Gently lowering her to the ground and unhooking her legs he stretched out at her side and pulled her to him. He held her through the aftershocks of her climax.
His wolf roared in happiness. He hadn’t come but tasting her had sated his appetite for her. Well kind of, he doubted he could ever get enough of her. But it kept the beast at bay for now.
Kira snuggled into his chest as her own wolf howled. She could get used to this.
Chapter Ten
Kira buzzed with happiness the whole drive home. Gabe held her hand squeezing it and rubbing his thumb over the back.
As they were pulling up to Jolene’s house Gabe flicked her a hungry glance. “When can I see you again?”
“Is tomorrow too soon?”
Gabe groaned. “Ten minutes from now isn’t too soon.”
Kira chuckled pleased at his response. “I’m on the day time shift at work tomorrow so maybe we could have dinner together.”
Gabe’s eyes lit up at the prospect. “Why don’t you come round to mine and I’ll cook for you? Unless you don’t want to…” He wasn’t trying to rush her into seeing where he lived.
Kira looked at him, a cheeky expression on her face. “Why wouldn’t I want to? Should I be concerned that you’re actually an axe murder?”
“Nah, tomorrow’s my day off.”
Kira’s good mood dipped. She could dimly sense feelings of distress.
“What’s wrong?” Asked Gabe immediately, sensitive to her changes.
“I’m not sure…”
Gabe parked and they got out. Kira set off round the back of the house with Gabe keeping pace. They found Jolene and Lilah clearly upset.
Kira rushed over. “What’s wrong?”
Jolene hesitated. “It’s probably nothing…”
Gabe scented the blood. “Something dead?”
Lilah wrapped her arms round her. “It’s a rabbit.”
The four wolves stood crowded round the bunny corpse. It had been ripped apart by large claws.
Jolene put her hands on her hips. “Maybe it was a wild wolf? Or a fox? It doesn’t necessarily have to be a shifter.”
“Yeah maybe…” Agreed Gabe absently.
Kira snorted. “I doubt it. Wild wolves have very different scents from shifters. They freaking reek.”
Lilah chewed on her lip. “Can’t it be one of your pack? Or our pack should I say?”
“But you guys would recognize the scent if it was one of us right?” Kira looked between Jolene and Gabe.
Gabe shook his head. “Maybe not. I can’t say for sure that I know all the pack member’s scents. And it could be a newly turned shifter. Their scents take a few years to establish themselves.”
Jolene knelt down. “The scent isn’t very strong either. No offence to anyone present but I doubt any one of us would be able to do anything anyway.”
“What about the pack tracker?” Asked Kira.
“He’s away training others to hunt and track. I’ll call Adam.” Gabe excused himself to call the Alpha.
The three women stood staring at the rabbit. It might be nothing, nothing at all. Just some random kill by a shifter. But then again it could be a threat.
Gabe returned a few minutes later. “Adam said to go ahead and bury the rabbit. But that he’s going to call Alec and get a Deputy to be with you at all times.”
Kira tried to protest but Gabe held up a hand. “He’s the Alpha, there’s really no point in arguing. His mind’s made up. No let’s have a rabbit funeral.”
*
Gabe waited until his fellow wolf Deputy Jake Foreman turned up to watch over the she-wolves before leaving. He drove home thinking of the bunny before his mind drifted the rusty Cadillac. Nothing really overtly strange was happening but Gabe just had a bad feeling.
He had run the license plate for the Cadillac and found it did indeed belong to a Darlington resident. His name was Albert Peterson. He worked as a security guard at a Stop ‘N’ Go and yes he did have a brother who lived about an hour to the south in a town called Weyburn. However to go through Rose to get to Weyburn the guy would have to go twenty minutes out of his way. There was something a little off about him. And it didn’t explain what the car was doing back in Rose the second time.
But then again maybe he was overreacting. Maybe Albert Peterson just liked driving the scenic route. Maybe he loved eating at the Honeypot Diner. Maybe he had friends in Rose. There could be any amount of reasons. But just in case Gabe had reached out and spoken to a friendly Deputy in Weyburn, just to see if the brother was in hospital. And hopefully to find out if anyone in Weyburn might just have a connection to Charming.
His wolf was constantly on alert where Kira and her sister were concerned. He didn’t take for granted the fact that some wolves could be very vengeful, and from the tidbits he had got from Kira he doubted Joseph would just let his wife go.