A Lion's Pride 02 When a Beta Roars by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

The urge to hide persisted.

Hide. Before you get hurt. Protect yourself.

Instead of bolting off, Arabella hugged herself, but it couldn’t stem the trembling inside.

For a moment, with Hayder in the water and field, she’d let her guard down. She’d allowed herself to frolic as if she didn’t have a care in the world. She should have known better. Karma didn’t use a gentle hand when she slapped her for her temerity. How could I have forgotten the drama that follows me? The violence.

A violence that threatened Hayder.

Don’t hurt him. Or else…

How aggressive her thinking when it came to his safety, and yet, when hers was threatened, she wanted to run, or hide, anything to avoid the possibility of pain.

She should have been on guard, not frolicking.

But it felt so nice.

It had. So nice to run and play. But nicer still than that was the kiss she’d shared with Hayder. A kiss so scorching, so right, it would have led to them making love, of that she was certain.

She could protest all she wanted that she wasn’t ready for any kind of relationship. Yes, it was too soon. And yes, her life was a mess. It didn’t matter. When Hayder touched her, all she wanted was more. More of him. His touch. His affection.

I want it all.

The attack put a stop to that foolishness. No happy ending for me. The pack showed a determination even she hadn’t expected. Their tenacity also appeared to surprise Hayder, who took in the evidence of their planned attack with brows that kept inching upward until they practically disappeared under the hair flopping over his forehead.

“What do you mean they managed to knock out our fucking cameras?”

“They blew the transformer up the road. We lost all power.”

“What about the goddamn generator?” Hayder asked.

“It didn’t kick in like it was supposed to. We’re taking a look at it now to see what’s wrong with it.”

Hayder scrubbed a hand over his face and made a growl of frustration. “They planned this attack out well. Too well, which makes me wonder if you had no eyes and ears, then how did you know to come to my aid?”

Dean cleared his throat. “We didn’t, but I figured something fishy was afoot when both systems went down at once. I volunteered with Lawrence and the others to do a perimeter scout. That’s how we found you pinned down by that wolf.”

“His name is Sam,” Arabella offered.

“You recognize him?”

Uneasy at the focus of so many eyes, Arabella fought an urge to flee. Hands clasped tight and forcing herself to keep her chin up, she nodded. “I don’t know him well, but I have seen him before. He’s pack beta to the High Hills Pack.” What she didn’t understand was his motive.

Hayder obviously wondered as well. “What the hell is the beta from the High Hills Pack doing here? He’s far from home. And pretty fucking ballsy attacking us on pride land. When he wakes up, Sam’s going to have some questions to answer.

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