Gabe felt thoroughly chastised. Although he had to disagree with that last part. To him she was more important than anyone in the Universe. “I’m sorry I…”
Adam put a hand on his shoulder, not in an unfriendly way. “It’s alright. I’d be the same if it was my mate. Look you’re a good tracker; I want you out here but call the station. See who’s there and get someone to watch over your mate.”
Gabe flushed. “How do you know she’s my mate?”
Adam chortled with laughter. “You’re kidding right? You can’t keep anything quiet in this pack. And by the way if I were you I’d give horse riding a miss in future.”
Gabe grinned. “Oh I don’t know. It had its moments.”
Adam snorted. “I’ll bet. Come on we better get moving. Won’t be long until the snow starts settling.”
Gabe couldn’t help but feel uneasy. If the Charming pack had set these traps it didn’t bode well. It was a vicious act; it showed how little regard they had for innocent lives.
He had to be sure Kira was safe. He pulled out his phone and quickly started dialing the station.
Chapter Fourteen
It was 10.30pm and Kira was practically jumping up and down with needy excitement. Not long until Gabe arrived! She calmed a little at seeing the first few flakes of snow falling. The beauty and coolness of the weather at least afforded her a little pause.
Again Deedee had gone home a little early, pleading family issues. The gentle bear shifter apologized effusively. She felt guilty at leaving Kira to lock up again but the she-wolf insisted it was fine. In the end she practically had to chase Deedee out the door.
Deedee wasn’t actually leaving her alone, within half an hour Gabe would be there. Besides both Deanna the bobcat Deputy and Carly had been hanging around for the last hour. Deanna had been watching her like a hawk.
Kira had tried to press the bobcat but Deanna wouldn’t be drawn. Whatever was happening Gabe was clearly worried about her. Deanna’s emotions were fairly calm; she was slightly worried but not overly agitated. Kira tried to probe Carly’s emotions but came up against a wall. The little Omega gave her the stink eye and Kira tried to plead ignorance. She suspected Carly didn’t believe her, she imagined the more powerful Omega could sense her guilt a mile away.
Kira started wiping down tables as both Deanna and Carly sipped what must be cold coffee by that point. They’d stopped serving fifteen minutes ago.
“You know you two can go Gabe will be here to pick me up soon.”
The way Kira was feeling she wasn’t overly keen on the two women being around when Gabe arrived. If Kira did just jump her mate and ravish him it might be a little awkward…
Deanna smiled tightly. “Not until I finish my coffee.”
“Hmmm me too.” Murmured Carly.
Kira rolled her eyes and watched the snow falling through the window. Growing up in New Mexico she’d never seen snow at home. She had seen it on a couple of family vacations but it wasn’t the same. Virginia wasn’t overly prone to freezing cold weather but at least there was snow now and again. She loved shifting and trotting through the snow as her wolf. It was one of the things she loved most about being in Virginia. Well that and Gabe…
There were already a good few inches on the ground, and the sky was heavy. Bathed in the streetlamps the white blanket made the town look beautiful. It was so still and peaceful.
A couple of cars rumbled slowly along the road. Kira cupped her hands against the window hopeful one would be Gabe’s. It was hard to tell in the flurry of snow but neither vehicle looked like either Gabe’s car or the patrol car he used on duty. Her wolf sighed impatiently and Kira tried to instill patience in the beast.
She watched the vehicles with interest and was surprised when four burly looking men and three wolves trundled out. Carly shuddered and dropped her coffee cup. Kira stilled as she recognized at least two of the men. Oh no…
It was her old Alpha and his son, Kira’s husband, Joseph.
Kira stepped back from the window breathing heavily as her wolf panicked. “We have to get out of here.”
Kira quickly pulled Carly along with Deanna following close behind. They ran out through the kitchen toward the back door. Kira flung it open and shrieked to find two wolves snarling and snapping their jaws.
Deanna drew her gun and shot one of the wolves as it lunged at Carly. The wolf slumped to the floor whining. Kira tried to slam the door shut but a beefy shifter came up behind the wolves and put his shoulder to it.
The other wolf snarled and moved toward Kira as Deanna shot him too. Kira picked up a frying pan and threw it at the shifter’s head. He howled furiously as Carly pulled Kira behind Deanna who trained her gun on him.