Half Wolf: Alpha Underground Book 1 by Aimee Easterling

Author:Aimee Easterling [Easterling, Aimee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Urban, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Paranormal, Dragons & Mythical Creatures, Fantasy, BluA
Google: -0hDDgAAQBAJ
Publisher: Wetknee Books
Published: 2017-03-05T05:12:13+00:00

Chapter 14

“Seriously?” Ginger’s angry exclamation hit me at the same moment her body slammed into Hunter’s side, deftly knocking us apart. She attacked the uber-alpha with fingernails that worked as well as claws, raking red stripes down her opponent’s chest before he was able to capture her hands with his own.

“Cinnamon is dying, Lia is missing, and this is what you’re doing?” Ginger shrieked, wrenching herself around in Hunter’s arms so she could face me. “Kissing him?”

“Cinnamon’s not dying,” I answered, red-faced. Yes, Ginger was right—letting my attraction for Hunter sidetrack me from the really important issues at hand had been a bad move. But I couldn’t quite figure out why the young woman was so irate.

Intense worry over her twin was the only feasible explanation, so I rushed to set her mind at ease. “He’s stopped bleeding and his vitals are steady. Yes, your brother’s hurt and he’s exhausted, but he’s going to be fine.”

I glanced at Hunter, asking him without words to release my pack mate from his grasp. The uber-alpha raised one eyebrow, clearly convinced that Ginger would simply transform back into the blazing ball of fury that had pushed apart our lip-lock if she wasn’t imprisoned by his iron grip. Still, he obeyed, unhanding the young woman and taking two long steps backwards as if putting space between himself and a rabid skunk recently released from a live trap.

Ginger immediately dropped to her knees beside her brother, her fingers frantically pushing through the matted fur around his lupine throat until she, presumably, found a pulse. I only then realized that Cinnamon’s earlier whining had stilled some time ago, meaning that he had, indeed, looked dead when his sister came on the scene. No wonder a single tear dripped down Ginger’s cheek before she angrily dashed it away.

With Cinnamon’s vitality confirmed, I thought we were out of the figurative woods. But when the trouble twin rose to her feet once again, her ire was aimed directly at me. “So that’s your solution? At the first hint of adversity, you’re ready to throw away our hard-earned independence and go to him for assistance?”

I wrinkled my brow in confusion. Yes, I’d been thinking about asking Hunter for help in finding Lia, but I hadn’t actually voiced my thoughts. Leave it to Ginger to assume that an uncontrollable kiss had instead been a calculated ploy to bring a reluctant ally over to our team.

“Calm down,” I told my angry pack mate. Then, glancing in the uber-alpha’s direction to see how he’d take my reply, I added: “We’re not throwing away any of our independence, but Hunter is the obvious solution to finding Lia. He’s already been on the trail of the SSS for a while now and he’s strong....”

To my relief, Hunter nodded as if agreeing to lend his support to our upcoming adventure. Ginger was less complacent, though.

“He’s strong,” the trouble twin spat back. “Is that all that matters to you? I’m strong. You’re strong...or would be if you didn’t keep your wolf on such a tight leash.

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