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That would not be a difficult task.
I didn’t know what she was, but this was new.
She was new.
The Cúallaidh Pack had faced adversaries, challenges, things that had required everything we had to survive. We were still here.
I would die for my pack.
And I would kill for my pack.
Kael settled.
Chapter 16
Nika
He was exactly like his picture but larger. At least a foot taller than me. So broad that the suit looked faintly wrong on him—like something designed for a man and fitted to something else entirely. Those green eyes were hooded. Deceptive. Calculating.
I understood immediately why there was an innate need to destroy him.
He was dangerous.
Something pressed hard against my sternum.
Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.
I blinked at the laptop screen.
Wiped my forehead.
My hand came away damp.
“Please excuse me for a moment,” I said, and moved across the room toward the door.
His chair scraped back so fast it toppled over.
“Where are you going?”
The snap in his voice stopped me at the door. I turned.
“To the ladies room.” I kept my voice cold and level.“Unless you’d prefer I do what the rest of your staff did and squat on the floor?”
Francis made a sound beside me that was somewhere between a gasp and a prayer.
“Nika,” she murmured.
Something shifted in his expression. He stepped forward.
“Why don’t I show you where to go.”
Not a question.
“No thank you,” I said, and walked out.
In the corridor I glanced back once.
He wasn’t there. He wasn’t following. The hallway was empty and quiet and my heart was hammering against my ribs for reasons I didn’t have a clean explanation for.
