The Wolves Next Door by Catherine Vale

Author:Catherine Vale [Vale, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00KX9XFP0
Publisher: Wild Hearts Press
Published: 2014-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Julie woke up with a start and immediately shot up from the pillows. She didn’t recognize her surroundings and that drove her instantly into panic. It was a homely looking bedroom, with an oak bed and massive pillows. Across was a window, which took up the whole wall, giving a view of mountains and woods. Julie felt her head begin to spin. How did she get to a house in the woods?

She wasn’t going to find answers lying around in bed. Quickly she got out of bed. Looking down she saw she was dressed in a loose white tee shirt, several sizes too large. She plucked at the v-shaped neckline, looking beneath to confirm that indeed, she was naked except for her panties. Okay. Now she could really start to freak out.

Padding to the door of the bedroom on her bare feet, she opened it slowly and carefully. Once it was ajar she looked down to find an empty corridor. Inching out of the bedroom she moved down the hall, her footsteps faltering when she heard voices.

“Whoever they are, they came into our territory and tried to steal our mate right from underneath our noses,” growled Caine’s distinctive voice. “We’re not going to let that go.”

“Definitely not. But until Julie opens up and tells us who those men were and why she was leaving with them, there isn’t much we can do. What kills me right now is that she couldn’t trust us to keep her safe. Why else would she have agreed to go with those men?” Ryan said bitterly.

Julie felt shamed by the hurt in Ryan’s voice. She didn’t know they cared so much but what did they mean by ‘territory’ and ‘mate’? If they hadn’t mentioned her name directly she’d have thought they were talking about something else.

Confused by the tone of their voices and the strange turn of phrase, she stumbled backwards and managed to somehow trip over her own feet. The conversation between the two men stopped abruptly and she heard Ryan call out her name clearly.

Sighing, she gathered more nerve and moved out into the living room area and found both Caine and Ryan standing there looking her way. They made no move to close the gap between them as she stood some distance away.

“You heard us talking?” Ryan asked more gently while Caine gazed at her with a look that made every inch of her start to tingle. It was a few moments before she could think of what to say.

“I heard a bit,” she said, not knowing where to look. “Could you please tell me what’s going on? Why did you guys bring me here?”

Caine stepped forward, his eyes deepened with worry. “Don’t you remember? We were at the restaurant and you went to the rest room. I was just in time to see you about to leave with the two men in a car. You fainted and we brought you here to keep you safe. Whoever those people were, we wanted you someplace they’d never track you.

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