Grayslake 4 Love at First Roar Celia Kyle

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Zoey, it took at least three shifter males to tie her down. It wasn t just my brother who did that.
His pure, unadulterated fury poured into her and she forced herself to remain standing. Five. A
hint of pride joined the scents of his anger. It took five plus your brother to hold her and do that.
Kira nodded. There you go. There s no one stronger than Zoey.
There s you.
She adopted a rueful smile. We ll have to agree to disagree on that one.
Ebenezer whined, nudging her hand, and she tasted the air. Bacon. All right, pup. We ll see if the
wolves will share, she murmured.
That, we can handle. Most of them will be in the kitchen and I m sure someone will give him a
few slices.
Kira padded past him and into her house. The place was filled with new scents, but beneath them
all lurked hers mixed with a bit of Isaac s. Home. It smelled like home and it made her realize that it
wasn t a place that made her happy, comfy and safe. It was Isaac. He was home.
Which had her thoughts whirling and wondering and& she d have to talk with him later. Yes,
she d wanted to find a home outside Alpha Asshole s reach, one where she could be safe, but that
didn t mean it had to be Grayslake. With Isaac at her side, she could be safe anywhere. Maybe their
final decision last night wasn t so final.
The moment they entered the house, Ebenezer trotted toward the kitchen and at the same moment,
someone yelled for Bates. The wolf left her with a murmur, telling her Zoey was upstairs.
The wolves in the house barely gave her a glance. She got a delicate sniff from one or two who
were shifted, but overall, she was ignored. Which was good since, as much as she wanted to be
comfortable around them, she couldn t. Knowing they weren t her old pack and knowing they weren t
her old pack, were two very different things.
Kira padded down the narrow hallway between the kitchen and entryway. Regardless of her
familiarity with the house, she kept her hand trailing over the wall to her right. She brushed her
fingertips over the thinning wallpaper and along the trim surrounding the small door that led to the
crawlspace beneath the stairs.
She continued on her path, nearing the bottom of the steps.
Of course, like any other time when she had someone other than Isaac or Zoey with her, she
tripped. It could have been something as simple as a discarded pile of clothing, an errant shoe, or the
stepstool. Again.
Regardless, she went sprawling, knees colliding with the worn wood, heel of her hands striking
the ground as she fought to catch herself. At least this time she didn t snap a finger or gouge the hell
out of her shin.
Not the stepstool, then. Yippee.
A low snort came from her right, followed by a laugh covered by a cough.
Ass. Holes.
With a groan, she pushed to her knees and took a moment to get the throbbing pain under control.
The rapid patter of feet on the floor above her told her Zoey was coming even before her voice
echoed down the stairs. Kira?
Yeah, I m here.
On the floor, the speaker snorted.
And then Zoey was there. The Zoey who d gotten into more fights than Kira could count. To Kira,
it was annoying. To anyone else who wasn t used to her friend going from zero to I will gut you with
a spoon in under two seconds, it was scary as hell.
Excuse the fuck outta me? Even a foot shorter than the male, Zoey seemed to loom over him. I
didn t just hear that, did I? Zoey stepped forward and the wolf stumbled back. I didn t hear my best
friend, my sister, trip on something because you people can t follow a simple goddamned direction.
Did I?
Uh& Alpha&
Because I m pretty goddamned certain I told everyone to put their shit back where they got it and
if it was clothing, they damned sure weren t going to leave it in the middle of the goddamned floor.
Zoey was big on damn. And I also said I d tear apart any wolf who didn t do as I asked because I
didn t want Kira to get hurt. You know, Kira, the woman whose house you re standing in? The woman
who saved me yesterday?
She s prey, Alpha.
Zoey s rage slammed through Kira and she knew things weren t going to end well unless she
could calm her friend. She opened her mouth to speak, to do something to diffuse the situation, but
another voice overrode hers.
One that told Kira things just went from bad to a fuck-ton of worse.
Isaac responded to the wolf s pronouncement that she was prey. And so are you.
Then snarls, grumbles, grunts, and growls filled the air a split-second before the unmistakable
sound of shattering glass reached her. Dammit.
Kira flopped to her back, waiting for someone to finally realize she still lay on the ground.
Really, she was waiting for Isaac to remember her. It didn t take him long. Shortly after he finished
breaking things with someone s body, his face filled her vision.
Hey. She smiled. She was pretty sure he frowned. Did you throw a wolf through my window?
That was the only conclusion she could draw.
Just a little one.
A little wolf or a little window?
Isaac shrugged. Big wolf, small window. He has a few nice cuts now. He reached for her.
Lemme help you up.
Aren t you going to do something about the bleeding wolf? She raised her eyebrows and got
another shrug in response.
Yeah. I ll make sure he rinses off the front porch. Blood really stains.
Isaac, she sighed.
He was an ass. Now he will be less of an ass. At least to you.
The power of both Reid and Bates slapped her and then the two massive males were there. And
then she saw nothing but Isaac s back.
Kira sighed. Men.
*
Women. Isaac growled.
He d allowed her to go to her house and then she was to come right back to him. He d even
allowed for an extra five minutes because she d probably want to visit with Zoey for a moment. He
knew Bates wouldn t allow even Kira to keep Zoey from resting for very long. So when she still
hadn t returned after what he believed was an appropriate amount of time, he d gone hunting. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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