Bound to Be Taken [Rock Wood Pack 2] (Siren Publishing Classic) by Sam Crescent

bar,” he said.
    “What? I never go to the were-bar in Rock Wood. I’ve always stayed at home.”
    “Alpha’s orders are for all of us to be there. You’ll be there with me.”
    “All of us have to be there?” she asked.
    “Yes. I’ll meet you downstairs when you’re ready to leave.”
     
    * * * *
     
    “The last time I came here I ended up mated to Micah,” Charlotte said.
    Titania watched her friend order a beer. Pete, a pack member and the bartender presented them both with a drink in a matter of seconds.
    “I’ve never been here. Drinking and bars are not really my thing,” Titania said.
    “What is your thing? Cade?” Titania looked at her friend in surprise. “David came blabbing about what happened in your bedroom. Also, Micah was cursing his overprotective ass last night. Spill.”
    Shaking her head, she gazed down into her drink wishing it would swallow her up instead. “What did David say?”
    “That Cade looked ready to kill him for camping out on your bed.”
    “Yeah, that’s what happened.”
    Charlotte stared at her for several minutes. “So, what is going on between you and the second?”
    “Nothing. He’s forcing me to train and because I can’t turn at will, he thinks it is more important to train than ever before.” Titania glanced behind her to see Cade talking with the other high-ranking pack members.
    “There’s more to it than that. I noticed him watching you in the kitchen. When no one else was looking he was looking at you. He can barely take his eyes off you.”
    Titania shrugged. “Nothing can come of it.” All she could think about was the feel of him against her. His hard body surrounded her, filling every part of her with heat.
    “Micah’s calling to me. Have fun, Titania, and if it helps I think it’s good Cade is interested in you.”
    She watched her friend walk away. All the pack was in the bar tonight along with a couple of humans. Checking the time, she saw it was a little after eleven.
    “Are you ready to get out of here?” Cade asked.
    “Yeah, but I’ll wait until the alpha gives his orders,” she said.
    “The alpha gave me permission to take you home.”
    Glancing back to the alpha, she saw Micah too absorbed in his own woman to have given out such an instruction.
    “You’re lying.”
    “Do you want to get out of here or not?” he asked.
    “I want to get out of here.”
    “Then follow me.” Cade took her hand and together they headed out the back door. No one tried to stop them and she was relieved. She didn’t want to get anyone in trouble because of her. The night was dark when they stepped out. When they’d arrived at the bar several hours ago the sun was still up.
    “Thank you for taking me out of there,” she said.
    “I had no choice. Your misery was threatening to upset everyone.”
    “Sorry.” She mumbled the words and started walking ahead of him.
    “I’m joking. I think half the pack was miserable. You fit right in.”
    Titania chuckled even though she didn’t want to find humor in his words.
    “Why were we all at the bar? It’s not like Micah to order us there.”
    “The alpha does whatever he wants to do and we must obey him,” Cade said.
    “That’s not you. You’re not the type of guy to obey someone.”
    “I can follow orders well.” He argued his point.
    “The orders you follow are the ones you believe in. I don’t see you taking orders from someone you don’t respect or who will put someone you care about in danger.” She’d observed that much about him this past week.
    Cade stopped and glanced her way. “You really do see more than others give credit for.”
    Feeling nervous under his scrutiny, she set off walking again. Cade yanked on her hand, stopping her. She stumbled into his arms. “If you keep doing that I’m going to end up hurt again.”
    “No, you won’t. Your place is within the pack, Titania.”
    “I know. It has been my home for a long time.”
    He stepped closer, tilting her head