Touch the Sky by Kari Cole

Author:Kari Cole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-12T16:02:46+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

The pack house glowed gold in the rising sun, its many windows winking in the light. It looked the same as it always did, same as it always had. Luke’s parents had been the previous Alpha and Luna, until Greg had been murdered alongside Vaughn’s uncle, Darren. Even though Luke had stepped up right away to lead the pack, he hadn’t moved back into the house he’d grown up in until this winter, when he’d found his father’s killers and mated Izzy.

Vaughn pulled his department SUV up in front of the house, stopping in the middle of the circular drive. Dean’s department-issued F-150 was already parked up ahead, as was Rissa’s silver Land Rover. The gang was all here. Diego had wanted to follow in his truck, but fuck that. Vaughn wanted to keep the male where he could see him for as long as he could manage.

“That’s your deputy’s truck,” Diego said.

“My Beta right now,” Vaughn corrected.

“He was your deputy last night.”

Vaughn put the truck in Park and shut off the engine. “No, he was my Beta last night, too. You just chose to ignore that to cause me trouble.” He ignored Diego’s glare. “The Rover belongs to the Luna, Rissa Townes-Dodd.”

“Damn it, Vaughn. This case is sensitive. Did you call in the whole pack?”

Vaughn shot Diego a caustic look of his own. “I don’t know how Tomas is running things these days in the aerie, but when I was there, he wouldn’t have let a stranger—IA agent or not—hunt in his territory without even a by-your-leave from him. You expect a werewolf Alpha to be any different?”

He didn’t wait for an answer. He got out of the Expedition and walked to the long, wraparound porch. When Diego joined him, slinging a messenger bag over one shoulder, he said, “Don’t worry. It shouldn’t go too badly for you unless the Alpha’s mate is here. She’s a hard case.”

Diego’s mouth twisted with distaste. “The human. I’ve heard.”

“Izzy is not human.”

“Raised by. Good as.”

Idiot. “Your funeral then.”

Vaughn opened the front door without knocking. He would have warned Diego off insulting Izzy or humans in front of the pack’s senior leadership, but he had so few things that amused him anymore. Why ruin an opportunity to see Diego get his ass kicked?

The rich scents of coffee and bacon filled the air. He led Diego down the central hallway toward the dining room and the sound of familiar voices. Before they even stepped into the doorway, Luke called out, “Coffee’s fresh, Vaughn.”

Luke stood at the sideboard with his back to the door, wearing khaki pants and a white collared shirt that stretched over his broad shoulders and biceps. No aging Alpha for the Kaniksu River pack. He didn’t turn around, but continued filling a mug with coffee from a catering-sized urn. Dean, Rissa, and Izzy sat around the enormous table, full breakfast plates in front of them.

The Alpha turned then and studied Diego.

“Alpha, this is Agent Diego Moreno from the Interclan Authority,” Vaughn said.

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