Free Accidentally Wolf by Elle Boon Page B

wolves
from the Whitewood Pack, but didn’t want to scare her even more.
    There’s an old walk-in freezer that I’ve never used.
    Go in there. Can you lock it? Zayn could hear her fear even through
the miles separating them.
    No…Oh God, I’m inside. There’s no light.
    Zayn did his best to stay calm,
knowing his next instructions were going to be the hardest he’d ever given. He
linked with Niall while he was talking with Cora, hoping his brother who was
closer could reach her in time.
    Cora, I need you to listen very carefully to what I’m about to say. The shifters that come in there aren’t friends of mine. If
they were, I’d know about it, and they wouldn’t be there. That can mean only
one thing. Zayn took a calming breath. Honey,
they are there to take you. I want you to go with them. Don’t fight, even when
that’s what your instincts scream at you to do. A wolf loves a fight. Don’t
run. That’s like waving a red flag at a bull. Do you understand what I’m saying
to you?
    The silence that greeted him had
his heart nearly stopping in his chest.
    You want me to just go with them like a sheep to slaughter?
    His breath burst from his lungs,
reminding him he needed to breathe, or he’d pass out and be no use to Cora. I’m saying I need you to live, so I can find
you and kill the sons of bitches who dared to take what’s mine.
    What if…what if they r- ra … She didn’t
continue, but Zayn knew what she was asking.
    Cora, I will love you no matter what happens. I just need you alive.
Don’t shift. Don’t fight. Please, baby. I’m on my way. Niall is on his way.
    I’ll try. I can hear them in the clinic. Panic laced her voice.
    Keep our link open. Don’t shut me out. Zayn put as much authority
into his tone without scaring her as he could.
    I don’t even know how we are doing this.
    Her fear was almost overwhelming
him. All you have to do is think about a
line that goes directly to me and talk to me.
    I hear scratching at the door. I’m so scared, Zayn.
    The scream that filled his head
was one he’d hear for the rest of his life. The lost connection to his mate was
even worse. No matter how many times he yelled for her through their bond, he
kept hitting a wall. Thankfully, the link wasn’t severed so he knew she was
alive, which meant she was unable to contact him because she was still too new,
or she was incapacitated. Neither possibility made him happy.
    Niall, how close are you to Cora’s clinic? A lump the size of a
golf ball was lodged in Zayn’s throat.
    Almost there, I rounded up several other pack members, but didn’t want
to leave the cubs unprotected.
    Although he wanted everyone racing
to save his mate, he also understood Niall had to protect the rest of the pack
too.
    I’m still a good thirty minutes away. That chafed Zayn’s ass. He
should’ve insisted on staying with Cora or had her come with him to the bar.
Anything other than leaving her alone and at the mercy of other shifters to do
whatever they planned to do to her.
    You need to stay focused, bro. If you lose your head and get yourself
killed before you get here, you won’t be able to help find her. I don’t know
her scent as well as you.
    The surge of alpha power whipped
across their bond as if his brother was standing in front of him, instead of
miles away. Zayn was never so glad to have Niall with him as he was then.
    It usually took over an hour to
get from Mystic into Sturgis, a drive he normally loved, but with his mate in
trouble he cursed every mile. He kept his senses open for danger along the long
winding road, while keeping his mind open in case Cora tried to contact him.
    When Niall reached her clinic and
found it empty but trashed and relayed it all to Zayn, he pushed the gas on his
custom Harley to the limit without any thought to his own safety. If he lost
his Cora, he would gladly go to the other side to be with her. His brother
Niall had Nolan to live for. Without Cora, Zayn had nothing.
    By the time