right spot. He wedged a thigh between her legs and pressed into her. Her eyes grew round in shock as her desire filled the little bit of space between them. Deciding to punish her for her defiance, he moved against her. A soft groan escaped her, but she didn’t look away from him.
Cameron’s black boots came into his view, and one rose and fell in an impatient tap , tap against the ground. “Are you done?”
He shook his head. “No. I thought you were here to drop off supplies.”
When Cam didn’t answer, he peered up at her, and his heart stopped. Something was wrong. He jumped up and offered Christa his hand. She didn’t take it. Instead, she stood on her own and took several steps away from him.
Hayden let Christa be and reached out to touch Cam’s shoulder. “What is it?”
“Is she safe?” Cameron looked at him then at Christa.
Hayden growled, drawing Cam’s full attention. “She’s my mate.”
Cameron pursed her lips. “Maybe you should ask Jared about his mate.”
Fuck . Jared’s mate was the daughter of Onyx Pack’s Alpha. Sable Darwin had made her choice to stand by her father until she had broken from the Onyx Pack to join a shifter rebel group a few months ago.
Like the human groups, the shifters had started to form rebel groups to try to fight back against the rogues and to keep the humans at bay.
Still, he wasn’t Jared, and Christa wasn’t Sable.
Hayden took a step closer to Cameron, only to have Ana place a hand on his chest to stop him. He peered into the female’s gray eyes and held her hard stare for several moments before he took Ana’s hand and moved it over his heart. With his hand still covering hers, he said, “Cam and I may have our differences at time, but we are Pack. You must trust in that, Ana.”
Ana drew her brows together and slipped her hand from under his, and then she turned and walked off.
“She’s still fighting the Pack bond a little. I’m sure growing up in Onyx wasn’t easy,” Cam said softly.
Hayden muttered a curse again, and from beside him, Christa spoke up. “She’s part of the rogue Pack?”
Hayden sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “Used to be. It’s a long story.” He met Cam’s gaze. “Christa comes with me when I return to the den in the morning.”
Cam let out a soft warning growl. “Be sure you bring her by the house. I’ll let Luna know. Hell, we’ll make it a breakfast party.”
Hayden felt his lips lift in a smile. “That’s my Cam.” When he moved to grab her in a hug like he’d done since she was a teen, she darted away from him. “Cam?”
“I have to go catch up with Ana,” she rushed out and ran off into the woods where her sister-in-law had gone.
“Does she always act like that?” Christa asked.
Hayden peered into the forest, worried about the sudden don’t-touch reaction he’d gotten from Cam. “No. Casual touch between pack mates is a part of who we are. Considering she’s a feline, she’s more inclined to it than us wolves.”
He started walking toward the house to keep her from asking any more questions. Something was bothering Cam, and he was going to find out what it was. After all, she was mated to one of his best friends.
****
Blaine was still getting used to being the Alpha. That meant sitting in on strategy meetings with Luna, the two resident Elders—his dad, Keegan, and Kieran, his mentor and the Pack spy who had spent the last ten years in the Onyx Pack—Alex, Dane, and Torin, the wolf senior enforcer who was filling in for Hayden while he was gone.
Yeah, so he could say his living room was a little full.
Thank God Graham had taken the kids to the nursery for a few hours; although, right then, Blaine needed the distraction of little Max. This meeting was pissing him the fuck off. They still didn’t know where Felix was hiding, the cowardly bastard. It was like the fucker had vanished after setting his own den up to blow when Kieran, Hayden, and several enforcers
Cameron’s black boots came into his view, and one rose and fell in an impatient tap , tap against the ground. “Are you done?”
He shook his head. “No. I thought you were here to drop off supplies.”
When Cam didn’t answer, he peered up at her, and his heart stopped. Something was wrong. He jumped up and offered Christa his hand. She didn’t take it. Instead, she stood on her own and took several steps away from him.
Hayden let Christa be and reached out to touch Cam’s shoulder. “What is it?”
“Is she safe?” Cameron looked at him then at Christa.
Hayden growled, drawing Cam’s full attention. “She’s my mate.”
Cameron pursed her lips. “Maybe you should ask Jared about his mate.”
Fuck . Jared’s mate was the daughter of Onyx Pack’s Alpha. Sable Darwin had made her choice to stand by her father until she had broken from the Onyx Pack to join a shifter rebel group a few months ago.
Like the human groups, the shifters had started to form rebel groups to try to fight back against the rogues and to keep the humans at bay.
Still, he wasn’t Jared, and Christa wasn’t Sable.
Hayden took a step closer to Cameron, only to have Ana place a hand on his chest to stop him. He peered into the female’s gray eyes and held her hard stare for several moments before he took Ana’s hand and moved it over his heart. With his hand still covering hers, he said, “Cam and I may have our differences at time, but we are Pack. You must trust in that, Ana.”
Ana drew her brows together and slipped her hand from under his, and then she turned and walked off.
“She’s still fighting the Pack bond a little. I’m sure growing up in Onyx wasn’t easy,” Cam said softly.
Hayden muttered a curse again, and from beside him, Christa spoke up. “She’s part of the rogue Pack?”
Hayden sighed and ran a hand through his hair. “Used to be. It’s a long story.” He met Cam’s gaze. “Christa comes with me when I return to the den in the morning.”
Cam let out a soft warning growl. “Be sure you bring her by the house. I’ll let Luna know. Hell, we’ll make it a breakfast party.”
Hayden felt his lips lift in a smile. “That’s my Cam.” When he moved to grab her in a hug like he’d done since she was a teen, she darted away from him. “Cam?”
“I have to go catch up with Ana,” she rushed out and ran off into the woods where her sister-in-law had gone.
“Does she always act like that?” Christa asked.
Hayden peered into the forest, worried about the sudden don’t-touch reaction he’d gotten from Cam. “No. Casual touch between pack mates is a part of who we are. Considering she’s a feline, she’s more inclined to it than us wolves.”
He started walking toward the house to keep her from asking any more questions. Something was bothering Cam, and he was going to find out what it was. After all, she was mated to one of his best friends.
****
Blaine was still getting used to being the Alpha. That meant sitting in on strategy meetings with Luna, the two resident Elders—his dad, Keegan, and Kieran, his mentor and the Pack spy who had spent the last ten years in the Onyx Pack—Alex, Dane, and Torin, the wolf senior enforcer who was filling in for Hayden while he was gone.
Yeah, so he could say his living room was a little full.
Thank God Graham had taken the kids to the nursery for a few hours; although, right then, Blaine needed the distraction of little Max. This meeting was pissing him the fuck off. They still didn’t know where Felix was hiding, the cowardly bastard. It was like the fucker had vanished after setting his own den up to blow when Kieran, Hayden, and several enforcers
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