Better Mate Than Never (New Adult Werewolf Romance) by Adriana Hunter

these two were staying at.” Adam pulled out
his phone and plugged in an address. “It’s maybe fifteen minutes from here.
Less than three from your apartment.”
    “Jesus. These
bastards were sitting in my backyard the entire time.” Caleb struggled to control
his temper. He’d never felt so completely out of control in his entire life.
“I’m going over there. They might have left something useful behind, something
that will lead us to Paige.”
    “I’m right
behind you.”

 
     
    Chapter Seven
     
    They lucked
out. Big time. Not only had they not cleared out the dingy motel room, but one
of the wolves, the blonde Paige had shot in the neck, was still there, laying
on the bed. Caleb kicked the door in, then hauled him up by the front of his bloodstained
t-shirt and slammed him into the wall.
    “You bastard.
What have you done with Paige?”
    “What have I
done?” the wolf shifter sputtered. “I’ve been lying here for over twenty-four
hours, out of commission because your little side-piece nearly blew my neck to
smithereens. I haven’t done anything with her.”
    “No, but you
were going to, weren’t you, Kyle Greene?” Adam spoke softly, but the quiet
authority in his voice settled over the room like a warm, slightly dangerous
blanket. “Who are you working for, Kyle?”
    “I c-can’t
tell you,” Kyle stammered, his eyes bulging suddenly even though Caleb hadn’t
done anything. “H-h-he won’t let m-me.”
    “Caleb, ease
off,” Adam ordered. “Whoever owns him has put a compulsion spell on him. He
couldn’t tell us even if we pulled his intestines out, inch by painful inch.”
The expression on Adam’s face told Kyle that if the clan leader thought it
would get them anywhere, he would be getting a very up close and personal look
at his insides right now.
    “Isn’t there
any way to get rid of the spell?” Caleb demanded. “Or at least find a way
around it?” He wasn’t an expert at magic, but Adam had connections and knew a
lot of things about it.
    Adam frowned.
“I don’t know, but I know someone we can ask.” He pulled out his phone from his
belt and dialed a number. The look Caleb gave Kyle was effective enough to keep
him pinned to the wall without having to touch him, but the younger shifter
still had the guts to glare at him.
    “If there was
a way to escape, Randy and I would have done it a long time ago,” he said bitterly.
    Adam only
raised an eyebrow. “Hi Marcella. I’ve got a problem I could use your assistance
with.” He waited a beat, then nodded. “Absolutely. I’ll bring him over right
away.”
    He put the
phone away, then took Kyle firmly by the arm, gesturing Caleb to do the same.
“Where are you taking me?” Kyle asked, struggling against their grip, but the
combined strength of two alpha shifters was too much for him to overcome.
    “To a witch.
If anyone can help us, it’s Marcella.”
     
    *
     
    The SUV
jolted as it passed over a particularly nasty pothole, and Paige woke with a
start. Her head throbbed fiercely, and there was a God-awful taste in her mouth
that made her nearly beg for water. She was about to open her mouth to croak
for some when she remembered where she was—in an armored car with creatures
that were taking her to some unknown stranger.
    Cracking her
eyes open just a slit, she saw that it was the middle of the night. The two of
them were completely silent.
    “We know
you’re awake back there,” Blair said without taking his eyes off the screen,
making Paige jump. “As long as you don’t make trouble, you can stay like that.
If not… I always have more needles.”
    Paige
shuddered. She did not want to go through that again. Taking stock of
herself, she saw that her hands and feet were bound with twine, but her hands
were bound in front, giving her more economy of movement than if they’d been
tied from behind.
    A
concession, she thought sarcastically as she shimmied herself into an
upright seated position. The throbbing in her