Free Wild Love (Wilding Pack Wolves 2) - New Adult Paranormal Romance by Alisa Woods Page A

The flush of jealousy that surged up stunned Noah so badly, he fought for a moment to say anything at all.
    “So, you’re the famous Emily-the-programmer,” Daniel said with a smirk, managing to be an asshole in less than ten words.
    Emily’s shyness disappeared. She lifted one eyebrow and looked to Noah. “Famous?”
    Noah just shook his head. “Please don’t listen to a thing my brother says. Please.”
    “What?” Daniel’s ridiculous look of innocence wasn’t fooling anyone. “I’m just saying—”
    “Don’t.” Noah glared a threat at him, then reached for Emily’s hand and pulled her further into the van, away from Daniel. “Ignore him,” he said softly. “Are you all right?”
    She frowned. “Yeah, I’m fine. Why?”
    “I just… nothing.” He would explain about the chat later when they were alone. “Okay, here’s the plan. Riverwise is already in place. They’ll have eyes on you from the moment you enter the motel parking lot. You go ahead and check in, then message me the room number. I’ll follow in about fifteen minutes, so it doesn’t look like I was hanging out at the liquor store right around the corner.”
    “Sounds good.” Emily glanced at Daniel, then back at Noah. “So then… what? We just wait?”
    “We’ve been watching the place for the last half hour,” Daniel said. “Two couples have checked in, but that’s it. Unless the bomber miraculously got here before us, he hasn’t shown yet. But when he does, we’ll be waiting for him.”
    “But you don’t know what he looks like,” she protested.
    Noah’s stomach clenched. “No. Which is why I’ll be straggling in. We want to give him plenty of time to get here and see me arrive. I’ll keep my hood up, just in case he’s downloaded the profile pix from the hookup.”
    “Are you sure that’s wise?” she asked, her cute nose scrunching up. “I mean, what if he decides to just shoot you as you’re getting out of the car?”
    Noah worked to keep the smile off his face. She wasn’t worried about herself walking into a sting operation to catch a bomber… she was worried about him. “I doubt he’ll do that. It’s much safer for him to wait, make sure I’m the right guy by going to the right room, then slip out of whatever cover he’s keeping to plant the bomb on my car and slip away. He could be watching from across the street or the forest preserve behind the motel or any number of places. And he’s sure to be extra careful this time because we’ve already caught his co-conspirator. He might even show up much later after he’s sure we’re… indisposed inside the room.”
    She lifted both eyebrows. He prayed she wouldn’t mention any of their sexy chat-talk in front of Daniel. But she just said, “Okay. That sounds, well, reasonable, at least.” She glanced at her phone. “I better go.”
    “Okay.” Noah wanted to hug her or reassure her or… something. Instead, he just said, “Be careful.”
    She smiled, and he swore it lit up the inside of the van.
    Damn, he was in trouble with this girl. How did that happen so quickly? It must have been the hours they spent online, talking and flirting and spilling little details about their lives.
    He watched her climb out of the van and back into her Prius. Just like the first time they met, he was almost hoping the bad guy wouldn’t show, or at least would take his time, just so Noah could be alone with Emily in the motel room. Only this time, he just wanted to talk. Find out how much of those chats were her and how much were a front. See if he really threw her with the sexy talk or not. And, okay, maybe kiss her as well.
    So much trouble.
    “You like this girl.” Daniel’s voice was drenched in disapproval, as usual.
    Noah closed his eyes, reining in the urge to just have it out, right here, in the van. Preferably with claws and fangs. “That’s not a crime, you know.”
    “She’s human.” Daniel was still aghast.
    “I noticed.” Noah forced out