feelings. She pulled herself together and attacked me, nonetheless. The knife didn’t even penetrate my thick skin. When I sunk my fangs in her soft throat, she grabbed my fur with her fists and pulled hard. As she gave her dying breath, her hands fell to her sides, tufts of black fur between her fingers.
That was when I realized that Isabel had gone silent. She had curled up into a ball and covered her eyes with both her arms. I growled at Reid, annoyed that he’d allowed her to close her eyes and avoid witnessing the spectacle. Reid nudged her with his snout, but she seemed to be paralyzed with fear. I finished the other woman off quickly, then turned to Isabel. Poor Isabel. Her time had come.
Thorn stepped between me and the girl. He growled low in his chest, and I growled back, but it was clear that he had no intention to back down now. I sighed. Alright. If he wanted to spare her, fine. On second thought, killing her would’ve been too easy. Almost merciful. There were plenty of ways she could still pay for what her family had done to our brother.
I looked around me, my nostrils flaring at the rich scent of blood. I walked to the center of the room, closed my eyes, and basked in the aftermath of revenge for a minute. It was done. My brother’s killers had paid with their lives. I allowed my body to relax, then shift to its human form. My black, coarse fur disappeared inside my pores, my muscles shrunk, and my bones snapped and glued themselves back like it was nothing. Because it was nothing. Shifting wasn’t painful, it was natural. I now stood before the human female in all my naked glory – tall, bulky, and looking just like one of her kind. The way her blue eyes widened made me grin. I loved the effect I seemed to have on her.
Reid and Thorn followed my lead. In seconds, sweet Isabel found herself surrounded by three naked, menacing men. She stared at our bodies like she’d never seen a six-pack and a cock before. I was covered in scars, and Reid and Thorn were covered in tattoos. Reid also had more piercings than I could count, so I could only imagine how the poor bitch felt seeing us like that while she was alone, vulnerable, helpless. We’d just torn her family to pieces. What were we going to do to her? Well, letting her guess was half the fun…
“Stand up,” I ordered in a low, threatening tone.
“Wha-what… are you?” Instead of following my order, she hugged her knees to her chest. “Are you wolves? Are you men?”
“Both,” Reid chuckled. He knelt before her and sniffed her eagerly. “You smell like strawberries.”
She recoiled. Thorn stepped forward and grabbed Reid by the arm.
“Dude, leave her alone. She’s scared shitless already.”
I growled. “Thorn, back off. If Reid wants to smell her, he can. If he wants to touch her, he can. If he wants to fuck her, he should. We all should, come to think of it.” She shuddered visibly, and I laughed. This was fun. That was when I decided to take her back to our pack. She was going to be entertaining for a while.
Thorn looked at me, brows furrowed. “Let’s just kill her and get this over with.”
As I started looking around the house, I walked past him and patted him on the back. “What’s wrong, little brother? Doesn’t the idea of a sex slave appeal to you?” He licked his lips, and that didn’t escape me. “See? I have the best ideas.”
“Whatever you say, Jax.”
He made it sound like he wasn’t interested, but I knew him better. Thorn could be just as cruel as I was. We were brothers, after all.
“Let’s find Chase, and then burn this place to the ground. Reid, grab her.”
“N-no! Please. I’ll do anything. Just let me go.”
Reid laughed in her face. “Oh, you will, don’t you worry. You’ll do plenty. But we won’t let you go.” He grabbed her by the arm, pulled her to her feet, then proceeded to drag her after him.
“Please. I won’t tell a soul, I promise. I won’t tell anyone you’re… wolves and… men. You have my word.”
Reid got annoyed with her, so he threw her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and followed me and Thorn outside. She screamed. Reid smacked her ass hard, and that shut her up. There was