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“Who took her?” Charity turned back then, facing him with Nikki, rage trembling through her body. “It was you, wasn’t it?”
“It was. ” He made no excuses, though Charity had found that few Breeds did.
“You mated her. She’s in heat. Does she even know what you are?”
He blinked, his gaze flickering from the woman who moaned roughly on the bed back to Charity, then Nikki.
“I am a Coyote. Coyotes do not mate. ”
“Well, big boy, either you advanced or you just plain lucked the fuck out,” Nikki snarled. Charity winced. She said fuck. It wasn’t g
ood when Nikki said fuck. She watched the male’s stubborn jaw tighten. He looked like a blonde-haired avenger with those black eyes staring down at them, his dark face flushing with anger or embarrassment, she wasn’t certain.
“Contact the compound now,” she bit out. “She’s in advanced fertility and she’s in heat. Neither of you are safe because if the Council finds out, and somehow they will, then this woman’s life isn’t worth squat. Do you understand me?”
“Aiden has been contacted,” he bit out, his gaze going to the woman once again. “What is the mating you keep talking about?”
She crossed her arms over her breasts, watching him with an almost rabid amusement. She was mad enough, and just frustrated enough that she was beyond caring if she antagonized her captor.
“She belongs to you now,” Charity bit out. “Her body is preparing itself, changing, matching yours enough that she will conceive. ” Did he pale? “She’s in heat. She needs to be fucked. A lot. Almost constantly. By only you. Go figure. You’re the first Coyote to mate, and you mated a full human at that. Damn, if you haven’t shot some theories to hell and back. And here we thought Coyotes were only good for their stink. ”
“We do not stink,” one of the men behind her growled.
“Was she talking to you?” Nikki asked him sweetly. “We didn’t pull your chain, big boy. ”
Pale blue eyes narrowed fiercely. “You have a smart mouth, woman,” he bit out.
“Oh, you just realized that? Aren’t you the smart one?” She used the tone Charity knew was reserved for only the most obtuse.
“You wasted your time bringing us here,” Charity bit out. “And trust me, Aiden won’t be pleased. You better be finding a hole to hide in…”
“There is nohole deep enough,” Aiden’s furious growl interrupted her as he stalked into the room. Following him were over two-dozen Wolf Breeds, their rifles raised warningly as they stepped into the room.
“Well, looks like the cavalry has arrived,” Nikki sniped. “All male and all pumping testosterone. Morons. ”
Charity sighed. Nikki wasn’t pleased. It wouldn’t be a pleasant return trip.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Aiden stood in the entrance of a smaller cave farther atop the mountain the Coyotes had taken as home base. The cave was accessed by several long tunnels, then a ladder that led into a natural opening into the floor of the upper cavern. There, within the outside entrance, the leader of the Coyote Pack had set up a long distance telescope aimed into the Breed compound.
“We’ve been watching you for months,” he commented as Aiden focused the telescope with its night vision sight and watched the movements below. “When I first learned that several of your women were experiencing problems similar to Anya’s, I started sending the messages. When there was no answer, I grew desperate. ”
The moving red targets below flitted between trees and natural shelters as they patrolled the perimeters of the compound. Aiden knew there were also several others protected against the night vision sights who were keeping careful watch within the large trees of the area. Both inside and out.
“When did you first realize who our spy was?” he asked, knowing Del-Rey’s messages as well as his means of drawing an answer were designed to keep his own identity hidden, as well as his location.
“Several days ago,” the other man sighed. “I received information of the attack several hours before it happened. I sent yet another message. Once more it was ignored. ”
Aiden grunted.
“Were you able to identify the spy?” He wasn’t in the mood to play games. He wanted the identity of the man who had dared to betray them.
“Breed Law demands death,” Rey mused softly. “Sometimes the answer isn’t always so cut and dried, Wolf. ”
Aiden rose from the sight of the telescope and pinned the other man with a hard look. “Breed Law exists for a reason, Del-Rey. ”
The Coyote sighed wearily as he stared out into the night sky. “Being a Breed makes us much different from others,” he said softly. “I’ve learned this, as I know you have. Full humans are varied in their consideration, their acceptance and their own codes of honor. To exist in this world we may have to make allowances. ”
