Chapter 7
Mud squished between my toes and my sword tingled to life in abruptly human hands as I lunged toward the male threatening my sister. I half expected Gunner to get there first, frowned as I saw him instead shift and sink into the mud with human shoulders bent earthward. “Pack leader,” my former protector murmured. “I have done everything you requested. I ask that you do the same.”
The brothers’ compromise. Of course. Ransom had ignored the fact that I was a kitsune three months earlier in exchange for Gunner’s fealty. Now it appeared that the time had come for the latter to pay up.
A rock dug into my left instep as I swerved sideways to steer clear of the alpha I’d thought was on my side but who might actually be forced to do Ransom’s bidding. No matter. I could trust Kira to r
