Faith scanned the area for Rane and Blake. Her heart fell when she saw ten minions, four demons, and six dead demons scattered about. She knew they couldn't last much longer, as they looked barely able to stand with their broken bones, cuts, and bruises. Their werewolf healing couldn't keep up with all the demons and their attacks. Usually it was one demon to two werewolves, so they were greatly outnumbered. She debated what to do and sighed in relief when Jamie joined in.
Devlin came over to her with Stacy in his arms and placed the woman at her feet. "Guard her for a minute. Yell if you need help," Devlin said as he ran over to help the fight.
She nodded and knelt down to help Stacy and to check the woman she had saved.
The women cried, "Is she dead? Please, she can't be. Wake up, Stacy!"
Faith ignored the women, focusing on their surroundings. Dead demons and minions were scattered everywhere. She had never seen so many, other than in her Armageddon visions. Fuck, they really wanted these women. She grabbed the phone from her vest to call Jack.
"We need major clean up here, Jack. They sent a lot more then I saw in my vision. Get here quick, I don't know how much longer Rane and Blake will last. They're in bad shape." She gave their coordinates and hung up.
Jamie came over to her. He grabbed his phone, took a picture of her, then picked up Stacy. "Get the girls to the hospital. We're taking Stacy and Lexie back to base. Kane will see to them. The major will help you out."
She nodded, then frowned. "Jamie, you didn't just take a picture of me, did you?"
He shrugged then grinned. "What? You look so hot right now. This is going on my wall."
She couldn't help it, she laughed as she grabbed the woman, dragging her to the car the major had started. Faith pushed her in the car, angry with the woman's silliness in going after her friend alone.
"Drive, major. She's losing a lot of blood from the cut on the cheek and other places. I know the other women aren't in much better condition either."
They drove to the hospital in silence.
* * * *
Half an hour and Kane was out of there. He had pulled a double shift, well almost a triple. He couldn't wait to get home to his princess just to breathe her scent in and hold her close. He sighed and looked up to find his friend Dr. Jerome Stark.
"Are you deliberately ignoring your pager?"
He glanced down at his flashing pager. "Sorry, long day. Do you know what this is about?"
His friend smiled. "Yeah, our wet dream just walked in."
Kane chuckled. "You paged me to tell me this!"
Jerome shook his head as they headed for the emergency. "Four twenty-somethings just come in with a Major Samuel Black. Three of the four women are injured with what looks like bite marks with flesh missing, cuts, and bruises. The fourth woman is the one I want. She doesn't seem to be injured."
Kane started to feel uneasy. As they got closer to the emergency room his wolf began growling as his friend continued.
"She's wearing black boots, tight black leather pants, a pink vest, and I'm not joking, buddy, she looks like a leather-clad Lara Croft but her breasts are bigger and her ponytail is almost to her backside."
Kane was walking so fast now that his colleague almost had to run to keep up with him.
"They're in room ten as it's the biggest. Kane, you can look after any of the others, but my fantasy woman is mine to check. Those brown eyes..."
Kane could already smell her over the disinfectant hospital smell. He bit his tongue to control his growl as he entered the room. Jerome headed toward Faith. Kane growled, shoving him against the wall. Jerome's eyes rounded and he looked at him with a shocked expression.
"Consider this a warming, Jerome. Friend or not, stay away from my wife."
He let go of him and stepped back, turning his head when he heard Faith speak. "Oh shit, I'm in trouble."
He glanced around the room. Three women were lying on beds, and his mate was sitting on the one in the corner, a man standing beside her … Major Black, he assumed. Kane ignored everyone else, going straight to Faith, knowing he was being unprofessional but not caring.
"Princess, where is Jamie?"
She sighed. "Hi, honey. Don't worry, I'm fine."
He frowned at her.
"Fine, Jamie is heading home where I hoped you were because your medical skills could be used."
He cupped her face and kissed her gently. A cleared throat interrupted him. He glanced up to see Dr. Jerome, who stared at him like he was trying to figure out a puzzle.
