Free Trapped Between Two Alphas by Sam Crescent Page B

prepared than
Matt would have anticipated.
    Walking
down slowly he eased his way to Kris. Using his claws he tore the net. Kris
fell to the ground and changed into human form.
    Before
any of them could react a blanket of fire covered the hill, surrounding him,
Kris, and some of their pack. Matt changed back to human the instant the fire
started and looked at the fire that surrounding them. The smoke would ruin
their nostrils in wolf form.
    “We’re
trapped,” Leonard said.
    Matt
did a quick count to see half of each of their packs was caught in the trap.
    Looking
around him, Matt assessed the situation. The men looked panicked.
    “We
need to change back and jump over,” Matt said.
    “If
we change the fire will ruin our scents. We can’t risk that. We rely too much
on our sense of smell,”
Arnold
said.
    “Would
you rather lose your sense of smell or fucking die?” Without waiting for an
answer Matt changed into wolf and jumped over the fire. Surviving the ambush
and getting to Cynthia were more important than his sense of smell.
    The
fire clogged his nostrils filling them with soot and the burn.
    Turning
back to wolf as he collapsed on the dirt he waited for the other men to jump.
All of them joined him and turned back to human.
    Arnold
wiped his nose in disgust. “We did what we had to do.”
    Matt
got to his feet. The forest was bare. He frowned. “Where’s Cynthia?” Before
anyone could respond he and Kris charged in the direction of her body. Cynthia
was no longer there. The humans must have taken her.
    “No,
no, no, no, no!” Kris yelled the words.
    On
the ground where they’d left her was a patch of blood. They collapsed on the
patch. Kris ran his hands over the blood.
    “I
can’t tell if it’s hers or not.”
    Matt
watched as Kris sank his fingers into his hair pulling on the length.
    “No.”
His face turned red with anger.
    Touching
the spot Matt glanced out at the trees. “They knew where to find us. How did
they know how to find us?” There were no answers to his questions. Nothing made
sense, the ambush, the humans, them taking Cynthia, didn’t make sense to him.
The humans had gotten away in the time they’d been trapped by the fire.
    Matt
couldn’t make sense of it. One moment they were changing Cynthia into a wolf
and in the next they were attacked. They attacked back, only to be trapped by
the fire that surrounded them. Why had the humans attacked them and separated
them? The hunters had separated them, but why?
    “I
don’t give a fuck. She’s gone, you fucking bastard.” Kris charged at him.
    Matt
ended up on his back with Kris’s hand around his neck.
    “If
she’s gone I’ll fucking kill you,” Kris said. His words came out as a snarl.
    Grabbing
the hand around his neck Matt threw him off, their hatred coming back in full
force.
    What
did it mean?
    He
prayed she wasn’t dead.
    “I’ve
got something to do.”
     
     

Chapter
Ten
     
    Kris
watched Matt run to the house. Leonard stood over him offering a hand. They
were all naked.
    “Thanks.”
He took off in the direction of Matt’s house. His anger wasn’t necessary. They
needed to find Cynthia. Matt clearly remembered something. Kris caught up with
the other man easily enough.
    “I
won’t accept her death. I refuse to.” Matt charged into the house going
straight to his office.
    The
men followed behind him. Some of the packs were collecting their dead from the
forest. Kris wanted to howl at the unfairness of it all. Instead he watched
Matt grab the phone and dial a number.
    “What
are you doing?” Kris asked.
    “They
knew where we were. They knew what we were doing, and they fucking covered
their scent. How long do you think they’ve been planning that attack? I’ve
never known a human to be able to do what they just did.” Matt listened to the
ringing.
    “They’ve
taken down several wolves, Matt.”
    Turning
to his friend he glared at them. “No, they’ve taken down the odd one or so
fucking wolves, but