Free Night Angels (Beast & Beauty) by Jessie M Page A

Sheep, pigs, turkeys, forest wildlife. What d'you think we eat... people?” she asked, giving him a black look.
    “Ha ha... very funny.” But in truth, the thought had crossed his mind, briefly.
    “Mutt's place is one of the better ones. But it's a much lower standard than you're used to, m'lord,” she added humorously. “I'll try my best to make you feel at home, though you won't be waited on hand and foot.”
    “Don't put yourself out, love. I'm not staying that long,” he replied with an icy cold drip to his voice.
    “We'll see, shall we...” she countered, with a knowing look.
    Deep down inside he had to admit he was warming to her a little. In fact, if she hadn't sunk her teeth into his neck and ruined his life, he'd be warming to her a helluva lot more.
    Mutt entered the house, closely followed by Roxy, and he brought up the rear.
    “Hey guys, the new kid's home. How about a little party?” Mutt announced playfully.
    Kyle had a good look around the room. They were all there. The pack he'd seen in the lane, lounging on the two sofas and sitting at the table.  You could have heard a pin drop in the ensuing silence, as they had a long stare at him, and he had a long stare back. After what seemed like an age, Tank stood up from the table, where he had been playing cards with one of the women, and came over to stand in front of him. Rather too closely for his comfort. He was intimidating, and Kyle had the feeling that it was intentional. His dark eyes penetrated Kyle's head as he stared unblinkingly at him. He began to feel very uncomfortable and most unwelcome. Not that he wanted to be here either. But it seemed he had little choice in the matter at the moment.
    “How 'ya doin'... boy ?” Tank finally asked in a blatantly condescending tone of voice.
    “How d'ya think?” he replied testily.
    “Smart mouthed, aren't 'ya?”
    “I can be, when I feel the urge.”
    “Well shut it, okay. Or I'll shut it for 'ya.”
    “Tank!” Roxy protested.
    “Just letting him know who's the boss, babe.”
    “Oh I do apologise, Mr Tank . I didn't realise I had a new boss .” Kyle knew he was deliberately winding him up, but was quite enjoying it.
    “ Shut the fuck up, smartass ,” Tank snarled in his face, bristling with annoyance.
    The tone of voice suggested Kyle really should do just that, and he did.
    “Can I introduce us all?” Roxy asked Tank, in a conciliatory tone.
    “I suppose so, and then you can teach him a few manners and lay down the law. Straighten him out girl, okay?” Tank replied, giving him a hard look down his nose.
    “Sure babe...” she said with a smile at Tank and a glare at Kyle for being so uncooperative and unpleasant. He glared back.
    Fuck her! In fact, fuck them all...
    He did however feel a little churlish now that he thought about his behaviour, but he couldn't get past the ruined life phase at the moment.
    “So...” she began, “Tank is our leader, of course... and this is Tank's mate Kat, that's with a K.” She pointed to the beautiful dark haired woman he was playing cards with before.
    “Hey, boy,” Kat said slowly, with a deep sexy purr and a long assessing gaze. Her eyes flashed at his in a strange way, as if she wanted to eat him alive or something.
    “Hi Kat,” he replied quickly, and then he diverted his attention back to Roxy.
    “Over there eating the cold can of beans, disgusting creature that he is, is Ryder, and sitting next to him is Angel.”
    “Hi kid,” Ryder said, raising a spoonful of beans in greeting.
    “Well hello cutie ...” breathed Angel, with a wink in his direction.
    “Hi guys,” he replied, a touch embarrassed at being called a cutie . What was with the women here? They were all a little too friendly for his liking.
    “And finally, Max and Saffy.”
    “Yeah, cool bro,” Max said with a thumbs up.
    “Hiya honey,” Saffy said in a sweet voice, blowing him a kiss. He noticed the swell in her stomach. Saffy was pregnant. Heavily pregnant. He