Dawn (The Dire Wolves Chronicles Book 3) by Alyssa Rose Ivy Read Free Book Online Page B

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    Reluctantly I descended and landed in the shadows behind the Crescent City Hotel. It was the most official way to reach the prison. I straightened out my tank top that had ridden up during the flight and turned my phone to silent. It had only been fifteen minutes. I was doing fine on time, but I’d gotten three calls from a guy I should have never given my number to. To give myself some credit, I hadn’t actually given it to him. He’d taken my phone and called his before I slipped out on him. It wasn’t that I was a cold-hearted bitch, although some probably would argue that I was, but dating was more than a little bit complicated for me. First there were the wings I couldn’t tell anyone about. And then there was my job I could never admit to. Oh and the family they could never meet. Pretty much I had nothing to offer beyond sex and half decent conversation.
    Being one of the few female Pterons was rough. When guys behaved the way I did it was normal. When I did I had to put up with countless phone calls.
    “Don’t fuck this up,” a snarky voice called from deeper in the shadows behind the hotel. My night vision was near perfect so I’d have known who it was even if I didn’t recognize the annoying voice.
    “I could say the same thing to you.” Considering Joseph had been the one in a headlock earlier in the evening, he shouldn’t have talked. Too bad I couldn’t complain to Malcom about his own brother. I’d learned early on that it didn’t go over well.
    “But you won’t, because you know you have way more to lose than me.”
    “What do you want, Joseph?”
    “I want you to quit.”
    “You and everyone else.”
    “There’s only room for one new recruit on the elite intelligence force this year. That spot should be mine.”
    I chortled. “Like hell it is. I’ve worked harder than you.” I’d never missed a shift or been a minute late. I was in the best physical shape of my life, and I’d aced every challenge I’d been given.
    “This has nothing to do with hard work. It has to do with who would make a better addition.” He ran a hand though his black hair.
    “This is about me being a girl, isn’t it?” We’d known each other forever, and we’d gotten along fine until I started working at the prison.
    “There’s a reason there’s no women on it.”
    “Yeah there is.” There were way more males than female Pterons. There was nothing else to it. “The decisions are made by arrogant sexist pigs.”
    “Now, now, that isn’t lady-like language.”
    “Lady like?” I stepped toward him. “I’ll show you lady like.” I raised my fist, but at the last second I dropped my arm. It wouldn’t be worth the trouble.
    “We need to go inside.”
    “Oh yeah? Now you decided that?” I straightened my tank top and didn’t bother hiding my smile.
    “You’re a piece of work, you know that?” He sneered.
    “Of course I do. Maybe now you’ll remember not to mess with me.”
    “We’re going to be stuck with each other for the next few weeks.”
    “So stay out of my way.”
    “You stay out of mine.” He pushed past me and headed toward the entrance. I followed, the last thing I needed was to be late and to let him mess things up more than necessary with Malcom.
    “Are you following me?”
    “Oh, shut up.” I pushed passed him. Joseph may have been the most annoying Pteron I’d ever met, and I’d met plenty of annoying ones.

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    Gage
    M ary Anne was adorable . She was also incredible and addicting, but at the moment it was her adorable side that had my attention.
    There was so much going on, but I needed to take a few minutes to appreciate what was right beside me. No matter what happened, I’d been given more time with Mary Anne. I’d never take a moment of that time for granted again. How I hadn’t made her mine earlier blew my mind. Mine . I couldn’t avoid the possessive feelings. They only got worse. I guess that was a side effect of becoming Dire. It was one thing