Wolf Ways (The Madison Wolves Book 9) Read Free Page B

basis, we’ll find a way for you to get your own, but it might take a few wagers with your girlfriend .” She smiled when she said that.
    I laughed nervously. The wolves liked their wagers.
    “I’m not going to start dating her just so she’ll buy me things,” I said.
    “I wasn’t implying you would, Zoe,” Michaela replied. “Did she really hold you on her shoulders while she ate you?”
    I colored immediately. “Michaela!”
    “Did she?”
    I nodded and then buried my face in my arms. “That is such a crude way to put it.”
    She chuckled. “I suspect there are a variety of reasons to start dating her, Zoe.” She chuckled again.
    At that point, there was a firm knock at the front door accompanied by the buzzer ringing.
    “Cheese it!” Michaela said. “It’s the fuzz!”
    I couldn’t help it. I laughed then stood up.
    “No, no,” Michaela said. “I’ll handle this.” She stood up gracefully — she did everything gracefully — and headed to my door. I heard the door open, and then a moment later, my apartment was filled with very large, irate-looking wolves. I finished climbing to my feet.
    It seemed like half the enforcers in the pack were there. Elisabeth moved straight towards me and pointed. “You sit.”
    Reflexively, without even a glimmer of a thought, I sat down. But from behind her, Michaela said, “Leave her alone, Head Enforcer .” She reappeared with Serena and Angel flanking her.
    In the meantime, Portia, Eric and Rory began to search my apartment.
    “There’s no one here, Head Enforcer,” Michaela said.
    Elisabeth turned on her. “Then we won’t find anything when we make sure.” She said it coldly. “Alpha.”
    Michaela put her hand on her hip. “Are you questioning me, Head Enforcer?”
    “We are doing our jobs,” Elisabeth spat. “I do not know why you must go so far out of your way to make it more difficult for us.”
    I heard the enforcers moving through the two bedrooms and the bathroom, and it sounded like they were being thorough. I stayed on the sofa, trying to look small, but the heightened emotions in the room were intimidating.
    Michaela impressed me. She moved right up to Elisabeth, well into her personal space. “I didn’t tell anyone to chase me around,” she said, looking up into her face. Way up. The dissimilarity between the two women couldn’t have been more conspicuous. Elisabeth stood something over six feet and was broad and powerful. She, along with the other enforcers, was dressed in a grey pantsuit and white blouse. They reminded me of the agents from Men in Black , although Linda Fiorentino hadn’t looked as good as Elisabeth did. She wore her black hair cut short and neat. In contrast, Michaela was five feet and was perhaps the most delicate woman I had ever met. Her vibrant, red hair was long and flowing, framing her sharp face a little wildly.
    This tiny, tiny woman was standing up to the huge werewolf and not batting an eye. Looking at them, I found myself left wondering: which of them was most fierce?
    Elisabeth glanced over at me then turned back to Michaela. “We’ll discuss this later.”
    “No, Head Enforcer ,” Michaela said, stressing Elisabeth’s title again. “We will not. I went for a drive. I didn’t do a single thing anyone else in this room is forbidden to do.”
    The other enforcers, apparently having finished searching my apartment, reappeared in the living room, taking up what were clearly protective positions around Michaela. Eric stood near the hallway leading to the bedrooms. Rory moved to the window, checking it for security then watching through the blinds. Portia moved near the kitchen. Clearly she was worried my vegan food would grow legs and launch itself at the little fox.
    “Serena and Angel didn’t deserve the tongue lashing they received,” Elisabeth said.
    “You’re right,” Michaela said. “They didn’t. Apologize to them.”
    “Excuse me?” asked Elisabeth.
    “Well, I’m not the one who