Escaping Dominance (Heart of a Wolf Series - Trina's Tale) Read Online Free Page B

needed him to.
    Releasing a frustrated sigh, she turned back once again to face the window where the ticket agent stood shielded from the public. She wondered briefly why there would be such a thick piece of glass between him and his customers. Apprehensively, Trina looked over her shoulder. Her eyes met the officers and she stared for long moment, breaking contact she turned to Toby , confirming he was still sitting in th e chair where she had left him.
    He had propped himself up on their backpacks and fallen back to sleep , p oor thing . H er lips pressed together, the corners of her mouth turned down at the thought of dragging him from his b ed in the middle of the night.
    Finally, she was next in line. The sign on the overhead announcement board told her the bus she wanted would be pulling away from the station in a few minutes. Passing the money to the ticket agent, Trina breathed a sigh of relief when he accepted the money without question and handed her two stubs. With tickets in hand, she turned around with a triumphant smile that quickly slid from her face. Her heart leapt into her throat then stopped for a long moment. The room became a blur and she thought she was going to fall over. Her stomach heaved, she wanted to throw up. Here we go , she thought to herself when she met his eyes.
    Dean stood looking at her, his brows furrowed, his bloodshot blue eyes as stormy as the night outside. Somehow, he had awakened from his drunken stupor and followed them.
    Really scared now, Trina wasn’t certain she could pull this off. The bus to Texas she and Toby were supposed to be boarding at that very minute had started its engine a few moments earlier. They needed to be in their seat when i t pulled away from the station.
    Glancing around the terminal, Trina didn’t see or smell any of the other pack members. Surprisingly, Dean had come alone. Seeing the frightened look on Toby’s face made Trina even more determined to get him away from the pack. She wanted Toby to grow up to be a real man, not the shadow of one Dean had allowed himself to become.
    Dean leaned down to pick Toby up from the chair.
    Trina went into action. Screaming like a madwoman, she ran towards Dean and started pummeling him on his back and when he swung around, his chest.
    He reared back to slap her, but the hand was caught mid - swing by the large police officer who suddenly appeared beside Dean.
    Giles was the name tag on his uniform. She’d heard one of the other officers call him Frank. He had read her expression of fear and stuck around instead of leaving, watching her closely, responding the way she had anticipated.
    Intervening, Officer Frank Giles moved quickly and blocked the blow from landing with his nightstick, hitting Dean’s wrist. “You okay miss?” Frank glanced down into Trina’s worried face.
    Trina nodded and stepped safely away from Dean. She snatched Toby into her arms and close to her body, pressing his head to her shoulder so he didn’t look at Dean. Reaching for their backpacks, worry still etched on her face, she glanced from the officer to the exit where her escape opportunity would not be waiting much longer. The driver finished his smoke break from behind the bus and walked towards the front.
    “Don’t miss your ride , ma’am.” Officer Giles gave her an encouraging smile and motioned w ith his head for her to go on.
    Trina gave him a quick frazzled smile, turn ed and rushed Toby to the door.
    Dean made a lunge to grab her when she was close enough, cussing loudly , “You fucking bitch! You are not taking my son from me.”
    Giles grabbed Dean’s arm and twisted it behind his back. His knee pushed into the back of Dean’s, forcing him to the floor.
    Trina ran with Toby tucked safely against her. Glancing over her shoulder, she saw Dean struggling and was happy to see the second and third officer moving in to help restrain him. Before she made it out the door, she heard one of the policemen asking Dean if he had