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And then some fucker tackled him.
He heard Jade scream for help and his wolf went crazy. No one puts their hands on his mate!
He leaped to his feet and grabbed the male, swinging him by the arm into the side of the SUV. Then he jumped onto the hood of the SUV, using it as a launching pad. He soared through the air, taking out the two males pulling his mate from the vehicle. One managed to roll away, but the other hit the ground under Brick’s full weight with a groan. Jade slumped to the ground next to the SUV, and Brick took a moment to check on her and found her unconscious.
Adam joined Brick, and the two fought several males together, claws out and growls echoing in the night. The deserted stretch of road didn’t have any lights, but Brick and Adam could see thanks to their enhanced eyesight fromtheir wolves. The humans were nearly blind in the darkness, something they used to their advantage.
Someone punched Brick in the face, and he stumbled backward, nearly toppling over Jade. He snarled, punching back and connecting with the male’s jaw, making his head snap back. The man grunted, and then Brick saw a glint of metal and knew he had a knife. Brick slammed his elbow down on the male’s forearm and the knife dropped to the grass, then he delivered a brutal punch that sent the male airborne and into the side of the van that idled nearby.
He saw something out of the corner of his eye and realized someone was trying to drag Jade away. No!
With a roar from some ancient part of him, he kicked out and nailed the male in the head, snapping it to the side with a crack, the male dropping to the grass in a heap.
As Brick crouched near Jade with his claws brandished, the van peeled away and he had to duck and cover Jade as gravel and dirt sprayed from the tires.
“Fuck,” Adam said with a snarl.
There was the sound of a punch and then nothing. Brick lifted his head and saw Adam standing beside a male who wasn’t moving.
Brick felt for Jade’s pulse and was thankful it was beating strong and steady.
“Baby, you okay?” Adam asked.
“Are they all dead?” Cinder asked.
“Two of the three,” Adam said. “Is Jade okay?”
“Unconscious. We need to get her to Doc’s.” Brick’s voice cracked with relief, but he was still furious. “Are Leo and the others okay?”
“I don’t know, I’ll reach out. We need to be picked up and the SUV towed.”
“I’ll call it in.” Brick touched his jeans pocket, but his phone was in the SUV. He stood and moved to reach inside when the attacker, who was still alive, groaned. Brick growled and took the steps to close the distance to him. He grabbed his hair and lifted his head, wrenching it back hard until the male groaned in pain.
“Who sent you?”
“Fuck…you,” the male wheezed.
“I think not,” Brick said. “Tell us or suffer. You’ll wish you died as easily as your friends.”
Adam strode over, his eyes flashing to the amber of his wolf. “I think I’ll shift,” Adam said. “That way I can eat him and there won’t be anything to identify him with.”
Brick smiled at his cousin’s banter because he knew that Adam was absolutely not going to shift right now. But the shiver of fear that made the male in his hold shudder was all that they needed to happen.
“No!” the male whisper-screeched.
Brick gave his head a shake. “Answer me and you’ll live. Don’t and you’ll find out what it’s like to be peeled like a banana by a furious wolf.”
The male let out a low moan. “I work for H. A. S.”
No surprise there. But Brick was still pissed off.
“Why did you target us? How did you find us?” Brick demanded.
When the male hesitated, Adam took a menacing step toward him. He tried to shrink back, but Brick didn’t let him go anywhere. “She’s the mate of a high ranked beast. That makes her valuable.”
“The alpha female?” Adam asked.
“No, she’s magical, Foley said we couldn’t take her, but we could take the number two guy’s girl.”
