Mountain Wolves 2 Wolf Howl Dare Isabel

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So did he, standing here like this, surrounded by men who were taller than he was, more
muscular, and infinitely more naked. He could practically smell the testosterone in the air.
Slowly, deliberately, he walked over to Kirk, then stretched out his bound hands for Kirk s
inspection. Just to make the point that he wasn t here out of his own free will.
Kirk stared at him, his eyes fierce and glowing with that alien light, and then he reached out and
took hold of Leo s wrists. One yank of his strong hands, and the leather belt ripped apart like paper.
Thanks, Leo said, shaking out his aching wrists with relief.
Why did you bring him here? Kirk said, breaking the tense silence. His voice was very low
and rough, and it was clear that he was only barely mastering the need to growl. He s mine.
Leo could feel himself flushing. He rather hoped these men these wolves couldn t smell just
how much that statement turned him on, even in this tense and awkward situation.
Another man stepped forward, instantly drawing all eyes to him. He was broad-shouldered,
large and muscular, with a pelt of grizzled brown hair on his chest, and Leo tried hard not to let his
eyes drop down to the swinging, heavy cock and sack below.
There is a price to pay, said this man, for those who join the pack. You brought down the
strongest buck; that pays your wolf share. But you haven t paid your price as a man yet.
Kirk shook his head, long dark curls flying about his ears. I haven t said I ll join you, Brand.
The other man Brand threw back his head and laughed. His voice was rich and warm, and
his laughter sounded good-natured. You can t refuse, Kirk, and you know it. I like how stubborn you
are, but we both know that you had two options tonight: challenge or join. You haven t challenged,
and you hunger for our company. You need us. You will join us. And Leo is the only thing standing in
your way.
Kirk s shoulders drew tight. He s not a thing. And he s mine.
Actually, he s not, said Brand, still in that strangely friendly tone of voice. You haven t
claimed him, and you have no right to him, you know that.
Actually, I am standing right here, Leo said, lifting his chin. What the hell are you talking
about?
Brand turned to him, and Leo had to lock his knees to stand firm under the power of those molten
eyes. There was no doubt that this was the leader of the wolf pack.
We wolves claim our mates, Brand said. We mate with them and mark them with our scent
and teeth, so that all may know them for ours. But you are only human, and Kirk hasn t claimed you. I
don t imagine that the thought even entered his mind.
Leo felt his stomach sinking. Brand spoke with absolute conviction, and Kirk wasn t responding,
wasn t denying the truth of what he said. In fact, Kirk looked as stunned as if someone had hit him
over the head.
Is that it, then? Leo thought, despairingly. Is that all there is to it? I m human, so I m not
enough for you?
Brand turned away from Leo to face Kirk. Again, you have two choices. You can give him to us
for entertainment and that will pay your price to join the pack. Or you may turn him yourself, and
so secure his safety.
Make him a werewolf, you mean, Kirk said. He looked at Leo, his expression so closed that it
was utterly unreadable.
Leo stared back, frozen with fear. He couldn t believe this was happening.
There was just no time to assimilate any of this. When Kirk told him his secret, Leo assumed that
he was born with his particular gift. Now he knew that Kirk wasn t the only one, and that was a
shock, but this was something else again. These men could turn him into a werewolf, just like that? It
wasn t something you were born with?
No, he mouthed soundlessly, without even thinking about his answer.
Kirk nodded at him, his mouth a tight line.
Leo felt his stomach sink when he saw the bleak look in Kirk s eyes.
Was Kirk disappointed in him? Had he hoped that Leo would say yes? Oh, no.
Still, Leo didn t want to be a werewolf. Not even if it meant that he could share this part of
Kirk s life.
That wasn t something he was proud of, but it was the bedrock truth. He would keep Kirk s
secret, but he couldn t join him. Not if he had any choice at all.
Kirk turned back to Brand, and his lips drew back from his teeth in a snarl. Never, he ground
out. He doesn t want this. No more than I did.
Leo sagged a little in relief, though he knew this wasn t over. Neither of the two choices they d
been given were good ones.
Then you must give him to us, Brand said. He stepped closer to Leo, sniffing the air in a way
that Leo was beginning to find familiar and incredibly annoying. He is only human, Kirk. He is not
our kind. Don t divide your loyalties like that. Let us have him, then forget him, and you will be one
of us.
A shiver of fear ran along Leo s spine, and he tried not to let it show. Forget me?
All around him, the werewolves were coming closer, step by step, circling him. Their eyes
gleamed with an unsettling, hungry light.
Let us have him. What did that even mean, if they weren t planning to turn him into a werewolf?
Were they planning to eat him?
Or maybe& Brand had said& entertainment.
And it could only be what, an hour at best, since they changed from their wolf selves back into
human form?
Leo remembered what Kirk had been like the first time, right after the change, and another shiver
ran down his spine. There was only one thought on Kirk s mind then, and it wasn t food.
Apparently, the change made werewolves insatiable for sex.
And now they were closing in.
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Kirk felt his lips draw back in an unmistakable snarl.
Back off, he said, softly. You touch him you die.
He knew the others could read his absolute sincerity. Not just from his words, but from his
whole stance, his scent, even from the way he held his hands curled loosely by his side, relaxed but
ready for action.
He also knew he was only one man, and there was no possible way he could win this fight.
That wasn t going to stop him.
If they wanted to get to Leo, they d have to go through him first.
Then Leo took a step forward, shifting his shoulders back to make himself look taller.
All attention focused on him instantly, and Kirk breathed hard, watching him. Leo s courage
made him even more irresistible, and now he knew that his scent had an overwhelming effect on other
werewolves as well.
I ll fight for you, Kirk swore to himself. I ll do whatever it takes to keep you safe.
What does it mean, Leo asked, as boldly as if it was a matter of mere academic interest, to
claim someone? I mean, he ran a hand through his golden hair as if smoothing away his own
uncertainty, what do you have to do?
A low chuckle ran around the circle.
Kirk s molars ground together, and he glared.
He didn t know the answer to Leo s question. It was becoming glaringly obvious that he didn t
know any of the things these other wolves did, or the rules they lived by. In this strange new world
where other werewolves existed, Kirk was as ignorant as a newborn. But he hated the mocking
smiles the other men wore. They were displaying the predator s vicious, cruel sense of humor, and it
grated on Kirk s nerves.
Brand tilted his head to the side, considering Leo with faint surprise. Erick, he said, waving
his hand in an expansive gesture, why don t you explain?
Erick stepped forward, and Kirk recognized him: he was the tall blond Kirk had spotted in the
diner, the one whose body language didn t seem quite right. Like the other two who had left the hunt
early, Erick was fully dressed, covered from head to toe in biking leathers, but his smile was as
predatory as the others .
Kirk eyed him warily, assessing the cold look in Erick s pale eyes. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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