Love Found [Pack Law 6] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Becca van Read Free Book Online

deny that you are attracted to them.”
    Alyson knew she probably looked stupid with her mouth hanging open as she stared at her boss. He’s a werewolf, too? Jerry reached over and pushed her chin up, closing her gaping mouth, and smiled at her.
    “Just sit there and listen to me, Alyson. You couldn’t have asked for better mates. The Friess Pack is one of the biggest in the United States. The Alphas, Jonah, Mikhail, and Brock Friess, are very fair and just, and they listen to the rest of the pack instead of just making decisions without any input. This pack has been around for generations, and if you decide to accept Rylan, Tarkyn, and Chevy, they will take good care of you. Wolves mate for life, and they would give theirs to keep you safe. Those three men would love you and protect you, and you would never want for anything. Why are you scared of that?”
    Alyson finally found her voice. “I’m not scared of them.”
    “You’re sure scared of something.” Keenly eying her, Jerry took another bite of pizza, chewed, and swallowed. “What are you running from, girl?”
    “What makes you think I’m running from something?” Alyson mentally cursed the raised pitch of her voice.
    “Oh, come on. Do you think I was born yesterday?” Jerry reached for his beer and took a swig. “I see the way you’re always looking over your shoulder. I could literally smell the fear emanating off you when you first walked in to apply for the job. Now, I can sit here all night long if need be, so you’d better think about telling me what’s going on.”
    Alyson sighed and debated whether she should tell Jerry what was going on but then decided it was probably best if she did. What would happen if Virgil Minogue found out where she was?
    “I lived and worked in Phoenix. I grew up there and was quite happy after I got out of the orphanage I lived in when I was sixteen.” Alyson sipped her beer. “I worked hard and paid my way through college to get my degree and was lucky enough to find employment as soon as I had finished school.”
    “What did you major in?”
    “Social welfare. I was working for the city helping battered women and children relocate and recover from their abusive families.”
    Jerry sat up straighter in his chair and waited for her to continue, but she could see the tension in his body. Alyson knew just how he felt. She felt sick to her stomach now that she was talking about her problems and pushed her beer and pizza aside.
    “There was a young woman who had a six-month-old baby. She came into the shelter so battered and bruised she could barely stand. I called in a doctor to check her over, and he suggested she should be in a hospital, but she adamantly refused. Mary Minogue had broken ribs and a fractured jaw, and not one inch of her body wasn’t bruised.” She glanced at Jerry and saw that his knuckles had turned white from gripping his beer bottle so hard. “I nearly cried when I saw her but kept it together for Mary. God, she was scared. It seemed after her husband had beat her he threatened to kill their baby. Thank the Lord her asshole husband was drunk and passed out before he could get his hands on the sweet little girl.”
    Alyson realized she was crying. She wiped the moisture from her cheeks. “Mary was so scared that her husband would wake up and do what he’d said that she didn’t even take the time to pack herself any clothes. She always had a bag packed for her baby, so she grabbed it and ran.
    “We placed her in one of the single rooms and got her clothes and constant medical care until she’d healed. It took six fucking weeks before she didn’t flinch every time the doctor came to treat her and she virtually stayed imprisoned in that room the whole time she was in the shelter.
    “My boss asked me to help her go through the legalities of taking out a restraining order, and although I urged her to file for a divorce she was too scared at first. Thank God she eventually found some