right .
    No. He couldn’t afford to think that. Adrian Rossi