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don’t like it when someone hurts what’s mine,” he said.  He reached out, brushing a thumb across my bottom lip, an intimate gesture, one that made me blush.  “And he hurt you.”
    “Are we still on that?” Dad groaned.  “You were going to make her leave.  I helped you achieve that a hell of a lot more peacefully th an you would have by dragging her out.”
    “Stop it,” I said, hoping for annoyed, but it came out sounding a little too sweet.  I totally blamed Aidan’s lip touch for that.  I stood up, shrugging off Aidan’s hand, squared my shoulder, and met my dad straight on.  I sucked in a few breaths, hoping to bury my unease and spat, “We’re close to finding them, no thanks to your little gift.  You could save us some time and tell me where they are.”
    “I don’t know their exact location, pumpkin. ”  His voice was soft, careful, and so was his gaze.  “They don’t tell me until I’m called out.  They think I’ll slip up.”
    “I think that’s bullshit,” I said , and I was surprised that my voice came out calm and controlled because I felt far, far from calm.  “I think you know.  What I don’t know is why you’re trying to protect those monsters.”
    Dad jerked back a step as if my words were a physical slap, and at the same time, Aidan said, “Jade, that’s enough.”  His tone was soft, but packed full of command.
    I chose to ignore him.  So did my dad.
    “I’m not protecting them,” said Dad cautiously, raising a hand in surrender.  “I’m trying to protect my family, and keeping them away from town keeps you and your mother safe.”
    “Safe!”  My blood pressure rose, my heart pound ing within my chest.  “You call this safe?  You pushed me into the middle of a war.  You’ve made it my responsibility to act.”
    He laughed once, a startled sound.  “You’re the alpha female.  You won’t be fighting.”
    His assumption didn’t improve my mood.   My eyes flared, my fists clenched, and my entire body started to vibrate with anger.
    “Hell , yes I will,” I said with a fevered pitch.  “Do you really think I’d send my pack out and not be there with them?  What kind of a leader does that?  We can’t ask them to fight and then hide away until it’s over.”
    I barely had time to suck in a breath before my feet were torn from the ground.  Warm hands circled my waist, twisting my body around, and then I was dangling over Aidan’s shoulder.  I let out a gasping shriek and started to squirm as one of his hands gripped onto my butt, holding me firmly in place, and the other went to my thigh.
    “Put me down, Aidan ,” I growled, smacking his back and kicking out, because really, kicking and hitting was the only rational thing to do while hanging over someone’s shoulder.
    Aidan chuckled, and squeezed my right butt che ek.  “Not a chance, sweetheart.”  And then he started moving, with me hanging over his shoulder.
    “Wait a minute,” Dad called. I heard the smile in his voice. “Jesus, Aidan, put my daughter down.”
    But Aidan didn’t wait and he didn’t put me down.
    He went straight for the car .  He yanked the passenger side door open, dropped me in, and shut the door without a word.  He turned his back to me and growled, “Get the body out of my car.”  And a second later, the trunk opened.  The car bobbed a little as Richard was removed.
    I blinked, s tunned, staring at the window.  Aidan stepped away from the door, moving toward the back of the car, and I reached for the handle, ready to follow him because, well, throwing me over his shoulder and tossing me in the car was seriously not cool, and I wasn’t finished with my dad. Not even close.  I grasped the handle and was about to pop the door open when I heard my dad’s voice, and I froze.
    “ Aidan, we need to talk,” he said. He sounded as though he were trying to hide his laughter, but there was seriousness to his tone, too, and I swore there was an edge of