My head is spinning as my eyes strain against the light. I groan as I try to glance around. Shit this isn’t the basement or my room. A cold blue eye comes in to my view and the mate bond tingles along my skin. Oh great it’s this dickhead. I sigh and try and sit myself up with as much elegance and sass as I can muster but I’m willing to bet I look like a tranquillised elephant struggling to get to its feet. I hear a snicker from beside me and close my eyes and count to ten so I don’t elbow his nose. “How you feeling?” I turn to glance at him not sure I’ve heard him correctly. His face gives nothing away. I decide to ignore his question and slide myself off his bed. “What happened with the wolf?” I ask trying not to let on that I’m still majorly fucked off with him. He sighs and gets off the bed to running his hands through his hair. My eyes travel down and my pulse hikes realising he’s just in boxers. My body reacts to the sight and I silently curse my traitorous vagina. No

I throw my shirt and phone down on the floor and wait for Nova. Behind me Brax is anxious to start patrol. “We going or nah?” Brax calls out. “You go ahead I need to speak to someone so I’ll catch you up” this guy is always on the go. Always impatient and wanting everything done now. I watch as he shifts and I can’t help but smirk. Every time his bald shiny head gets replaced with fur I almost double over laughing. It’s like an instant hair transplant. Shame he doesn’t get to keep it when he shifts back to human form. I watch as his brown wolf takes off running round the perimeter and shake my head. Lord knows where this bald headed fuck gets the energy from. I hear movement to my left and I turn to see Nova approaching. She looks better than she did last night though she still looks tired and worn out. “Hey sleeping beauty , how you feeling?” I wink at her and she punches my arm harder than I would of thought she was capable of. “I’ll be fine , just takes some time to get

I take a deep breath as I prepare myself to walk down the stairs that lead to the basement. I know Matts down there, I also reckon he’s not happy about his many unanswered messages he’s been sending. This has gone beyond being petty or proving a point. The whole situation between us just feels toxic. The sooner we can part ways and never see each other again the better. Then we can both move on. As I make my way down the stairs I see Luca and Doctor Stevens. Standing off to the side is Matt with his back against the wall and unsurprisingly he’s scowling at me. Great here we go again. “Nova! Nice to see you again!” Dr Stevens is smiling at me so warmly I can’t help but return the smile “hello Dr Stevens!” I say enthusiastically. I wink at Luca as I step past him towards the wolf and make a point not to glance in Matts direction. “So Dr Stevens, you need me to make him shift?” I peer over my shoulder at him and he nods with a soft smile. I don’t think I can actually do this

Fuck. I know she’s right. Someone out there is gearing up for a war with Fuck knows how many super enhanced wolves at the ready. I pull doctor Stevens to the side while Nova and Luca quiz Paulo. “Doctor , I want you on this full time now until we know exactly what we are dealing with and how to stop it” he nods and glances at Nova “I wonder if he would of been so forthcoming with information had we not had Nova here” his words make me grind my teeth.The mut may have a soft spot for my mate but I’ll rip his soft spot clean off his body if he touches her. I glance over at Nova and Luca who are whispering amongst themselves. Oh great now what? I walk over to them and they both stop talking and look at me. “Don’t stop on my account” I say through gritted teeth. Luca sees my frustration and shakes his head. “ I was meant to do more wolf training with Nova tonight but she doesn’t think it’s a good idea with all this going on” he motions vaguely in the muts direction with his han

Geoff glares at me from the doorway. I do my best to smile but I’m sure my face has guilt written all over it. “Who the fuck are you?” Comes from behind me. Oh nice to see Matts using his words like a big boy now. Geoff crosses the room and holds out his hand with his eye arched. “Geoff Rhodes, director of Heretic HQ” I turn and see Matt look from me to Geoff and I nod discreetly. “Ah welcome , sorry you walked in on our training” Matt lies and Luca gives a smile and a nod. “Training?” Geoffs not buying it. I step forward ready to bullshit my way through. “Yeah after the attack we’ve been doing some training with surprise attacks to see what weakness can be found” ooo hello idea. “For example ive learnt that..” I spin on my heel and swipe my leg downwards at Matts ankle. I catch him by surprise and he falls backwards. His arse hitting the floor with a hard thump. “Alpha Matt doesn’t see women as a threat so it’s surprisingly easy to drop him” I continue. Luca sta