out and introduced himself. Marcus took his surroundings in and smiled at Mike, whilst shaking his hand.
“Nice to meet you Mike, where is Emma? I’ve waited for this day for a long time,” he said.
“She is round the back, I will go get her in a minute, let’s get you inside,” Mike said.
“What’s happened here?” Marcus asked as they watched a pack member hosing down the drive to get rid of the blood pool.
“One of my females attacked Emma in wolf form, after Emma had put her down. I had to deal with it,” Mike replied.
“Is she okay?” Marcus asked, concern in his tone.
“She is fine, she needed a few minutes to herself. She is in the back garden,” Mike told him.
“She put a full were down? Wow, she is amazing, that takes some doing for a half,” Marcus said in awe.
“I believe her strength is a result of the alpha blood in her veins. Plus, she is just an exceptional woman,” Mike said.
“I would like to take some credit for that, unfortunately I can’t, but if I’ve given her a head start with my blood then it’s something,” Marcus said sadly.
“You will have to explain to her why you chose to distance yourself from her life. But she is open minded, so I’m sure she will listen to you,” Mike said.
As he turned to lead the way inside, Emma’s voice screamed in his mind.
Mike, help, Brian’ s got me!
Mike froze and Marcus bumped into him.
“Mike are you okay?” he asked.
“Quick, Brian’s got Emma,” he said.
He took off towards the back of the house with Marcus hot on his heels.
Where are you Emma? Mike asked in his head.
We have come to a trail that looks like it leads either to town or up the mountain, we are heading towards town.
Hurry Mike, I’m scared!
Mike could feel her fear, almost taste it. He knew this had to end, today.
Mike needed to change to catch up with Brian, so without breaking a step, he leapt forward and his huge black paws hit the forest floor. His senses automatically started picking up the scents of the woods. He smelt Emma, but he couldn’t smell anything out of the ordinary. There were ways for weres to hide their scent, all it took was eating common herbs, but it was illegal. He could see and smell Marcus in his wolf form beside him. Marcus smelt like the male version of Emma, the large wolf was chestnut brown, reminding Mike of Emma’s own coloring.
Emma’s voice sounded in his wolf mind, which surprised him. He thought their telepathic communication would only work in human form, since Emma was half-were.
Mike we have reached the road and he has a car waiting, hurry .
I will be there in two minutes, try and stall him. We are coming babe .
As he raced through the forest he gave his wolf full rein. The smell of death filled his nose, it hit him that he was two wolves down. The thought of their deaths made him miss a step and stumble. He regained his footing and raced on, he wondered how he never felt their loss before now. He then remember the shooting pain in his chest just as he shifted to get Rachel off Emma’s back, he was so focused on saving her, he had dismissed the pain as seeing his mate pinned beneath the wolf. He had gone from being so proud of her for putting Rachel down, he wanted to mount her there and then to show everybody she was his, to sheer terror that she would die before his eyes.
* * * *
Emma felt marginally better knowing Mike was on his way. They had an advantage, Brian didn’t know they were mated and able to communicate. The fear that had shot through her when Brian grabbed her had nearly paralyzed her, but she soon regained her senses and started struggling and screaming for Mike in her mind.
Whilst Brian carried her through the woods, he told her what he was going to do to her, it made her skin crawl.
The sound of his voice alone was enough, let alone him saying how he was going to fuck her pussy till she forgot the touch of any other man.
On reaching the car, another man stepped out and opened