Reed (Nano Wolves #4) - Donna McDonald Page 0,51

they will watch over you. I hope Terra gets well before I return.”

“She stood up yesterday. It shouldn’t be long now,” Aggie said from below her.

“Best news ever,” Katarina said, waving at the three of them as she walked away.

The streets were full of all kinds of people. She nodded and waved as she climbed into the vehicle. Reed was already inside. He looked much better today.

“Finished saying goodbye to your fan club?”

Katarina snorted. “What is fan club? They are friends. They are your pack.”

“They didn’t come out to see me off. They came out when you arrived.”

“I am charming. Everyone feel safe when I am near,” Katarina said with a grin.

“Except for me. I don’t feel safe. You threw me out of bed last night.”

“If you were less silent, this would not be problem for you. You make no sound when you walk. I can’t hear you breathe. You do not huff and puff…”

“No, I only do that when I’m trying to blow Little Red Riding Hood’s house down. Ahhh… ooo,” Reed said, mock howling for her.

Katarina leaned back in her seat and stared at him in shock. “That was joke, Temptation. You even told it well.”

Reed grinned. “Thanks. I’m feeling pretty good today. I slept better last night than I’ve slept in years.”

“You’re welcome,” Katarina said, matching his grin.

She refused to be embarrassed when Gareth and Brandi both looked out the front window to keep from laughing at her and Reed. She also refused to be sorry when Reed’s hand found hers and gripped it tightly.

This new life she’d found with Reed and his pack might not be as simple or easy as the life Nicolai had found with them years ago. Ariel was right. Change was coming, and it was critical for their survival.

She was beginning to believe that she belonged there—that she could help them. Maybe that was why destiny had dropped her into the nano wolves’ laps. She liked finally having a pack and a home. Making a safe, happy life with Reed and his pack was worth fighting for.

16

Katarina frowned as she buckled herself into the plane. “I am tired of same seat for every adventure, but it feels best to me to sit here. Sometimes my wolf logic makes no sense.”

Reed buckled himself into the seat beside her before turning his head to grin. “That comment is far too easy for me to use it against you. I’m a better wolf than that.”

Snorting, Katarina mock-glared at the male next to her. “Sounds like someone wishes to be tossed onto bedroom floor again.”

Reed laughed. He couldn’t remember the last time he’d felt this happy in the company of a female. Maybe he never had. “I like you, Katarina Volkov. You’re the most interesting female I ever met.”

“I find you interesting as well, Temptation. If we do not die a glorious death freeing your people, maybe we explore your feelings for me again.”

Katarina smiled when Reed reached over and took her hand. They spent the flight to Canada being silent. With Reed holding her hand, the silence didn’t bother her at all.

When they landed, Brandi left them immediately to seek out the agents already there who were doing surveillance.

“She has so much energy,” Katarina said, watching Brandi’s human legs eating up the ground. “How fast is she in wolf form?”

“Extremely fast and very deadly,” Gareth said, his eyes never leaving his mate until she disappeared into the trees.

“What do you want Katarina and I to do?” Reed asked.

Gareth pointed to a couple tall trees. “Do you climb?”

Katarina grunted in refusal. “My wolf climbs when necessary, but my human side is too short.”

“I never climb unless I have no other choice,” Reed answered.

Gareth laughed at their answers. He pulled out badges and handed them both to Reed who passed one to Katarina. “Put these on so none of our people shoot you. I want you to take a quiet walk around the parameter of the building and keep an eye out for Joshua or Katarina’s father. Intel says they’re both still here and everyone comes outside eventually when they’re getting by on artificial light. This place has only a few transom windows on the far side.”

“No windows mean no one see inside.”

“Right. And no captive sees out,” Gareth said. He pointed at the building in the distance. “Keep in mind that the guards posted by each entrance and the ones patrolling also have weapons. Some of them are shifters, so they might sneak up on you.