Pack
His mind spun chaotically with thoughts of his conversation with Leroy/Roderick, the danger his friends might face, and the woman in the backseat, his mate.
The close quarters of the cab brought her scent to him, and it confused both him and his wolf, for while she smelled more or less as he recalled, if with some kind of harsh soap instead of her honey shampoo, she now had an extra layer to her scent. The aroma tickled at him, for it seemed familiar but kept eluding his grasp.
Reaching the motel they currently called home base-two interconnected rooms at the end of a row-he parked. Checking his surroundings for prying eyes first, he then grabbed the still-unconscious Bailey and carried her