Dual Embrace: 3 (Shadowpeak Wolves) by Lorna Jean Roberts Read Free Book Online

to her.
    “No, I’m ahh, I’m okay,” she answered both of them. “She’s got to be all right,” Dusty whispered, disbelief filling her at the idea of Cassie dying.
    “She will be.” Crouching in front of her chair, Algernon used the tip of his finger to raise her chin. Both he and Cain now touched her. His touch sent cool sharp shocks over her skin while Cain’s touch counteracted the cold with sizzling heat and fire. It tore her apart and yet thrilled her in ways she couldn’t explain. She whimpered and pulled back, unable to touch them both without exploding.
    “Dusty?” Cain frowned, and she swore he stared straight at Algernon. The ridiculous name still did nothing to ease her attraction to the other man.
    “What?” she whispered. Cain narrowed his eyes.
    “It’s strange, for a moment, I almost felt like someone was here.” Cain shook his head. She looked at him, amazed at the caring and concern in his eyes. Cain usually guarded his emotions and thoughts so carefully.
    “This is too bizarre,” she muttered.
    “Yeah,” Cain replied, obviously thinking she was speaking of Cassie’s accident. “Let’s go.” Cain stepped in front of her, holding out his hand.
    “Good idea, hellcat, I need to go see Cassie now, anyway.”
    Why? She mouthed the word as discreetly as she could.
    “Ahh, now that’s for me to know and you to find out.” He stepped away, gliding toward the door.
    “Can I see Cassie before we go?” she asked quickly. Looking around, she saw that Jay and the doctor had disappeared. The others were talking quietly among themselves.
    She didn’t think Algernon would hurt Cassie. However, she was determined to get herself into that room, just to make sure. He’d reached the door by now and turned back to grin at her mischievously. “Can’t keep away from me?”
    “More like I can’t trust you,” she muttered, ignoring the looks everyone sent her. Yeah, she was crazy, as if they didn’t already know that.
    She attempted to stand but her leg collapsed and she fell back into the seat with a bang. “Shit!”
    “Dusty,” Cain growled, but she held up a hand, sending him a hard stare. He would not smother her. She would not allow it.
    “I’m fine. I’ve been sitting too long. I have to see Cassie.”
    Cain looked over at Cooper who nodded, staring at her in quiet concern. Great, just what she needed—the close scrutiny of the Alpha.
    Before she could attempt to stand again, Cain lifted her in his arms and carried her out into the corridor.
    “Cain,” she protested, trying desperately not to lean into his heat, not to sink into the strength of his embrace.
    “Don’t, Dusty. I am near the end of my patience with you. Be quiet, lie still and let me take care of you.”
    Dusty shut her mouth in surprise and stared up at him, amazed by the small flickering of a muscle in his cheek, the only visible sign of his temper.
    “And here I didn’t think you had a temper,” she exclaimed as he strode down the corridor. Liam and Josiah, two enforcers for the Shadowpeak pack, stood guard by Cassie’s door.
    “I do, and you manage to trigger it easier and quicker than anyone else.”
    Josiah opened the door and Cain stepped into the room. A heavy weight settled on her chest as she spotted Cassie. She looked so small and fragile lying on the bed, her head swathed in bandages, her face lifeless. A tube was taped into her mouth, obviously helping her breathe, while other tubes ran from her arms.
    A broken doll.
    Jay sat beside her, his gaze fixed on her face. Her small hand was clasped gently in his big palm as he ran his other hand over her hair. Cain set Dusty down on the other side of the bed, beside a grinning Algernon.
    “I’ll leave you guys alone,” Cain said with a sympathetic look at Jay. “Just call out when you want to leave.”
    She was dying to question Algernon as he clasped Cassie’s free hand, his face deep in concentration.
    “I need more energy,” he muttered to