Alpha's Enemy (Bears of the Wild) by Lola Gabriel

Author:Lola Gabriel [Gabriel, Lola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-29T18:30:00+00:00

The inside of the house was as odd as the outside, a maze of corridors through which Agnes led them down until they reached an expansive living room.

“Lay her down,” she instructed, pointing to a large sofa. They did as they were told. “Would anyone like a refreshment of any kind? We have frogspawn soup and some snakeskin crackling, I think. I’ll call the help.”

Byron smiled widely, and Chance glanced at Axel. Were they supposed to…? Axel looked as disgusted as Chance knew he must. After a moment, the witch laughed.

“For crying out loud, boys, I’m joking! Gullible for a couple of alphas, aren’t you?” She looked at Byron again. “All brawn, no brains, as usual.” Then she said, “I’ll have something brought in. You’ll all need your strength.” Finally, Agnes walked over to Keira, who was stirring a little, her hair stuck to her forehead and her cheeks stained with sweat. “This is the emergency, I assume?”

“Yes,” Byron said. Then he looked at Axel. “I texted, so it was a brief message.”

Chance was becoming increasingly annoyed. What was this woman up to, with her jokes and banter? His sister could be— Time was clearly of the essence.

“Who is she?” Agnes asked, beginning to lift a few of the blankets that wrapped Keira.

“My sister.” Chance answered just as Axel said, “My mate.” The two men shot looks at one another. Their lips twitched as though they would have liked to snarl, had they been shifted.

“Ah,” said Agnes. “I see. I see why you would come to me. Good thinking, Byron.”

Chance was boiling with rage, but he was trying to contain it. That scrawny sap had just met his sister. He’d known her for almost three centuries. He’d looked after her his whole life, toughened her up into the strong woman she was now. Maybe he shouldn’t have done such a good job; she wouldn’t have disobeyed him like that if she wasn’t so hot-headed and self-sufficient. Chance clenched a fist and tried not to imagine hitting Axel in his smug face.

Agnes observed the bloody bandages, ran her hand along Keira’s side, and then rubbed the blood between two fingers and sniffed it.

“Bear wounds?” she asked, turning to Axel. “What happened?” Axel looked at the ground for a second.

“We were… There was a summons. Chance and I were fighting.”

“I didn’t mean—” Chance broke in. “She wasn’t supposed to come! She followed. She was shifted.” Agnes raised her eyebrows.

“She was animal for more than a few hours? For days?” Chance and Axel both nodded. “And you don’t know which of you did this?” They both shook their heads and looked at one another. There was more confusion and sadness on Axel’s face than anger. Chance hated him for that. Even more. Once more, he bit it back. Agnes sighed. “This is going to be tough,” she said. “You’ll both have to go.”

“Go where?” Chance and Axel both asked, again speaking over one another. Before the witch could answer, there was a knock on the door.

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