"I've called Dunsty and Callum as this is too close to you, Kane."
Kane nodded at Jerome. Ignoring everyone else for a moment, he stared at Faith. Taking her hand, he pulled her off the bed and out of the room with the major following. Kane was furious.
"Why the hell are you here, Faith, out without protection?"
He didn't care what had happened, she was his mate, the next alpha female. Everyone better be dead or he would kill them. She was fucking pregnant. He held his wince as he thought that, glad he was only ranting in his mind because he was the only one who knew beside Arden, and he would kill Arden if he had let her go out.
Jerome cleared his throat again behind him. Kane growled.
Faith sighed, and she stepped forward, holding her hand out. "Hi. If you didn't figure it out already, I'm Kane's ma...wife."
Jerome's smile was huge. "Ah, the famous princess. I'm Dr. Jerome Stark."
Jerome laughed as Faith turned a pretty pink.
"Can I ask what your name is? Kane has never said it, he always calls you princess."
Faith laughed at this. "Faith, Faith York."
Kane growled. "Faith Wolfen."
Jerome nodded and smiled. "Can I just take Kane away for a moment?"
She nodded, shooing him off. They walked over to the nurse and doctors station.
"You have a lot of explaining to do, Kane. They have a clearance one for the situation for the girls in emergency, there's a list of questions I'm not allowed to ask, not to mention the condition of the women. Shit, Kane, do you know what the hell is going on?"
Kane watched as six more military men came in.
"They're making everyone sign a confidentiality agreement. What the fuck is going on?"
Kane tuned his friend out as he watched his wife introduce herself to the new military men. She was so hot in what she was wearing. He smiled, thinking of all the fantasies he was going to get her to fulfill when they got home.
Jerome nudged him again, sighing. "Just go, Kane. I can see I'm not going to get an answer, and if I had a wife who looked like that I wouldn't even be here. Go take her home, because you're an idiot if you don't notice how most of the men in here are eyeing her."
Kane nodded, wiping the smile off his face as he knew his teeth had lengthened. "Thanks."
He went over to the group of military men to introduce himself. He already knew two from his days in the military. He excused himself and Faith.
"I'll take you home if you give me five to ten minutes to get my things."
She smiled up at him, looking exhausted. "Thanks, I'll call your dad to tell him not to send anyone then. Major Black will be coming back with us."
He nodded and gently pulled her into his arms. He leaned down, kissing the top of her head. As he glanced back up again, he groaned. Ah, not tonight. The woman just wouldn't give up. "I'm sorry, princess."
She glanced up at him, confused. "What are you sorry about?"
He turned her around, leaning down to whisper in her ear. "For what's about to descend on us. Dr. Bethany Balanco."
"Dr. Wolfen, I have a patient I want you to meet," Dr. Balanco purred out.
He gripped Faith tighter, shuddering in revulsion. It wasn't that the woman wasn't pretty, it was that she never gave up. No matter what he said, she threw herself at him every chance she got.
She ignored Faith, continuing on, "I was wondering if you-"
Her fingers crawled up his arm, he removed her hand. "Dr. Balanco, Dr. Stark will have to take it as I'm heading home with my wife."
She looked startled for a moment then finally noticed Faith. "We didn't know Kane was married," she said to Faith. "He's never mentioned you. I hope you know how disappointed all the ladies will be. Kane was thought to be one of our most eligible bachelors, and we have all wanted to get our hands on him."
He felt Faith straighten against him. "We've only been married a couple of days, but I've been a family friend for years. I just returned from overseas, and Kane grabbed me and hasn't let me go. So all the other women will have to find a new bachelor to hang off, because this one belongs to me." Faith held out her hand. "Well, it was a pleasure to meet one of Kane's colleagues, but if you'll excuse me, I need to go help my colleague make something disappear." Faith dropped her hand when Dr. Balanco glanced at her outstretched hand then ignored it.