Enemy Mine: A Penguin Special From Signet Eclipse by Katie Reus

Author:Katie Reus
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9781101599969
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2013-02-04T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

As he parked, Kiernan surveyed the empty lot outside the warehouse Uberto had wanted to meet at. It was close to a rundown marina in a part of town that hadn’t seen any new business in years. No police presence and no one to call the cops if things got bloody. The perfect place for a meet.

Some humans were nearby. There were a handful of heartbeats in the vicinity—probably a few homeless people, and definitely members of the Mazzoni pack. He scented wolf, but couldn’t tell how many were waiting.

Kiernan shut off the engine and got out. He’d tried contacting Melina’s Alpha—who hadn’t taken any of his calls. He had tried her at the clinic, but the woman answering the phone had refused to put him through to talk to her. He wasn’t sure if it was because of Melina’s instructions or her pack’s. Either way, he was doing this tonight.

To protect her was a driving need inside him, pushing and shoving him onward. There was a full moon tonight, illuminating the water about thirty yards from where he stood. Overgrown weeds and grass covered the empty lot next to the warehouse.

He sensed someone before he heard the footsteps crunching across the gravel of the dilapidated parking lot. Leaning against the trunk, he crossed his arms over his chest as a tall shifter male approached him.

With a whipcord lean build, dark curly hair, and olive complexion, he looked just like the picture of Uberto Mazzoni that Kiernan had looked up. It had been hard to find one—even with technology, shifters and vamps liked staying out of the limelight—but not impossible.

The shifter’s dark eyes narrowed as he stopped about ten feet in front of him. “I smell blood.”

Kiernan shrugged. “She didn’t come easy.”

A muscle twitched in the shifter’s jaw. “If she’s injured, the deal is off.”

Well that was interesting. They didn’t want her hurt. “Where’s your Alpha? Or does he send you to do all his dirty work?” Kiernan wanted to get his fangs and claws on the Alpha who’d ordered Melina’s kidnapping. Considering the amount of money they’d wired him, there was no way Uberto was working alone.

“He’s not here, not for something so trivial.” The shifter’s words were dismissive but considering how much they were willing to pay for Melina, Kiernan knew this wasn’t a trivial matter.

She was important for some reason and considering they didn’t want her hurt, he had a good idea why they wanted her. Originally he’d assumed it had been to use her as a form of leverage against her father, but now . . . “Did you know she’s a healer?”

Kiernan felt the air almost jump to life around him with the pulsing sensation of others getting closer. His senses told him four shifters surrounded him. In his peripheral vision he saw two on either side so he guessed two more were at the front of the car, directly behind him.

Not a flicker of surprise in Uberto’s eyes at his question.

Kiernan had his answer.

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