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Fifty-Six
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Rescued by the Beast Fifty-Seven
KianThe rest of the day was tense. Everybody felt it. Our old ladies busied themselves with cleaning, and I’m not talking about using a mop and bucket, I mean organizing weapons and battening down the hatches. The retired members put their DIY skills to great use, barricading the windows with tabletops and spare planks of wood from the storage yard. The Reaper came good on his word, providing us with an arsenal of firearms. Jax and I distributed them among the brothers and the women. I handed Gia a handgun, and she tucked it into the waistband of her borrowed jeans.“You didn’t check it,” I reprimanded her for being so darn gullible, scowling down at her. “You should always check your rounds. Don’t assume I handed you a loaded weapon. It could be empty for all you know.”It may have sounded harsh, but it would be worse if she couldn’t defend herself.She swallowed a gulp and nodded. “Yeah, you’re right. I’m sorry,” she stammered as she did what I asked and checked. “I’m good.”“Do yo
Rescued by the Beast Fifty-Eight
GiaMy arm ached with the effort of hammering nails into wood. Our work was done. There was nothing more we could do. Now it was just a waiting game. I took a step backward to admire our handiwork; my hairline was saturated with sweat, and my fingers hurt. We secured every window and all but one exit, barricading us inside. Exhausted from the work, I mopped my brow with the back of my hand. There was only one way in and one way out, through the kitchen door. Throttle made sure that if there was a fire, we could all escape via the storage yard.“Any sign of trouble?” Jenna asked, prompting me to squint through the cracks in the timber.I peered up and down the roadside, seeing nothing out of the ordinary. “No. So far so good,” I replied.The fight would have started by now. My stomach swirled with nerves, wishing there was some other way I could find out what was going on. Just like any illegal fight, they didn’t broadcast it on television or radio. Throttle disclosed that if this was
Rescued by the Beast Fifty-Nine
GiaA swarm of bullets flew through the clubhouse and took out three of our crew. Blood spread from their bodies like crimson puddles. I couldn’t help them. No one could. Jenna didn’t dare contact Jaxton in case it blew his cover at the auction. We were all alone out here with no one around to save us.“We ought to call the authorities,” I suggested.“The Clan leaders. The Rangers. Anybody.”The bears howled with laughter as if I’d just told the world’s funniest joke.Jenna spared me a fleeting glance as she rained bullets into the parking lot. “Oh, honey. No one is coming. We’re the scum of society. They don’t care if we wipe each other out.”“That ain’t right,” I roared, outraged by how little they valued us.What about the law? They couldn’t just sit back and do nothing as the rogues slaughtered us one by one. But they could. And they were. No one was running to rescue us from the Hellhounds’ assault. Not like they did when Kian’s apartment was on fire. This didn’t involve anyone e
Rescued by the Beast Sixty
KianKill them.Kill them all.A red mist fell before my eyes, and all I could think about was bloodshed and carnage. Without uttering a single word of warning, I came at Claw with unbridled savagery. He hurt her. He laid his hands on my wife. Claw had brought the dogs to our door. The blood of our kin stained his palms, and I'd make damn sure that he would pay with his life.Claw let go of Gia's hair as I swung a punch at his face. Bullets whizzed past my head, one grazing my cheek. I didn't once flinch, not even blinking like the pain didn't matter. I couldn't reverse the devastation he'd caused, but I could sure as shit make it right.Claw's face jerked to the side, his lip swelling upon impact. Hellhounds formed a circle all around us, creating a hostile barrier between us and the clubhouse."Is this how you plan to best me?" I growled, scowling upon him like the vermin he was. "By bringing these mongrels along to fight your battles?"Claw's eyes flitted around at the rogue wolves
Rescued by the Beast Sixty-One
KianBullets rained upon them from the clubhouse, buying me a fighting chance. Dogs swarmed all over me like a prime steak, biting, snapping, snarling like rabid mutts. Something switched inside my brain, letting the bloodthirsty creature from within take the wheel. Coarse brown fur burst through my skin as I tore through my shift, rising on my hind legs in a sky-splitting roar.Dogs leaped this way and that, and I swatted them away like flies. My claws scored through fur and flesh in a monstrous game of war. The ground shook with every forceful impact. Wolf shifters skidded through the dust, crashing into parked cars, buildings, and taking out the boundary fence as if it was made of string.Claw had seized the opportunity to shift while they incapacitated me. He struck me hard across my face in a cheap shot. Light burst in my eyes and blood fell from the sky like crimson rain, splattering all that it touched. Claw jumped into the thick of the battle, butting me in the stomach to wind
Rescued by the Beast Sixty-Two
GiaJaxton said we could stay at his place for as long as we liked, but we didn't want to impose. Two weeks passed, and I felt awkward about putting him out. He insisted it was fine, volunteering to stay at his parents’ house to give us some privacy. We’d scoured the real estate pages like hawks, but nothing caught our eyes. I didn’t like the idea of a log cabin in the mountains, and Kian didn’t want to move to the suburbs. The barn conversion we kept talking about seemed more appealing day by day. Kian was keen to take on the construction side of things, whereas I was happy to observe as the project manager. He would do all the donkey work, and all I would have to do was make it look pretty.“Come sit down, your coffee is getting cold,” I called out to Kian who was searching high and low for a phone charger.I noticed it poking out beneath the newspaper on the kitchen table, and I chuckled to myself. He stalked back into the room with the look of doom etched across his face, then slu
Rescued by the Beast Sixty-Three
Kian"You're quiet," I mentioned, breaking the forty-five-minute silence.Something was bothering my wife. Bears could not telepathically link with their mates and read their thoughts, but we could sense when something was wrong. Gia had been staring through the window with a vacant look in her eyes, not even acknowledging the passing scenery. It was like her mind floated off to someplace else. Somewhere I couldn't follow."Gia, baby, is everything all right?" I kept talking, trying to drag her mind back to the present.She sucked in a breath like she remembered she needed air to breathe."Oh, sorry . . . I was daydreaming," she muttered an excuse and shook her head as if her thoughts were too troublesome."About?" I prompted, wanting to know what she was thinking. All she had to do was confide in me, and I would help in the best way I could.This was her chance to share her problems or to lie and keep them bottled up inside. We were mates, and mates were not supposed to have secrets
Rescued by the Beast Sixty-Four
Kian"Stop stressing about me; I'll be fine," Gia returned, hinting at my initial query. "If you must know, I was thinking about my parents."She released a heavy exhale. "It was something Max said to me earlier. All this time I spent feeling angry and rejected, but now I know my dad wanted me, and my mom gave me up to protect me. This changes everything. I'm not confident that I'm ready to step foot into Whitevale, but that doesn't mean I can't reach out to let him know that I’m safe. I just wish I had a forwarding address for my mom."My brain had to reboot before I could verbalize a reply."Whatever you want to do, I'll support you." It was the only rational thing I could think to say.This was her choice. Taking a trip to Whitevale would be a life-changing experience for her. It would activate her werewolf gene, and it would force her to shift. I thought she should go for it. But it was the shifter side of me who thought she would be better protected if she was attuned to her inne
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