Their Wild One by Lacey Thorn

Author:Lacey Thorn [Thorn, Lacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lacey Thorn Publishing
Published: 2020-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Adrian sat up, running a hand over his face as both Cody and Derrick entered the room where he kept watch over Michael. Derrick was tense, and Cody didn’t look much better. Adrian would bet everything he had that it had something to do with Jess. She was certainly keeping everyone on their toes.

“What’s up?” he asked as he came to his feet.

“How’s Michael?” Cody asked, moving over to the bed and automatically checking Michael’s pulse.

“Sleeping,” Adrian replied. “Not soundly, though. He’s restless. Find anything?”

Cody gave a weird semi-shake-nod thing that managed to be an answer without giving an answer.

“His pulse is racing,” Cody muttered. “While he’s fucking sleeping. If those fuckers were in front of me right now, I’d rip them apart with my bare hands.”

“Same,” Adrian rumbled. He was still kicking himself in the ass for not going after the attackers, but Michael had needed him there. Hell, Michael needed him now. “Do you think they have an antidote to whatever they hit him with?”

Cody shrugged. “Maybe. Maybe not.”

“Logic would say yes, but then nothing about turning against your own kind seems logical,” Derrick stated.

“Maybe, they’re more human than wolf,” Adrian suggested. “Humans turn against each other all the time.”

“True,” Cody agreed while Derrick nodded.

“Regardless of the whys or ifs, we don’t have time for those things,” Derrick reminded. “We need to do something for him now.”

Derrick and Cody shared a look. One that had Adrian’s heartbeat speeding up.

“What exactly did you find?” Fuck, he’d try anything at this point to save his best friend.

“Jess was in Michael’s room when I got back from her cabin. She was using his phone.”

“His phone… Wait. You left without letting any of us know? What the fuck, Derrick! You know that bitch is out there just waiting to get her claws into you! Do you want to be in Michael’s position? We go in pairs or not at all. Hell, even being in a pair, Michael was hit. The only thing that kept them from taking him was me being there. If they got to you alone… Fuck! I don’t want to think about it.”

“Cody already lit me up over it,” Derrick admitted. “It was a quick in and out to get the rest of her stuff. I admit I shouldn’t have gone without telling you, though.”

“Without taking one of us with you,” Cody corrected, and Adrian nodded his agreement.

“I know. It won’t happen again. There’s too much at stake. For all of us.”

Adrian nodded again, agreeing completely with Derrick. There was a lot at stake for all of them. “Who was she on the phone with?” He could only think of one person, and Derrick confirmed it.

“Her dad. She wants to send him Michael’s tests. Have him look at them. She seems to think he’ll be able to work some miracle and figure stuff out. Plus, there’s no way to keep him out of this. Apart from us. Not without risking losing Jess, and she stays.” There was no missing the growl in Derrick’s chest as he made that statement.

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