Reclaiming the Wolf (Cascade Shifters Book 1) by Jessie Donovan Read Free Book Online

funeral procession. Almost no one, not even most of her friends, had approved of Sy. Then when the bastard stood her up and left her standing alone, all dressed up and ready to proclaim him as her future mate, everyone had given her looks of pity, as if she’d been a child who had finally realized what everyone else had known all along.
    Kaya took a deep breath. Just like back then, she wouldn’t cry in front of others. She would be the strong example her clan needed.
    In that instant, she decided that even if Sy had written the most groveling and romantic letters in the history of the world, she wasn’t sure she would’ve been able to forgive him. He’d promised to always be by her side, but when she’d needed him most, he had abandoned her.
    She reached her quarters, and as she packed her things, she pushed every memory of her and Sy into the corner of her mind and locked them away to focus on the bigger picture. She needed to make sure there wouldn’t be an epidemic. She needed to ensure the members of her clan wouldn’t die. She also needed to strengthen the truce between DarkStalker and GreyFire.
    To accomplish those things, she wouldn’t allow anyone to get in her way, most especially a thirty-year-old cougar-shifter with a heart-melting grin.
     

 
     
    Chapter Five
     
     
     
    Sy decided that spending an hour trapped inside a small, enclosed space with Kaya was his version of a personal hell.
    Even with him upfront driving and Kaya in the middle row of seats inside the SUV, he could smell the earthy grass scent that had always driven him crazy as a teenager. He’d never really thought about how memories could be compromised of more than sights or sounds, but right now, his cock remembered what it’d been like to have that scent surrounding him as he’d taken her from the front, from behind, and from any which way they had come up with.
    He was just starting to remember where her scent was strongest—when he’d licked between her legs—as they finally reached the turnoff for DarkStalker’s public entrance.
    Thank fuck. He pulled down the last stretch of dirt road, parked the car, and was out of the SUV as fast as he could undo his seatbelt and open the door.
    As he drew in deep lungfuls of fresh air, he heard the sounds of the rest of the shifters disembarking. With his head mostly cleared of the effects of eau de Kaya, he turned around so he could lead the GreyFire leader inside, but spotted his sister-in-law, Trinity Perez-Murray, striding out to greet them.
    He narrowed his eyes. Trinity usually didn’t greet guests. He wondered what the hell his sister-in-law was up to.
    She reached them just as Sy caught up with the group who had gathered to the side of the car. Trin smiled, glanced to Kaya and then back to him. “Care to introduce me?”
    Trin knew full well who was standing there, so he merely said, “Trinity, Kaya. Kaya, Trinity.”
    Trin raised an eyebrow. “I can see why your brother sent me out here. You’re grumpy.”
    He made a noise in his throat, not wanting to challenge his brother’s mate in front of the GreyFire wolves. Trinity must’ve sensed that because she turned toward Kaya and put out a hand. “Excuse my brother-in-law. He’s never been very skilled when it comes to tact.”
    Kaya glanced at him and back. “Believe me; I know that better than most.”
    Trin laughed. “I suppose you would.” Kaya opened her mouth, but Trin beat her to it. “Come. Kian’s waiting for you inside.” Trinity looked over her shoulder to meet Sy’s eyes. “You can show the wolves to the outside waiting area.”
    Kaya frowned. “I thought Sy was just going to take me to the site of the attack.”
    Trin glanced to Kaya. “He will, but Kian needs to talk to you first. He has some new information to share.”
    Jonathan was one of the two wolves who had accompanied Kaya, and he frowned as he said, “You can’t expect me to let you take her inside, all alone. I know nothing about you