Chapter 13
There was no answer on the tip of my tongue, so it’s a good thing the door behind me slammed open. I hadn’t heard the scratch of a key in the lock first. Still, I had to hope this was rescue....
I spun to see who had kicked my door down. A mistake, I realized, the instant Rowan’s hand clamped down on the back of my neck.
His gesture wasn’t reassuring. Instead, it screamed ownership. Threat. Fingers squeezed my spine as if my bones were sticks ready for cracking....
And the person who’d kicked open my door materialized into...not Tank. Instead, it was a woman who ignored me while speaking to Rowan over my head.
“Chief McCallister. I thought we had a deal. We protect your pack from the node. You provide every requested assistance. Which, primarily, means staying out of our wa
