Captured (Wolf in Exile Part 1): Werewolf Shifter/Vampire Paranormal Romance Read Online Free PDF

barter for. He could make out the faint figure of two men carrying a small and motionless body toward the hut. Probably the woman.
    This time, she wasn’t screaming. And she wasn’t moving either. Had they killed her?
    “I’m going in,” Thane stated, immediately pulling his shirt over his head.
    “For what reason?” David insisted. “You’re gonna get taken in by Nolan.”
    “Taken in, maybe, but I’ll die before I bow down to Nolan.” Thane couldn’t hesitate. He stripped off the rest of his clothes down to his birthday suit. There was no point in destroying a set of clothing during the shift. He stuffed the clothes into his backpack and tossed it on the ground near his feet.
    “Goddamn it to hell,” David fussed, closing the gap between them. “I’m comin’ with—”
    “Don’t follow me,” Thane told him.
    The howls grew louder and more aggressive. Thane’s breathing became labored and his palms clenched with anxiousness. He needed to go. Now.
    David cursed under his breath but said no more, just stood there looking disturbed.
    Thane tossed a chin over his shoulder to glance at David. “If I don’t return, will you do me a favor?”
    David nodded once.
    “Claim my territory and everything in it,” he said.
    “Thane—”
    There was no time for further discussion. Thane turned his gaze up to the moon and gave up his body and soul to the wolf. His joints began to jerk and pop as he collapsed to his knees, succumbing to his true nature. One part of him warned of the danger he was getting himself into, but the other part called out for something else, and to someone else. The woman whose screams had commanded his attention and needed his protection.
    As soon as he was propped up on all fours, he dug his paws into the ground for leverage and then grabbed his backpack in his teeth and propelled forward into a full sprint through the forest.
    He hunkered down low and shot past the trees, maneuvering the rocky terrain at higher speeds than ever before. Time wasn’t on his side, but his conscience urged him forward to assist the troubled woman.
    Thane came to a screeching halt just before he allowed his wolf to intersect the crowd. He shifted from animal to human form, slung his bag over his shoulder and pushed through the ranks of inmates assembled by the hut. A few disgruntled men huffed as he shoved through the crowd, but others instantly moved aside.
    A hush fell over the crowd as Thane approached the center of the formation where Zsecar Nolan and his men were conversing. But those men were the least of his worries. Not three feet away from them was a woman fighting to keep her balance, stumbling among the cargo and rubbing at her eyes.
    Thane’s lips instantly parted and the breath he’d been holding moments before rushed from him. The sight of the woman startled him. She was human. Her frame was small, but compared to his large size; almost everyone was small to Thane. She was also exquisitely beautiful, her scent alluring.
    Thane heard some chuckles, whispers, and grumbling behind him, but he was so mesmerized by the woman’s presence that he barely registered that he was standing stark naked in the middle of a crowd. He’d also utterly forgotten that he’d just revealed himself after dwelling in hiding for months.
    On Nolan’s command, three Pack mates shifted into their wolf forms and surrounded Thane. Their eyes blazed bright yellow, their backs were stiffened, and their muzzles were fixed in a snarl.
    Thane remained in his human form, but his wolf rumbled just beneath his skin.
    “Well...,” Nolan drawled. “Lookie here, lookie here.”
    Thane shifted his focus from the woman who was feeling her way around the cargo, to the ground, and then raised his gaze to meet Nolan’s stare.
    “Have you come to barter or kneel?” Nolan asked.
    The crowd grew deathly quiet, and Thane could make out the sound of truck engines in the distance as the supply vehicles drove away. They never stuck