Free Seducing a Wolf: Moonbound Series, Book Five by Krystal Shannan, Camryn Rhys Page B

security.”
    Maggie stepped in front of the desk, where the phone sat, and from the hallway, a large black semi-automatic weapon came over her shoulder.
    Donovan had the gun leveled at Julianna, as he moved into the room. Then, Andrea VonBrandt’s blonde head followed, similarly looking down the barrel of a large gun.
    Alex jumped in front of Julianna. “No. Mag, stop this.”
    He held his arms wide, with Julianna clawing at his back. “Alex, how do you know these people? What the hell is going on?”
    Maggie shook her head and kept coming into the room.
    He glanced between Donovan and Andrea. “You’re not going to shoot me.”
    “The hell we won’t. Sleeping with the fucking enemy.” Maggie’s jaw tightened. “I should have known.”
    “Enemy?” Julianna went slack behind him and over his shoulder, he saw her retreat, pulling the sheets with her.
    The movement under his knees unbalanced Alex and he fell forward, off the bed.
    Donovan had come around one side and was advancing on Julianna.
    Alex scrambled up, trying to get between his barrel and his mate’s head.
    “Don’t move, Miss Rossi.” Maggie’s tone was even, disappointed. From the hallway, two more guns appeared, attached to Dani Davis and Hannah Li, followed closely by Niko Lupescu, all out of their hotel uniforms, and clad in black. His heart dropped into his stomach.
    Everyone .
    They were all aligned against him.
    Against Julianna.
    He drew in a ragged breath and stepped toward Donovan until the cold barrel of his gun hit Alex in the chest. “You shoot her, and I will tear every single one of you to pieces.”
    “I’m calling security.” Julianna pulled the sheets off the bed and began to walk around the edge of the bed, but Andrea met her, gesturing with her gun.
    “You move one more step, Rossi, and I’m going to paint these walls with your intestines.” The VonBrandt enforcer had a slight Texas twang that made the threat sound almost benign, but it stopped Alex’s breath.
    They really did think she was the enemy.
    “Everyone stop.” He stepped in front of Julianna, backing her away from Andrea and Donovan. “She is not the enemy.”
    “The hell she isn’t,” Dani spat. “She’s a Rossi.”
    “She’s not even his daughter.” Alex pointed at the LA enforcer. “She can’t be. She’s human.”
    “Everyone stop talking about me like I’m not in the room,” Julianna yelled in a tone that shook Alex to his core. “Mr. Sureda, if you don’t tell me what is going on, right now, I’m going to have you all thrown in jail.”
    His heart sank. He heard the edge in her tone. Her walls had gone right back up, where they had been the first time he met her. Alex turned to find angry tears in the corners of her eyes, and her arms crossed in front of her, holding sheets around her body. He tried to reach for her, and she backed away.
    “Your father,” he sighed. “We’re here trying to find your father.”
    Her brows wrinkled in a pained echo of the tears. “We?”
    He dropped his head. “Yes. This is my team.”
    “So… You seduced me to learn more about my father? Or find out where he is? What?” Tears flowed like rain, dropping onto her hands, clutched over her breasts. “No, tell me. I want to give you what you need so you’ll…leave me the hell alone.” Sobs broke up the rhythm of her words, but her face remained strong.
    “Let me explain.”
    “I don’t want you to explain.” Julianna gripped the sheet tighter. “Well, here’s what I know. My father isn’t here. I don’t have access to any of his information.”
    “We know he isn’t here.” Maggie’s tone was still hard, and the other wolves rearranged themselves behind Alex. He could feel them moving, but couldn’t take his eyes off Julianna.
    Her back was straight, her chin up, and the tears sailed along unknown pathways, while she seemed otherwise unaffected. “Then you know as much as I know.”
    “You don’t understand, Mag.” Alex whirled on