Wicked Werewolf Passion Read Free

Patrol,” Kole said.  The patrol being the wolves who discreetly policed the cities around the world, protecting both the secrets and security of their race, while ensuring humans didn’t get mistakenly put on anyone’s food chain.  
    That got Shi’s attention considering he’d spent most of the past year seeking out the very traitors they were now talking about. That absence of warm and fuzzy had gotten way worse since being separated from Carmen but it had come in handy when dealing out swift justice. 
    The waitress set the bottle on the table and filled Shi’s shot glass and he waited until she was gone to cast Nico a scrutinizing stare. “Surely you could have passed on the information to me and kept me the hell out of here for another month.”
    Kole downed a shot. “That’s where it gets interesting.” He motioned to Shi’s glass. “I’d suggest you drink that before we tell you how interesting.”
    A trickle of unease slide down his spine, and Shi kept his eyes locked on Nico.  “What’s he talking about?”
    “Since you’ve had such success dealing with this issue, Alexander told the council he thought your presence would be helpful.”
    Shi’s blood ran cold and suddenly tequila sounded like a very bad idea. He needed to be fully cognizant and ready for battle. And this was headed for a battle, he had no doubt. “And he still seemingly has no memory of the night he attacked me?”
    Nico’s lips thinned. “So it seems.”
    Shi laughed without humor. “I’m not buying it. He wanted me back here before Carmen’s birthday.”
    “If you’re right,” Nico said, “and I believe you are, he has plans for you.
    Kole snorted. “And they don’t involve Sunday football and dinner with the would-be mate.”
    “Not unless I’m the dinner,” Shi agreed, glancing between Nico and Kole. “Any idea what he’s planning?” 
    “Aside from my assumption he wants you dead before you can mate with Carmen,” Nico drawled, “not even a scent, and believe me we’ve been trying.”
    “And you can bet he knows we’re trying,” Kole pointed out. “He knows how good and how connected we are, and yet, he’s fearless.”
    “How sane is he now?” Shi asked, hoping his craziness explained his confidence, not about to make the mistake of believing Alexander really didn’t remember the past. 
    “He’s convinced everyone he’s back to normal,” Nico said. “Even Carmen.”
    Shi had worked with Nico for thirty of his hundred and ten years alive. He knew how to read between the lines. “But he’s not.”  
    “The differences are subtle but they exist,” Nico confirmed. “So here’s the plan. We need to get you to the testimony at two o’clock tomorrow and then get you out of here again without event.” Nico plopped a set of keys on the table. “I have a place I keep as a safe house. It’s off the grid, wired, and secure. No one can get to you there and the added bonus is you can’t get to Carmen. Everything wolf inside me screams Alexander is looking for a setup. You don’t need to fuck up and get caught with her now and I don’t trust your hormones anywhere near her. You’re too close to freedom to be with her. We’ll come to you tomorrow and head to the hearing together and walk out with you.”
    Shi grabbed the keys. Nico was right. He had to get out of here and he had to stay away from Carmen. It was going to be absolute torture but he had to do it. “Can you-”
    “I’ll talk to her,” Nico said. “You just make sure you don’t. Mating heat is nothing to under estimate, Shi. You of all people know that.”
    The memory of being deep inside ‘the haze’, the lethal result of a male wolf who needed to mate being thrown into hormone overload, ground through him, and that had been with a wolf he despised. “She’s not of age yet.”
    “Yeah well, maybe not,” Nico said, “but clearly you recognize Carmen for what she is already.  In anything else I’d bet my life on