Free CAGED (Mackenzie Grey #2) by Karina Espinosa

the hell she was boinking, I told Jackson to look out for her, not get into her pants! She was supposed to stay as far away from anything supernatural—it was the whole purpose of me leaving her behind.
    “Where is she?” My body vibrated, trying to keep my anger in check.
    “She’s upstairs, in Jackson’s room,” Sebastian answered, his gaze following my every twitch.
    I didn’t waste any time excusing myself or apologizing. I pushed past them and sprinted out of the basement to the main floor. Wolves were huddled around, waiting on their Alpha to give them instructions on whether to keep me a secret or not. Like it mattered—I was going to make myself known whether they liked it or not. But first, I needed to find Amy.
    I took the stairs to the second floor, two at a time, and pounded my fist on every single bedroom door until everyone inside came out to see what all the ruckus was about. It wasn’t my proudest moment, but goddamnit, she wasn’t supposed to be involved.
    “Jackson, you son-of-a-bitch, you better come out and face me!” I yelled to draw him out. It didn’t take long for a door at the other side of the warehouse to pop open and a burly, shirtless man with that stupid hipster beard emerged. Those familiar chocolate eyes flashed gold as recognition hit him. There were too many wolves in the warehouse for me to zero in on just his heart beat, but it didn’t matter. He knew I was pissed.
    “You!” I pointed at him from across the way. “You’re dead!”
    He held the door slightly closed, keeping something or someone, from my vision. It didn’t take a genius to figure out who that was. This wasn’t the reunion I had in mind.
    “Mackenzie,” he said loudly. “Just hear me out,” he tried to plead. All I saw was red.
    Jackson couldn’t keep Amy back any longer, she pushed out of the room and underneath his arm. Her petite, tattooed frame was the same as the last time I saw her. Flaming red hair picked up in a messy bun, and luckily she was completely dressed. Her wide eyes and slacked jaw was frozen as she saw me.
    “Mackenzie,” I saw her mouth.
    “Amy,” I sighed. “What are you doing here?” The anger in me washed over and I could no longer stay mad with her there. This was my best friend and I missed her. The last thing I wanted was for her to see me for the first time in over a year, and see a monster.
    Amy strode over to the stairwell closest to her and made her way to the main floor—Jackson following behind her.
    I took the stairs to the first floor where Sebastian and Jonah stood in Amy’s way.
    “Get out of my way,” I said, not understanding why everyone was acting like this.
    “We’ll let you near her as soon as you calm down, Mackenzie,” Sebastian said and I wanted to throttle him.
    “I am calm!” I yelled. “What the hell is going on? Amy?”
    She stood between the Alpha and Beta and put her hand on Bash’s shoulder. “Don’t worry, she won’t hurt me,” she said.
    “Obviously,” I rolled my eyes. “Is that what you morons think? That I’ll hurt her?”
    Sebastian straightened. “We don’t know where you’ve been, Mackenzie. You could be feral.”
    “Feral? Like a fuckin’ cat?” I cocked my head to the side, they couldn’t be serious.
    “You could be dangerous, you have to understand our concern. We don’t know you anymore,” Jonah said.
    I could feel the heat of my body go up a notch, my neck and cheeks a blazing red. I left for a year and now I was a stranger all over again. I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was none-the-less. Especially from Amy.
    “What do I need to do to prove that I’m not the next Unabomber?” I said, crossing my arms over my chest.
    Sebastian nodded his head back to the basement. “Follow me,” he said.
    Before following Bash to his office again, I paused and looked to my best friend. I saw disappointment and anger directed at me. I wasn’t stupid, I figured she’d be pissed that I left her behind. My