Pride Unleashed (a Wolf's Pride novel, book 2) by Kalen Cat

Author:Kalen, Cat [Kalen, Cat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cat Kalen
Published: 2012-02-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“What do you think you’re doing?” Mario asks. But before I can answer he looks past my shoulders to take in the narrow hallway and I know he’s trying to determine what he’s up against. When he realizes I’m alone he zeroes back in on me.

I take a small distancing step back and balance on the balls of my toes as my survival instincts kick into full force, screaming at me to make a clean kill and save myself. But Mario is only doing his job, I quickly remind myself, and he’s trapped inside this prison every bit as much as I am. Killing him would make me no better than the master or any other drug lord who harbors wolves to do their dirty work. Those are the ones that need to be stopped and killed—every last one of them—not the handlers who are simply marionettes under their control.

“I got lost,” I say for lack of anything else and note how breathless I sound, the threat before me rousing my wolf. I realize it’s a poor excuse but my brain is currently on hyper drive and under the circumstance I’m unable to come up with anything else that might sound credible. Not that I think my sad excuse is in anyway believable, however.

Mario braces one hand on the rubber track running the length of the elevator door to hold it open, his watchful eyes assessing me. The fear I see brimming in his dark gaze has my insides churning. With his lips pinched tightly he gives a hard shake of his head.

“If you get caught do you have any idea what he’ll do to you?” he questions through clenched teeth.

As the elevator makes a banging noise, the doors trying to slam shut, I stand there in shock, hardly able to believe what I’m hearing. The handler is worried about me—about my safety—and more importantly he’s not going to turn me in. I can only be grateful that it’s Mario who found me and not Lawrence. I shiver just from thinking about that outcome, because I know I wouldn’t be so lucky.

“How did you know where I was?” I ask carefully, maintaining a safe distance between us, my body still tensed and ready for combat. My wolf is still cautious, unsure, and reluctant to trust anyone in this prison.

“It was your turn to go up for the obstacle course and I couldn’t find you. Then when I saw the two alphas fighting, and noticed you were missing, I put two and two together.”

I frown, still not convinced. “And that led you here?”

“No, Mica told me.”

I lower my head briefly and frown. “So Mica turned me in,” I say under my breath, but I know better than to be angry at the aging housekeeper. After all, I wouldn’t want her to risk her life for mine. In fact, I wouldn’t want anyone to die because of me. That thought has me remembering Jace and Clover and my stomach twists.

Mario’s head swishes from side to side, his long black ponytail flickering along his back.

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