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Vince was outside of the main compound on his way to work when the pickup truck drove in and parked in front of enforcer headquarters. Two men got out, but he barely paid attention. He’d just gotten the text from Nancy—Serena had quit her job last night and was heading back to Maine. He stood in the early morning sunshine, cold racing through his veins.
She couldn’t leave. Not now. Not when he’d finally found the woman who should be his mate.
“Man, I never thought I’d see the day when the Wulfrics would be tearing each other’s throats out.”
The name grabbed Vince’s attention. He forced himself to put aside thoughts of what to do about Serena and edged closer to the truck.
The driver walked around and lowered the gate. He waved at someone on the porch of the enforcer building. “Hey, get a gurney or something. We need to get them inside and locked up.”
Vince couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Inside were two wolves, one light gray and one a darker brown-gray. The Wulfric brothers, unconscious and streaked with blood.
His palms went damp, and he edged closer. He’d meant to take out Sam by lurking in his dreams and aiming him at one of his fellow wolf shifters. He’d gotten lucky, and taken Gabe out with the loaded weapon of his twin’s fever-ridden aggression.
“Good thing we got there when we did. They’re pretty evenly matched.”
“Fucking Fever. They reek of it.”
“Yeah, the fever’s a bitch. But, seriously, if you even had the choice—would you give up being a shifter just to avoid it? I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be anything else in the pack, not even a dreamwalker.” The men laughed, the superiority in their voices raising Vince’s hackles.
Fucking shifters. Always thought they were better than everyone else, even when it came to the virus. Now look where it had gotten them.
He hadn’t had to lift a finger, and now the Wulfrics would be locked up in the enforcer cells. Enforcers started to pour out of the building and Vince backed away. Now was his chance. He had to make Serena see that he was the mate for her while the competition was down and out.
He went for his car. He had no idea how long the Wulfrics would be locked up. They had friends on the force. He had to act now or maybe lose his chance forever.