CAGED (Mackenzie Grey #2) by Karina Espinosa Read Free Book Online

harshly at my eyes. I was exhausted and hungry. Fatigue was rearing its ugly head and I was losing patience. The only thing I had left to do was to take care of this little Luna girl, and I had no idea how.
    “She has no one,” a voice by the elevator startled me. I turned to the side and saw Sonya standing at the entrance of the squad room.
    “Excuse me?” I said. “Do you know her?”
    She nodded. “Her name is Emma. Her mother was a Succubus.”
    My eyes widened. “How?”
    “Her father was a wolf. The wolf gene is dominant over any other species,” she said.
    I nodded. “Okay, do you know where I can find them?”
    Sonya’s smile fell. “They’re both dead. Her father was a lone-wolf killed by the Pack, and her mother had been captured by the Incubus. She died last week of dehydration.”
    My gaze went back to the girl whose eyes had glossed over but didn’t dare shed a tear. Her resolve was strong, I could see it in the rigidness of her body.
    “Are you going to take responsibility for Emma?”
    Sonya gasped. “What? I can’t!” she inched back to the elevators. “She needs to be given to The Summit. They’ll be able to care for her.”
    “The Summit?” I jerked. “Are you nuts?”
    “Are you?” she questioned. “You should know better!”
    I froze. Shit. I couldn’t let it be known I was a lone-wolf. The only ones in the West Coast who knew my secret were Roman and La Loba of the Desert Wolves—I needed to keep it that way.
    “What I mean is, shouldn’t she be with someone familiar?”
    Sonya thought about it for a moment. “I can’t, I just met her and I’m not prepared to care for a wolf. The Summit is her best chance of survival. I’m sorry.” She apologized to the girl before turning to leave. “And Wolf?”
    I glared at the Succubus. “What?”
    “Thank you…for saving our lives. If you ever need anything…you have our loyalty,” Sonya said before exiting the room.
    “Well damn, ain’t that a bitch,” I mumbled.
    “You got that right,” the kid said and I jerked up.
    “What?”
    “I said, you got that right. This shit sucks,” she said and I thought my jaw would drop to the floor.
    “Uh…you shouldn’t talk like that,” I said baffled.
    “You shouldn’t either,” she countered. “And you’re not sending me to The Summit. I don’t want to be a Luna.”
    I wanted to burst out in laughter but had to swallow the urge. Ditto, Kid .
    “Well unless you have some family I can send you to, The Summit is your only option. How old are you anyway?”
    “Eleven in a half and The Summit isn’t my only choice. You could just let me go,” she countered. “I’m big enough to take care of myself.”
    I chuckled. “No you’re not. You haven’t even hit puberty yet so you haven’t shifted. There’s no way you can survive.”
    “Yes I can,” she said.
    “No you can’t.”
    “Yes I can.”
    “No.”
    “Yes,” she inched to the edge of her seat. “Yes, times infinity!”
    “No, times infinity, times infinity!”
    She gasped. “You can’t do that!”
    I smirked. “I’m a grown up, I can do whatever I want.”
    She slouched into the seat and huffed. “That’s bullshit.”
    “Hey!” I reprimanded. “Language.”
    “Whatever,” she muttered and turned her head away.
    With that battle won, I stood and headed toward the breakroom to get her something to eat. She had already devoured two bottles of water.
    Roman leaned against the doorway with a grin on his face. “How’s it going with the little one?”
    “She’s impossible,” I complained. “And the mouth on her is despicable.”
    He laughed. “Oh yeah? Seems a bit familiar, don’t you think?”
    I glanced over my shoulder to find her flipping me off. “That little monster!” I gave her the finger in return. “And here I was about to get her a snack.”
    Roman covered his mouth with the palm of his hand and he looked like he was about to sneeze. “Holy shit, Ace, don’t you see