Untamed Fate (Magic Side: Wolf Bound 2)

eyes. “I don’t like people looking at you.”

Fire blazed through me, and heat flowed between my legs. He seemed

like he was about to throw me over his shoulder or down on the ground. It

was bullshit. But I liked it.

“I’m not your property.”

He turned and kept walking.

I was about to let him have it when we reached the Viper. My pulse

quickened.

In a way, the woman was responsible for all the shit that had befallen me

since I left Belmont.

Pain ripped through my fingers as my claws slid out. I bit down on my lip

and hid my hands behind my back as I fought to get control. Unfortunately,

my limited technique for that amounted to thinking about how I would rub

my fingers all over Jaxson’s naked body.

Being a werewolf was really fucking with my emotions.

The Viper buried her face further in her book as we approached. It had a

white cover with the tiny red face of a cat. I craned my neck to catch the title

— The Cats of Ulthar. Never heard of it.

“May we sit?” Jaxson asked, his voice low.

The woman didn’t bother looking up. “I don’t know you.”

He sat down across from her. “Then you’ve been lucky. But as it so

happens, we know your friend the Ripper, and he had some interesting things

to say.”

She snapped the book shut and glared. “I don’t know you, I don’t know

him, and whatever you’ve heard is total bullshit, so get lost.”

“Funny. I’ve heard a lot of rumors about you in the Underground, and

everything he said checks out. You were supposed to help him and another

convict get out of town when Bentham was breached.”

“Nope. I had nothing to do with that.” She grabbed her pocketbook and

rose to leave.