Wolf's Cage by Laura Taylor

Author:Laura Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: wolves, shape shifter, wolf shifter, shifter, wolf shape shifter, wolfs cage
Publisher: Laura Taylor

It was nearing midnight when Mark knocked on the door of the cottage. After roaming the estate for a while, he’d returned to the dining room and shared a drink with Alistair, before searching for Dee. He’d finally learned from Heron that she’d been seen leaving with the Ukrainians several hours ago, and, not knowing what to think of that, Mark headed for the cottage where the four men were staying.

He was rather apprehensive about the reception he was going to get. The Russians had been none too pleasant to him so far, and while he hadn’t had any particular run-ins with the Ukrainians, there was always the risk they would object to his presence. So he was a little surprised when the door opened and Nikolai cheerfully invited him inside.

He followed him into the living room, to be greeted by the sight of Dee sitting on the sofa, glass in hand, with three men lounging about the room around her.

“It is your noble boyfriend,” Nikolai announced, taking his seat again. “I think he has come to rescue you again. Perhaps he feels you are in mortal danger, sitting here with us.”

Mark didn’t know how to react to the introduction. The traitor’s brand was plain as day on his face, but then again, they knew he was Dee’s boyfriend, and they seemed to have accepted her easily enough, so he wasn’t sure whether Nikolai’s comment was meant seriously, or sarcastically. But his confusion turned to consternation when Dee called hello and waved at him, slurring her words and looking more than a little unsteady.

“Are you drunk?”

“No!” Dee replied emphatically. Then she conceded, “Maybe just a little bit. I’ve been teaching them to speak English!” she said with glee.

“How much wood,” one of the Ukrainians piped up helpfully, “would wood chuck-a-chuck if he could wood?”

That made Dee break into a fit of giggles.

Another man snorted in laughter, said something in Ukrainian, and then made his own attempt. “How much wood would chuck chuck if he was chucking wood?”

“We have been sharing some best Ukrainian vodka with Dee,” Nikolai said, sounding more than a little inebriated himself. “You want to try?”

“No, thank you,” Mark said, more interested in getting Dee safely to bed at the moment. “I think you’ve had enough,” he told her seriously, and to his relief, Dee nodded.

“Tired now,” she said, climbing unsteadily to her feet. “Goodnight everyone. Nadobranich.”

A chorus of goodnights came back at her, and then one of the men stood up, approaching Mark. He held out his hand for him to shake, which Mark did, though he remained cautious as to the man’s intentions.

“I am Bohdan,” he said respectfully. “We is… happy… meeting Dee.” He was not quite so drunk as the rest, but struggling with his English nonetheless. “Dee is…” he thought for a moment, then enthusiastically proclaimed, “top girl!”

“Thank you for looking after her,” he replied, with just a touch of warning in his voice, as if he would have something to say about

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