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Then I saw a toolbox. I ripped the lid off and smiled.
Silver. I grabbed a handful of thin chains and two pillows on my way out of the
room.
    I ran outside just in time to see Max
stalking towards the house in human form with a predatory look on his face.
Good. He was in human form. Plan A. Before he could open his mouth I ran
towards him and extended my right leg high in the air. Spinning, I delivered a
perfect roundhouse kick to his jaw and he was out cold. Maybe I should have
mentioned that I ran women’s defense classes on the weekends and I was a black
belt in karate.
    Emma shifted into human form behind
me. She was stark naked.
    “You can touch it? Without pain or
gloves?” she said shocked, looking down at my hands holding the silver chains.
I didn’t have time to process that. I grabbed the chain and began tying Max by
the wrists and ankles. Then I ripped the pillow to shreds and stuffed huge gobs
of fluff into his mouth. I wound a strip of cloth around his mouth holding the
stuffing in. I could smell burning flesh and could see red blisters pop up where
the silver touched. He was still unconscious. I sat back panting in relief. If
it killed him, then so be it. But I didn’t want to kill him if I didn’t have
to. Devon shifted as well. Apparently, modesty was lost in the pack. He stood
naked and gestured towards the house. “Let’s get him in a cage,” he told Emma.
Max began waking as they hoisted him up. “Rahheng Raahenge,” Max roared, his
eyes shown yellow the cotton in his mouth made it hard to understand him. It
sounded an awful lot like challenge but I ignored it. He could have been saying
revenge. I sat in the front yard for the next three hours while Emma staked out
the back and Devon roamed the perimeter. Either Jake was waiting until we
weakened or he had thought better of challenging. My eye lids began drooping
and before I could stop it, I fell asleep.
                    I awoke to the sound of footsteps. I bolted
upright, tense.
    Sadie walked over to me. “He’s asking
for you. It was touch and go throughout the night but he’s healing fine now,”
she told me.
                    I didn’t know what to say.
    “Go, I’ll take watch,” she said with
bitterness in her voice.
    I nodded and looked down at myself. I
was covered in dirt and Kai’s blood. I had sleep in my eyes and my back was
killing me. As I entered the bedroom I could see that Kai was in human form; he
lay in his bed wearing sweatpants and a tight t-shirt. The thought of him
shifting in front of Sadie made my inner wolf seethe in jealousy. I quickly
tamped it down so he wouldn’t pick up on it. He gestured for me to sit near him.
    “You did well. It’s an honor to call
you my second,” he told me with a sandpaper voice. I could see his bite marks
were oozing pink fluid but they were healing.
    “I did the best I could. Max is bound
by silver chains and gagged in a cage in your basement,” I told him.
    Kai looked sad for a moment. “Max as
a human, as a friend, would never challenge me, would never want me dead. Max
as a wolf, well, it’s a part of this life.”
    He tried to sit up and groaned. I
stopped him.
    “You’re not moving until you’re fully
healed,” I told him. “That’s an order,” I added playfully.
    He smiled, flashing his bright white
teeth. They were in stark contrast to his olive skin, his canines were
pronounced. “Yes, Ma’am. Well, if you won’t let me get up, then I’m going to
have to ask my vegetarian second to fix me three rare steaks. I will heal
faster with meat in my system.”
    I gulped. “Coming right up.” I faked
enthusiasm.
    After gagging my way through the
kitchen getting a meal ready for Kai and silently apologizing to the cute cows
that had given their lives for his breakfast, I went to the guest bathroom and
showered.
    I came out in my towel and made it
back to the bedroom I was staying in. I found a stack of clothes on the bed.
Emma. I smiled.