Convincing Emily [Wolff Pack 2] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Online Free Page A

once more but decided it wouldn’t help. He would only tell her to grow up, and who could blame him? He had no way of knowing what she was feeling, or the reasons behind the off behavior.
    Emily held her breath while Thomas turned in to the drive leading to Adam, Brandon, and Chloe’s home. I can do this. I am strong. I am in charge of my own life. She repeated the words several times in her mind as the truck came to a stop. Smoke billowed out of the chimney, the lights were warm and welcoming, and only a few vehicles sat outside covered in snow.
    The passenger-side door suddenly opened, and Emily jerked back in surprise, holding tight to her seatbelt.
    “Let’s go.” Thomas held out a hand.
    Emily resigned herself to getting the night over with as quickly as possible. She released the clasp on her seatbelt and turned to face her brother. The scent slammed into her so strong, her heart flipped. Wolf . Emily scrambled to the driver’s side without further thought. She reached for the ignition and found it empty. Her brother had taken the keys.
    Thomas was around the truck in an instant. He opened the door and wrapped his hands around her upper arms. “Calm down, Em. It’s fine. Come on.”
    He gave a slight tug to make his point. Emily’s eyes scanned the darkness for any sign of the owner of the scent she’d picked up a second ago. Nothing. She leaned forward so Thomas could help her out and her shoe caught on the release bar under the driver’s seat. She yanked her foot as Thomas let go of her, twisting around.
    Emily threw up her hands to brace her fall and protected her face as she fell from the truck cab and toward the unforgiving ground. This was going to hurt. Pain shot through her left wrist on impact, ripping a cry from her throat. She heard her brother’s sudden intake of breath and his arms were suddenly around her.
    “Emily?” His hands made purchase with her injured wrist, forcing another cry from her. “Em, are you…” Umph. He was suddenly knocked off her. It was such a shock. It took a minute for Emily to realize what was happening.
    “Don’t ever touch my mate! Mine !” the voice snarled.
    Thomas was on his back with one of her mates on top of him. Since when do I refer to them as mine? The guy had her brother by the collar and his fist drawn back.
    Emily finally found her voice. “No, don’t! Please, he’s my brother,” she pleaded.
    His head snapped in her direction, his gaze seeming unfocused. Thomas took that moment to flip the big guy off him. They both sprang to their feet, adrenaline making their breaths come in fast pants.
    “A little help here?” She moved on the ground, trying to stand up and cradle her wrist in her other arm at the same time. She felt like such a klutz, and of course it all happened in front of one of her mates. Again.
    The stranger approached her. “Mate…” he growled deep in his chest.
    That one word had a physical effect on her. Immediately her pussy gushed and her pulse jumped, slamming her heart into her throat. The animal was close to the surface. She could see the shadow of the wolf within. Tentatively, he reached out a hand and, using his fingertips, touched her face, making her shiver. Emily wanted to move, to create space, but she didn’t want to upset the beast. The man she could deal with, but the animal…she wasn’t sure she could handle.
    With easy movements, he reached down and easily lifted her. Emily stood there on shaky legs, uncertain of what to do in that moment.
     
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    Charlie had never been so angry in his life. He was a man of action instead of words, and his friends and pack mates considered him to be laid-back. He let his twin brother Cole do most of the talking. After the scene in the clearing, he couldn’t believe that they had found their mate. At first, he had looked on, letting Cole talk to the clan Alpha. Their goal was to collect David, dead or alive, and then head home to their pack in Northern Minnesota.