Free Alpha Initiation (Alpha Blood #1) (Werewolf Romance) by Mac Flynn Page A

kill us," Mrs. Stewart scolded. I'd hate to see a big train wreck.
    Mr. Stewart stepped forward and eagerly shook both Luke and my hands. "Thank you so much for keeping her safe in your car. I don't think Abby would have got through the wreck as well as us."
    "Probably not, and we were grateful to have her company," Luke politely replied.
    "If there's anything we can do for you just name it," Mr. Stewart insisted.
    "I'll keep that in mind," Luke promised. "But if you'll excuse us." He turned away and to the engine, and I waved goodbye to Abby and followed him.
    "I'll see you at Sanctuary!" Abby called over my shoulder.
    I followed Luke over to his servant and the scraggly old engineer. "What happened?" Luke asked them.
    The engineer's face was covered in cuts and he had a dour expression. His clothes were torn from the shrapnel of the tracks, but he was otherwise healthy. "Ah don't know, me lord. We was going on as smooth as can be and I heard a small explosion. Then the whole track burst out from under us and the engine tipped over." He glanced over to the flaming engine and growled. The noise was distinctly wolfish. "If Ah ever get a hold of the rascal who done this-"
    "Then you don't think it was an accident?" Luke interrupted.
    The old man scoffed. "No accident ever started with a bang like Ah heard."
    Luke and Alistair glanced at each other, and I didn't like the looks on their faces. They knew something they didn't want to say aloud. Luke turned back to the engineer. "Has another train been called?"
    "Aye. It should get here in an hour," he replied.
    "Good. I'll tell the other passengers." Luke turned to Alistair and jerked his head toward the rails in front of the engine. Alistair nodded and went to inspect them. Then Luke glanced to me, and looked over my cuts and bruises. "You're the worse for wear," he teased.
    "That's what I get for hanging around with a psychopath. Hurt," I quipped. He reached up and brushed his hand against a nice bruise on my forehead. I winced and batted his hand away. "Stop helping the injuries. Believe me, they don't need it," I scolded him.
    "With some rest and food those should heal in a few hours. Why don't we go sit with everyone else?" he suggested.
    "About time you said something sensible," I replied. My words were mean, but I was grateful for the offer to sit down. My legs still felt like vibrating rubber and my muscles ached from the jostling and strain of the shock.
    Luke guided me over to the upper hill where sat everyone else and set me down on a nice, comfortable boulder. He knelt down and perused my person. "No broken bones? No severe internal bleeding?" he asked me.
    I snorted. "Isn't it a little late to be asking that?"
    "Better late than never."
    "I'd say now would be too late to be asking some of those things."
    "You can't blame me for fussing over you-"
    "I can blame you for a lot of things, and none of them good," I pointed out. "Besides, you don't need to fuss over me like an old hen. I feel fine, just tired."
    He smiled. "A Maker does tend to become an old hen around their progeny."
    "A what?"
    "A Maker. One who makes another of their kind, in this case a werewolf."
    I cringed. "You just had to remind me about that terrifying fact, didn't you?"
    "Is it so terrifying when you see how it helps people?" He swept his hand over the other passengers. They were unharmed, and some were already laughing about their ordeal. "This would've been much worse if they weren't werewolves."
    I sighed and wrapped my arms around myself. "I still won't trust you," I stubbornly replied.
    He smiled and patted me on the knee. "You'll learn, but could you do something for me?"
    My eyes narrowed. "What's that?" I asked him.
    "Stay."
    "Come again?"
    "Stay here. It's my duty to make sure everyone else is all right so I can't be watching you all the time," he explained to me.
    I frowned, but hunkered down on my rock. "I guess, but don't expect this old dog to learn a new trick every day."
    He