Rane’s Mate(25)

He reluctantly pulled away from her as the two men came up to him and stood to attention. He turned to see Captain Lance and Lieutenant Logan standing in front of him. Slowly, he removed Kirby out from behind him, only to hear her gasp.

Lieutenant Logan grabbed her arm, and Kirby winced as he pulled her to his side. Shocked, Rane growled and lunged for the lieutenant. He vaguely heard Kirby yelling, “Stop!” The problem was his wolf had taken over. Rane picked the lieutenant up and was just about to throw him when he was startled.

In his head he heard very loudly, “Rane, you better let go of my brother Logan, or I will never forgive you. Now!” His wolf stopped mid-throw, and Kirby’s voice repeated in his head again. “Put him down now.”

He turned to Kirby. “He touched you and hurt you. You winced.”

Kirby sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. “Rane, he was shocked. He didn’t mean to hurt me. Did you, Logan?”

He turned to her brother who was still dangling in his arms.

Kirby’s eyes narrowed as she said, “Logan.”

Logan still didn’t say anything. Rane’s wolf was telling him to throw the man.

Rane smiled, showing his lengthened teeth. He turned back to Kirby, and she raised her eyebrow at him and said, “Don’t even think about it, Rane.”

Damn, he wondered if she knew how good she was. Feeling Sebastian come up next to Kirby, he could tell the other werewolf was biting his lip, trying not to laugh.

“Rane, put him down. Let’s go sort this out in the gym.” Sebastian turned to Kirby. “It’s nice to meet Rane’s wife.” Logan made a choking noise and started to swear. Sebastian then turned to Logan, grinning as he said, “Lieutenant, I would shut it if I were you.”

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Kirby sighed as she looked at her stupid brother. The idiot should have some sense, especially when a six foot four, massive werewolf had a hold of him and looked like he was ready to kill him. You would think that he would cooperate, but not her brother. How on earth had he stayed in the army for so long?

She shook her head and looked at Rane. He did look scary magnificent. Oh God, she really was a freak, because he looked so hot right now.

He growled, his free hand coming out to touch her arse. “I can smell you. God, you smell so good.”

She knew what he was talking about and couldn’t help the groan that slipped out. It made the situation worse, especially when her brother moaned out, “Oh, great. Gross!”

He glared at Rane, which was kind of funny, because Rane hadn’t put him down so he was still dangling in the air while they were walking.

She bit her lip, but a giggle still escaped. She coughed to try and cover it up. “Please put him down, Rane. For me, please.” She glared at her brother. “He’ll be on his best behavior. Won’t you, Logan? Please, Rane, for me.” She knew she had Rane with the last plea.

Rane sighed, and none too gently he dropped her brother.

Her brother went to grab her again…idiot. Rane stood in front of her and said, “You don’t touch her, or say anything that she wouldn’t like. Got it?”

Her brother really was an idiot because he didn’t say anything as they headed down the hall.

Once in the large gym, the doors were shut and Rane turned to her brother. “You may speak now, Lieutenant Logan, but keep in mind you will not offend Kirby. Do you hear me?”

Some sanity must have come back to Logan as he nodded, saying, “Yes, Major Rane.” Her brother then turned to her. “What the hell are you doing here with him? I know you know what he is. How the hell are you here? You live thirty minutes away. I’ve been checking on you, and there is no way my baby sister is married or marrying him. So you better start talking.” He was yelling by the end.

Kirby could feel how tense Rane was and the growling was pretty loud. She glanced at her brother and gulped, she had never seen him so pissed off. Clenching her fists and starting to get angry herself, she stomped her foot like a child as she yelled back.

“I don’t know why you’re so pissed off. You work with him. I’m old enough to date who I want and be married to whoever I choose.”

Logan took a step toward her and halted when Kane growled. “Jeez, Kirby, I know you love animals, but you’re not marrying one. For fuck sake, they’re not human, and that’s just for starters. How many goddamn years older is he than you? Have you seen yourself? You’re frigging five-four, and he’s a giant at six-four. There is no way Hayden and I worked so hard to scare off any losers or jerks who looked your way, only for you to end up with him. For Christ’s sake, he’s known as the exterminator.”