Free Stacey Espino by Evan's Victory Page B

entrance.
    “It’s nice.”
    “Come. Let me show you inside.” He reached for her, but she pulled her hand away. A nice house, money, compliments, and affection weren’t enough. There was more involved in love than basic ingredients, otherwise everyone would attain it. And few did. Her love for Garret, Matthew, Patrick, Travis, and Evan grew with each encounter, each struggle, and each intimate moment. Now she was lost. If Corbin was telling the truth about witnessing their infidelity, she never wanted to see them again.
    “I better not. I should really be going home.”
    He narrowed his eyes for a fraction of a second, proving his new sweet exterior was just that—a façade. Corbin had lied to her before, pretending to have found her brother camping out in the woods alone. It was all a trap to get her isolated. Like now.
    “Stay,” he said simply. There was a deadly insistence in his tone. Her heart raced. She hated being alone with this madman again. He might be nice to look at, but he had nothing else going for him.
    She grew bold. Once he got her in that house, she would be no better off than before he rescued her from the lumber camp. Maybe worse since his motives were questionable. “No. I’ll walk home if I have to.” She stepped back several steps.
    “Good luck with that. You wouldn’t make it ten feet before I had you over my shoulder.”
    “Exactly. You don’t want a relationship. You want a prisoner.”
    “You’ll learn to comply like the rest of my pack.” He took a few determined strides forward. She struggled to walk backward so she could keep her eyes on him. Would he really chase her into the night if she started running?
    She was close to begging, so exhausted from the emotional stress of the day. When she hit a hard wall, she thought her escape was over.
    “I believe she said she wanted to go home.”
    Cassidy whirled around, her forearms resting on a hard male chest. Evan. He’d come for her. She was nearly giddy with relief and excitement until she remembered what Corbin had told her about Ms. Tanner. If it was true, Cassidy would have to stifle her love for the miners.
    “You’re a long way from Gregor land, wolf.”
    “Good thing your brother gave me his blessing to come fetch what’s mine.”
    Corbin scrubbed a hand over his face. “I’ll kill him,” he muttered.
    “Did you think you could steal what’s ours and get away with it? Did you think we wouldn’t come for her?” Evan gently shifted her behind him before stalking forward. Although Corbin wasn’t a small man, Evan still greatly outsized him. “I’d give up my place in the pack for Cassidy. Without her I have no identity, no future, no hope.”
    “Where’s your alpha? What’s he have to say about this? He can’t want her that much if she remains unmarked after all this time. You know our ways the same as I do. She’s available for the taking until she bears a love bite.”
    “It’ll happen. Soon.”
    “I’ll give her one right now,” said Corbin.
    Evan growled, an animalistic sound, his nude body tense. She was used to her men running around like savages, but it didn’t stop the questions dancing in her head. Corbin called Evan a wolf, and she’d swear they were all raised by animals by the way they behaved half the time. Where had Evan come from? Where the hell were his clothes?
    “Try it. It’ll be the last thing you ever do.”
    Her body responded to Evan’s dominance. It turned new switches on inside her because she rarely saw this side of him. He was always following orders whether at the mine or at home. The other men would tease and call him Garret’s bitch, but it wasn’t too far from the truth. She loved Evan, adored the softer side of him, but he needed to choose her, put her first when it mattered.
    “I can have ten of her by the end of the week. Take her,” said Corbin with the dismissive wave of a hand. He was smart not to challenge a hulking man like Evan, especially when he was