Wicked by Lorie O'Clare Read Free Book Online

herself. “Hello.”
    “Jaynie?” a female whispered into the phone. “I’m scared.”
    “Wendy? Where are you?”
    “At the bus station. My sire left when he thought the bus would leave in a minute. But it didn’t leave. I’m not sure why. And Jaynie…” She sucked in a breath. “Are you there?”
    “I’m here. What’s wrong?” A quick look in the mirror had her cringing. No makeup. Her hair desperately needed brushing. And the shadows under her eyes. A seriously long nap was definitely needed.
    “I think some of the Amyx den is here.”
    Jaynie quickly turned her back to the mirror, her stomach tensing. Wendy didn’t need any more abuse from that den. The way they’d come after her, willingly taken on Perry, Wendy wouldn’t stand a chance.
    “Where did you say you were?”
    “The bus station.” Her voice quavered. “If I call my parents, they might get hurt. If I keep them out of this, the Amyx den won’t go after them. It’s me they want. And I can’t reach Johann or his mate.”
    That was because they were at her den. She didn’t envy Johann having to put a collar on Perry. And that is what it would take to stop him from destroying that den. Again a strange sensation fluttered through her stomach. The raw fury she’d seen in his eyes, how dangerously large his muscles had grown. Those blond curls twisting around his head, falling to his shoulders. The sensation dropped from her stomach to between her legs, a quick hard throbbing.
    Her heart went out to her cousin as well. Wendy wasn’t a strong lunewulf yet she had such a good heart, still caring and beautiful after being treated so poorly. She deserved the best there was.
    “Stay where you are. Keep close to humans. They won’t come after you as quickly that way. I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
    “Jaynie?” Wendy sounded like the little cub Jaynie had protected again and again when they were younger.
    “Yes?”
    “Samantha told me that Johann had an argument with his tracker, a Cariboo lunewulf named Perry Roth. Have you met him?”
    “I’ve met him.”
    “He wants you.”
    Jaynie headed out of the bathroom, nerves twisting through her so violently she could hardly breathe through the intensity of smells in the shop.
    “What…what do you mean?”
    “Just something that Samantha told me before I left my parents’ den. Johann told him to bring you to them.”
    Perry had that conversation with Johann while she’d been at Perry’s den. Nothing had been said at that time. She replayed what she’d overheard of the conversation in her mind. It had been a brief phone call, Perry had simply agreed to take her to the queen bitch. Had he called Johann back?
    She headed back out to the street, wondering how in the hell she’d get across town to the bus station without a car or any money, and in broad daylight. No way could she run at full speed across Prince George in her skin or her fur with the sun up.
    She glanced up and down the busy street. Telling Wendy she’d been with Perry during that conversation didn’t sound like a good idea.
    “Samantha told me that Johann is pissed because Perry hasn’t brought you to her yet. I guess Perry doesn’t want you turned over to her. He wants you for himself.”
    “I can’t imagine that’s true.” She exhaled, knowing Perry hadn’t brought her in yet because she’d showered and then dealt with the Amyx den. “He plans on taking me to see Samantha. He told me as much.”
    Wendy chuckled although her nervousness came through over the phone. “From what Samantha tells me it sounds like this Perry Cariboo guy is a lot like you. He plays rough, with tooth and claw bared, you know? And drifts from pack to pack. I’ve never understood why you’ve never wanted a den to call your own. But he doesn’t sound like someone who’d be good for you.”
    She wanted to ask what kind of werewolf would be good for her. Right there, on the tip of her lips, she almost argued with her cousin that