have to learn really fucking fast. There’s a killer inside every shifter, and you’re going to have to remember how to let him out.” He looked around at the woods.
“But the first step is preparing.”
“How do we do that?” asked the alpha.
“Easy,” said Jason with a grin. “We give him exactly what he wants.”
CHAPTER 20
LEXI
She didn’t waste any time trying to find a way out. Lexi ran over to the window and pounded on it with her fist. But a throbbing pain was all that came of it.
Then she went to the door, giving it the same treatment. But it was made of hardwood, and the locks were as sturdy as they came.
There were no vents in the room, nothing that could provide a way to slip out.
The room was a cell—no way to escape.
She sat on the edge of the bed, fear coursing through her. There was nothing that made Lexi feel worse than being helpless, and that was exactly her situation. Chad had taken her and tossed her into a room to do nothing but pace and wonder with fear what was going on in the outside world.
It was torture.
She considered shifting and slamming her weight into the door but knew there wasn’t a chance she’d be able to break through. And even if she did, Chad’s men were there waiting for her.
Time passed, and her thoughts returned to Jason. More than anything, she wanted him to come, to break her out of there so the two of them could settle the score with Chad.
Lexi laid back on the bed, folding her hands over her stomach.
And then the lock clicked, the door opening slowly.
She bolted upright to see who was there.
“Hey, gorgeous.”
Lexi spotted Chad’s sliver of a smile through the darkness of the hallway. He opened the door and stepped in, shutting it behind him and locking it.
“Go away,” she said, the words coming out by instinct.
He stood at the door with that same smile, as if there wasn’t anything she could say that would bother him.
“I’m not going anywhere. And neither are you. So, you might as well accept it.”
“Fuck off.”
He rolled his eyes as if what she’d said had been expected and annoying.
“Shouldn’t you be out there leading your men or something?” she asked. “Or are you letting them do all the fighting for you?”
He snorted. “They’ve got it covered. I’ve got all the planning taken care of, and all I have to do is let my boys do their thing. And it’s just the fucking Leafcutters. I bet I could send you in there to take care of them.”
He rose and stepped over to Lexi, looming over her.
“Nope. There’s something more important that I’ve got on my mind. Something bigger to conquer—you.”
He leaned in and stared deeply into her eyes, his smile sinister.
“I’m going to claim you now. I thought I might wait until tonight, to really celebrate the first victory of my campaign. But then I remembered how you are, what you did to me. And I’m not going to give you the chance to do it again.”
He leaned in and sniffed Lexi, shoving his nose into her hair.
Then he froze. And at that moment, Lexi knew that he’d found out.
“What...what the hell his that smell? That’s...that’s another fucking alpha!”
He stood up spear-straight, his eyes raging with anger.
“You let that fucker claim you!” he yelled. “You...you little fucking slut!”
Before Lexi could do anything, he lunged forward and pinned her to the bed, fury on his face.
“You let him claim you. And I bet you’re carrying his fucking kid. Well, it doesn’t fucking matter. I’ll kill him, then once you’ve had the little brat, I’ll make him my most loyal little soldier, make sure he doesn’t have any idea who his daddy really is. And you’re not going to do a damn thing about it.”
“You sure about that?”
“Huh?” an expression of confusion took hold. But he didn’t have time for any kind of reaction other than that.
Lexi drove her knee straight up, connecting right with his dick. Chad’s eyes went wide, his face turning a deep shade of red.
“Fuck!” he shouted the word before rolling over onto his side, his hands going right to his cock.
Lexi jumped out of bed and ran over to the other side of the room, taking no small amount of pleasure from watching him writhe in pain.
“You...you fucking bitch!” Chad slammed his boots onto the ground, straining to get himself up and onto his feet. He took a few deep,