slight confusion. “You think I’m sick?”
Conn slowly dropped his hands as he side-stepped to stand directly in front of his wife blocking her from Leto’s view. “It explains why you’d hurt your angel. You’re confused.”
Leto’s eyes darkened furiously as his eyes slid back to Shy where she cowered in the jeep. “ That is no t my angel.”
Shy flinched at the statement and dropped her eyes as she slowly slid from the passenger side to the driver ’s seat.
Anger was evident in Conn’s tone as he challenged, “Of course she’s yours Leto. She carries your scent.”
Leto thrust a finger in Shy’s direction as he bit out, “Touch those keys and you’ll fucking regret it!”
Conn chanced a glance over his shoulder before turning back to Leto. “It’s post traumatic stress disorder Leto. It’s common. It’s curable.”
Leto threw back his head and laughed viciously before sobering, “I’m not psychotic Conn. That bitch bears my scent because she’s Megalya.”
Conn shook his head in confusion as Leto continued, “ They experimented on me, took my blood. She already carried my scent when I met her, before I ever touched her. I did not bind her to me,” Leto’s eyes rested on Shy as his lip curled in derision, “I do not claim her. She. Is. Not. Mine.”
Conn and his men turned then to stare accusingly at Shy causing tears to well in her eyes before they slipped free.
At Conn’s back Aries whispered, “It’s not what he thinks.”
Conn turned to stare at his angel before stating without looking at Leto, “Regardless of what she is or what she’s done, Monroe wants her brought in. We won’t allow you to hurt her.”
Leto smiled in challenge scissoring his massive arms in front of his bulging chest then behind his back as he prepared for battle. “Whichever one of you thinks you can stop me…”
“Shane.” Conn didn’t blink as a loud pop sounded milliseconds before Leto spun and caught the tranquilizer that had been aimed at his back.
Tranq still in hand, Leto turned to smile victoriously at Conn when two more simultaneous pops sounded and Leto’s triumph shifted to surprise then rage as he stared down at the two tranquilizers that were pinned in his chest. He ripped the two tranqs from his body and sunk to his knees as he scowled up at Conn. Seconds later his massive form was huddled unconscious in the center of the road.
Conn holstered his two pistols and barked, “Get him in the truck, then double back for York and his team. We’ll meet you at StoneCrow.” He turned and grabbed Aries’ chin gently, “And you, beautiful, have got some serious explaining to do.”
Aries’ eyes slid to where Shy was trembling and crying in the jeep. Conn’s eyes followed and he whispered, “ She’s injured?”
“Yes.”
Conn ground his teeth together, “Christ, I can smell her fear from here. I can’t believe he attacked his angel.”
Arie’s hazel eyes frowned up at her mate. “It’s bad.”
Smoothing his thumb over his angel’s bottom lip, Conn frowned. “How bad?”
Pulling her eyes from her Walker, Aries frowned at the jeep and the terrified woman within. “ Bad !”
Ch apter 10
Before they arrived at StoneCrow, Aries had called CEO Monroe StoneCrow on her cell, much to her mate’s obvious displeasure. Shy was relieved to have heard Aries requesting asylum and protection on her behalf. The phone call had been brief.
Conn drove the jeep, traversing the icy roads, as Aries disconnected the call and smiled weakly over her shoulder at Shy.
When the trio finally arrived at the Skin Walker community Shy was comforted to find two women awaiting their arrival at the entrance to the large manor that stood majestically shrouded in the Montana forest, its stone wall façade lending aid to its apparent attempt at blending into the mountainside.
When Conn parked the vehicle and exited, opening the back door of the
Conn slowly dropped his hands as he side-stepped to stand directly in front of his wife blocking her from Leto’s view. “It explains why you’d hurt your angel. You’re confused.”
Leto’s eyes darkened furiously as his eyes slid back to Shy where she cowered in the jeep. “ That is no t my angel.”
Shy flinched at the statement and dropped her eyes as she slowly slid from the passenger side to the driver ’s seat.
Anger was evident in Conn’s tone as he challenged, “Of course she’s yours Leto. She carries your scent.”
Leto thrust a finger in Shy’s direction as he bit out, “Touch those keys and you’ll fucking regret it!”
Conn chanced a glance over his shoulder before turning back to Leto. “It’s post traumatic stress disorder Leto. It’s common. It’s curable.”
Leto threw back his head and laughed viciously before sobering, “I’m not psychotic Conn. That bitch bears my scent because she’s Megalya.”
Conn shook his head in confusion as Leto continued, “ They experimented on me, took my blood. She already carried my scent when I met her, before I ever touched her. I did not bind her to me,” Leto’s eyes rested on Shy as his lip curled in derision, “I do not claim her. She. Is. Not. Mine.”
Conn and his men turned then to stare accusingly at Shy causing tears to well in her eyes before they slipped free.
At Conn’s back Aries whispered, “It’s not what he thinks.”
Conn turned to stare at his angel before stating without looking at Leto, “Regardless of what she is or what she’s done, Monroe wants her brought in. We won’t allow you to hurt her.”
Leto smiled in challenge scissoring his massive arms in front of his bulging chest then behind his back as he prepared for battle. “Whichever one of you thinks you can stop me…”
“Shane.” Conn didn’t blink as a loud pop sounded milliseconds before Leto spun and caught the tranquilizer that had been aimed at his back.
Tranq still in hand, Leto turned to smile victoriously at Conn when two more simultaneous pops sounded and Leto’s triumph shifted to surprise then rage as he stared down at the two tranquilizers that were pinned in his chest. He ripped the two tranqs from his body and sunk to his knees as he scowled up at Conn. Seconds later his massive form was huddled unconscious in the center of the road.
Conn holstered his two pistols and barked, “Get him in the truck, then double back for York and his team. We’ll meet you at StoneCrow.” He turned and grabbed Aries’ chin gently, “And you, beautiful, have got some serious explaining to do.”
Aries’ eyes slid to where Shy was trembling and crying in the jeep. Conn’s eyes followed and he whispered, “ She’s injured?”
“Yes.”
Conn ground his teeth together, “Christ, I can smell her fear from here. I can’t believe he attacked his angel.”
Arie’s hazel eyes frowned up at her mate. “It’s bad.”
Smoothing his thumb over his angel’s bottom lip, Conn frowned. “How bad?”
Pulling her eyes from her Walker, Aries frowned at the jeep and the terrified woman within. “ Bad !”
Ch apter 10
Before they arrived at StoneCrow, Aries had called CEO Monroe StoneCrow on her cell, much to her mate’s obvious displeasure. Shy was relieved to have heard Aries requesting asylum and protection on her behalf. The phone call had been brief.
Conn drove the jeep, traversing the icy roads, as Aries disconnected the call and smiled weakly over her shoulder at Shy.
When the trio finally arrived at the Skin Walker community Shy was comforted to find two women awaiting their arrival at the entrance to the large manor that stood majestically shrouded in the Montana forest, its stone wall façade lending aid to its apparent attempt at blending into the mountainside.
When Conn parked the vehicle and exited, opening the back door of the
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