Alpha and Omega 03: Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs

Author:Patricia Briggs [Briggs, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: 2009-07-27T23:00:00+00:00

It was late when they left. To Anna’s relief, the evening had passed mostly without incident. She’d been worried that Charles’s earlier mood would continue, but he’d been perfectly civil over dinner.

He hadn’t said much, but when Arthur ran out of King Arthur stories, he managed to get the British wolf talking about the difficulties the CCTVs—the cameras that Great Britain was installing all over the place to keep an eye on her citizens—were causing the werewolves.

“Well,” she said, as they approached the battered Toyota, “that was almost civil—”

The man who’d been sitting behind the shrubbery rose a little stiffly. She recognized his scent a moment later and swallowed the sound she’d been about to make.

“Michel,” said Charles.

She’d met him in the restaurant last night, but without the others around, she read him better. Alpha, but not very dominant. In her old pack, the Chicago Pack, he might have ranked halfway up, but no more than that. His face was battered and his blackened eyes said that someone had broken his nose. He was healing, but for some that happened more slowly than others. He hadn’t straightened all the way up and had an arm over his stomach.

“Charles,” he said in a low voice. “The Beast took my cell phone, and I wasn’t sure how else to contact you.”

“What do you need?”

The Frenchman shook his head. “Came to deliver a warning to you. Your mate, he wants her. You understand? He kills women and the innocent—and he has fastened on her as a victim. He thirsts for her. You must keep her out of his way if you can.”

“Thank you for your warning,” said Charles. “Come, we’ll give you a ride wherever you need to go.”

But the French wolf took a step back. “No. If I return smelling like you, he will kill me.”

“But not if you smell like me,” said Arthur.

Anna hadn’t heard him, but neither of the other wolves were surprised.

“I found you hurt by the side of the road,” continued Arthur, glancing at the street that ran past the end of the driveway. He made a soft sound between his teeth. “For shame, Jean, not taking better care of your wolves.” He looked at Charles. “By the time I finish with him, Jean will be so enraged with me he will forget about hurting Michel.”

“He hates you, too,” Michel warned him, even though his acceptance of the plan was evident in his face.

“He always has. I am not afraid of him,” said Arthur. And no one told him that they knew it was a lie. Even Anna could tell he was afraid.

He looked at Charles. “You go to your hotel. I’ll feed him something that bleeds to help him heal. Then I’ll get him back to his den unharmed.”

With a sharp nod, Charles rounded the car to get in the passenger side. Anna opened her door, then said, “King Arthur was said to be a brave man, too.”

He feared, but took care of the weaker, less dominant wolf—even though Michel was an Alpha in his own right.

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