Mac (Mammoth Forest Wolves Book 2) by Kimber White

Author:Kimber White [White, Kimber]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nokay Press LLC
Published: 2017-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Twelve

Eve

“You know you’re playing with fire.”

Nikki’s words, spoken in that singsong voice she’d adopted, hit me like a bolt of lightning, cutting through my fog of sleep. I woke in a cold sweat, tangled in the bedsheets. Nikki stood at the end of my bed. I sat bolt upright and pulled the covers to my chin as if they could shield me from whatever would come next.

“Are you awake?” I asked her. She didn’t seem completely there. Of course, she hadn’t been completely there since the moment she’d gone off...or was taken off...by Joel. “Nikki!”

She jerked her head. My words cut through her consciousness too. For the briefest instant, she dropped the dazed look in her eyes.

“Nikki!” Shouting, I tore out of bed and went to her. I put firm hands on her shoulders and shook her. “Nikki, look at me.”

Her eyes grew wide and her mouth formed a thin, bloodless line. She was scared. Terrified. I slid my hand to the back of her neck. Her mark had healed, but I could still feel the leathery outline of her scar. One second, her skin was cool beneath my fingers, the next, it blazed hot, as if fevered. Nikki pulled away from me. Shaking her head no, she opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

Tears filled Nikki’s eyes. “You’re asking too many questions. You shouldn’t. You should just do what they want. It’ll be okay.”

A soft but insistent knock at the door drew her attention away. When Nikki turned back to me, her eyes had glazed over again and her peaceful smile returned. “It really will be okay,” she said.

Before I could stop her, she turned and went to the door. I wanted to stop her. There was no time. It wouldn’t have mattered anyway. Nikki’s broad smile might have been comforting as she swung the door wide and let Deputy Chris Woods cross our threshold. Behind him Trey Summers stood like a sentry in the hallway.

Pain. Revulsion. Cold panic set in as he smiled and put a light hand on Nikki’s arm. He whispered something to her. Nikki nodded and stepped around him, heading out into the hall with Trey. I backed up into my room, as if that made any difference. I wanted to throw up. Trey had been sent to deal with Nikki. Chris was here for me.

Mac. God. I don’t know how I knew it, but he was near. Maybe not on campus, but surely in the surrounding woods. Could he sense my fear already? Would he come running? I knew with chilly clarity that he’d never make it out alive if he did. I had to stay calm. I had to keep Chris from touching me. Something Mac said gave me hope. He’d said Chris wouldn’t be able to mark me unless the Alpha sanctioned it. As far as he could sense, the Alpha wasn’t anywhere near Birch Haven now.

“I’m sleeping,” I said. Glancing at my phone screen on my desk, I read the time.

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