Reed (Nano Wolves #4) - Donna McDonald Page 0,50

Canada.”

Reed rolled to face her. The bed was small and their noses nearly touched. “Apparently, there were three facilities. They shut down one when Heidi was rescued. They’ve been watching a second one. Joshua called, and he said they’re at another that Brandi said was news to them.”

Katarina growled. “I want to kill those who took your people. I want to end this.”

“Me too,” Reed said. “And it’s worse than we imagined.”

“How so?”

“I think they’ve been using your father for their testing. They tried to use Joshua, but his genes had no effect. They made a super wolf serum from your father’s blood. That’s what they used on my beta, Edward. Joshua told Brandi that Adam hadn’t been altered yet. They’ve been keeping him sedated because Adam injured several of his guards when he tried to kill Joshua.”

“Wow. Everything hot mess,” Katarina said as she hugged him close. “We fix tomorrow. Tonight we sleep.”

“Katarina?”

“Yes?”

“When this is all over, I’d like you to stay here. I think you’d be good for my pack. They need someone like you.”

Katarina “And what do you need, Temptation?”

His silent answer was to pull her close and fall asleep holding her in his arms.

15

Stewart stood by his siblings while his mother gave them orders to do what Ariel said while she was gone. He looked over his brother and sister’s heads at his father, who narrowed his eyes and gave him a brief nod no one noticed. Stewart subtly returned the acknowledgment. Without shifting to his freak side, he wasn’t sure how he could be of much help, but he at least had permission from one of his parents to try.

When he heard Kent gearing up to argue with his mother, Stewart clamped one hand over his brother’s mouth and another on his brother’s shoulder. He clamped down just hard enough to shut Kent up. “We’ll be good, Mom. You don’t have to worry,” Stewart told her with a smile. He definitely enjoyed being big enough to keep Kent from taking over everything.

Brandi nodded. “I need to tell you all one more thing before I go. When this shit is over, your father wants us to take a family vacation.”

Stewart froze and felt his siblings freeze too. He laughed at all of them. His father was probably the only one in their family who knew what a vacation was.

“What kind of vacation?” Kent asked.

Brandi made a face and leaned down close to Kent’s face. “He wants to rent a cabin by a lake and take us fishing,” she whispered.

“Fishing,” Kent repeated. He gave a grunt. “That’s not going to work. Stewart, Aggie, and I don’t know how to fish.”

“Neither do I,” Brandi said miserably. “I suggested going to the beach, but that got vetoed quick because your father doesn’t think it will be relaxing. Look, the bottom line is that I don’t think we have a choice for this first outing.” She looked at Kent. “Find someone around here to teach you to fish. Maybe you can teach your siblings after you learn.”

Kent worked not to show his excitement. “Sure. I could probably do that. Don’t expect me to be an expert when you get back.”

“If you find out which end of the rod and reel to put in the water, you’ll be doing us all a solid. Now give me hugs, I have to go rescue people.” Brandi bent to hug Kent and then Aggie. She stood and leaned over them to hug Stewart, who was her size. “And clothes, Stewart—don’t let me forget to get you some clothes that fit you when I get back. You smell like a bear. I don’t know how you can stand to keep borrowing their clothes.”

Stewart chuckled. He didn’t smell like a bear because of his clothes. He smelled like bear because he was constantly around them. He liked the bears, especially Terra’s parents. Jon and Susan were great. The only reason Aggie didn’t smell like bear was because she’d abandoned Waylon to go talk to the wolf healers. But he wasn’t saying anything. Though he pretended not to be, Kent was still frustrated with him. He didn’t need his sister upset with him too.

Katarina stepped forward to the kids. She looked down at Kent. “Any evil thoughts today?”

“Not even one,” Kent told her, glaring when she chuckled.

She looked at Aggie. “You will grow into great beauty soon. Outside will match inside then.”

“Thank you,” Aggie said shyly.

Katarina looked up at Stewart. “Watch over the bears, devil wolf, and