Free Matt: Tales of the Were (Redstone Clan Book 5) by Bianca D'Arc Page B

Earth, but Matt believed it didn’t matter what you called Her, as long as you did right by Her.
    “Shall we hike up to the old mine entrance, now?” Matt stood and the others followed suit.
    Again, he led the small party up through the woods, pointing out markers he’d laid out earlier for what would be one of the lightly groomed hiking trails. Before too much longer, they arrived at the site where one of his work crews had already set up. Matt gave the group a quick safety briefing for being on an active construction site then kitted them out with plastic orange vests and hard hats before allowing them closer to inspect the methods and work progress that had already been made.
    This particular crew was run by an Alpha female werewolf named Philomena. Matt asked her to say a few words and describe the methods the crew had been employing. She seemed to impress the male members of the human group, just as Matt had hoped. Philomena’s natural leadership and command presence was tempered by her sultry looks and soft-spoken demeanor. Her dominance was clear. She didn’t have to shout to get her point across. Matt had always liked that about her, and it seemed the humans were even more enchanted with the tall brunette.
    Matt stayed back and let Philomena do her thing, hoping he’d finally get a chance to talk with Morgan. She’d done her best to steer clear of him so far, hanging in the rear of the group and avoiding eye contact, but he wasn’t going to pass up this opportunity when she could so easily evade him again, once this dog and pony show was over.
     
     

CHAPTER FIVE
    Morgan had to admit, Matt was a good speaker. He had the situation well in hand, and though the meeting had started out with more than a bit of animosity on the part of the eco group, Matt now had them eating out of his hands. Having the female wolf lead the tour of the construction site had been a stroke of genius. Most of the human males were watching the sexy wolf woman with something close to worship in their eyes, and even the human females in the group responded to her natural authority. The human women wanted to be her, while the human men, no doubt, wanted to do her.
    Morgan had to stifle a little snicker as she made the joke in her head. She also had to revise some of her thoughts about werewolves and how women were treated in the Pack structure. Before seeing Philomena in action, Morgan had had no idea there were female wolves working in such powerful roles.
    Maybe it was something unique to wolves? Or maybe Matt hadn’t been exaggerating when he described the way things worked in the Redstone Clan. She wasn’t sure, but she was definitely intrigued by this female Alpha wolf. Morgan would try to find time to speak with Philomena, if at all possible. Such a strong female would tell Morgan the truth about how things really were in the shifter world, she was certain.
    “At last, we’re alone,” Matt’s voice came from behind. The bastard had snuck up on her when she was busy thinking and observing Philomena in action. Dammit.
    She began walking, striking out after the tour group. “Don’t think so.”
    “Morgan…” He followed after her, hustling to keep up with her brisk strides. “Look, I know you’re upset with me, but can’t we at least talk about it?”
    She rounded on him. “There’s nothing to talk about.” She was going to do her best to brazen it out. She did not want to get into an emotional conversation out here in the middle of a work site with dozens of sharp werewolf ears listening in.
    “I think there is,” he argued. “Morgan, we need to work together, and it’s damn hard to do that if you won’t talk to me.”
    “I’m talking to you. I set up this damn meeting. I’ve been working with you. Don’t you pull that crap on me. What I don’t have to do is be your best friend. They don’t pay me enough for that.” She sounded like a shrew, but she couldn’t help herself. Jealousy had been eating her