instantly come back to Chloe’s eyes. It was a laugh and a snort and a chortle and a celebration of something that this animal had just found more entertaining than June bugs on string.
And it was absolutely the most beautiful thing Chloe had ever heard.
Especially when his brothers chimed in.
She hadn’t known that she wasn’t breathing until the howls began to die down. And she had never in all of her studies known the full force the sound held until she felt the creature on top of her actually vibrating with his efforts to produce it.
Hell, Chloe wasn’t sure she hadn’t added to the noise at one point. In fact, she felt quite positive by the time all was said and done that such an orgy of vocalization called for participation by all living beings present.
And besides, who the hell would ever know, even if she had?
The alpha was trembling almost as badly when he finished with his call to arms as Chloe had been. The howl and his excitement over their situation had zapped him of his sense of balance as much as it had her, it would seem. Chloe used the moment of weakness to shift and pull her body up somewhat on the bed. The sheet slipped down below her breasts and she watched the wolf’s eyes fix on the nipples he had attempted to warm.
He stared nervously at them. Licked his mouth at the sight of her naked intimate flesh and whimpered a most adorable sound as he wriggled on top of her. Even growled a bit. But it wasn’t threatening and he didn’t try and stop her from peeling the sheets away from the rest of her body and slipping away from the pressing of his weight. As she started to rise naked from the bed, Chloe could feel his eyes roam the entire length of her, stopping occasionally to inspect and evaluate. Her stomach. Her thighs. The patch of hair between her legs.
All of his looks were just as intrusive as his nose had been.
She carefully swung her feet to the floor and stood. Alternating her eyes among the three of them. The scarred wolf salivated and crouched as she stepped closer to the bedroom door. Chloe saw the smooth black hair on the back of his neck shift and rise at her movement and she froze. The brush of the alpha’s soft hair against the side of her leg as he passed her made her jump.
The alpha approached his scarred brother with his tail high and a cockiness to his walk. The scarred one stood his ground and Chloe thought she even saw him straighten his spine a bit, despite his being obviously reprimanded by his superior.
The alpha let out one long, low growl and Scar settled his rump back to the floor. The dogs stared at each other almost hatefully.
Chloe glanced over at the runt and smiled when the animal wagged his bushy tail at her and panted out a long pink tongue in greeting.
“Hey boy,” Chloe murmured as she kept her eyes on the adorable smaller dog and stepped to the door. The runt’s wagging grew more insistent and furious as she spoke to him. From the corner of her eye she could still see the alpha and his brother. Still engrossed in a silent, natural battle of dominance that could turn into necessary violence if the subordinate dog chose to push the matter. Chloe suspected the scar was the result of just such a test of placement in the pack.
Their preoccupation with their hierarchy allowed her time to reach behind the door and grip the smooth wooden stock. And it allowed her time to check the chamber.
The poor runt’s ignorance of her intentions and his enthusiasm for her human affection allowed her to set him right in her sights.
And it allowed her to place her shot exactly where it needed to be to take him down.
Chapter Two
Caine’s fist connecting with Luke’s jaw sounded like one of the willow pines cracking in the wind. Luke stumbled only slightly before bringing his own fist up to give his twin an equally snapping blow. The wet, creek side ground caught both of their still naked but now much less hairy bodies as they tumbled in a whir of animal
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