Shifter's Revenge (Alpha Lineage) Read Online Free

mind to keep herself from relating with him. She agreed to this because of her father. She wasn’t going to make friends.
    First order of business was to make sure her father was safe. If studying her could ensure his safety by these men, then that’s what she would do. It galled her that she never thought of her father needing her protection. Now that she was out to people who would kill her like Andrew had, she knew that her father needed her protection.
    She sat beside the man and took in his features. He was in very good shape. His sandy blond hair hung down to his ears in disarray. His eyes were a mixture of green and brown. He smelled like soap and the open road. He wore a business suit and sat with posture that only she had ever seen in the movies.
    “I’m Gavin.” He held out his hand to her.
    Kera cleared her throat, hoping it wouldn’t crack with fear. “Kera, as you already know.” She took his hand and pulled back after they shook.
    The other men got back into the SUV’s and pulled off the road and headed back the way they had come.
    “Tell me about yourself, Kera.” Gavin murmured beside her.
    Kera looked out the window and contemplated her answer. “Which one of you knows my father?”
    Gavin’s laugh was deep and amused. “My father is the head of the secretary of defense.” He answered her. “He heard from someone who heard from a retired vet that there was a man claiming that his daughter was messed up with some supernatural beings. He said that she was adamant that she could do the same things they could though he had never seen her do anything but bus tables at his diner. After speaking with him directly, my father thought that it was possible that this young girl had stumbled across something that she didn’t know how to deal with. In fact, it is presumed that this girl is in way over her head.”
    Kera nodded thoughtfully. She could see how her father would come to that conclusion. If her father thought that she was being brainwashed, she was surprised that this army unit hadn’t come knocking on Maddox’s door looking for her. Her hope soared. If anything, she had just saved them from that exact fate. “Why hasn’t my father told you where I was?”
    Gavin’s face turned dark with what she could only describe as frustrated anger. “He was concerned that by going in to get you, your life would have been put in danger.”
    Kera leveled him with a look, “Your men would have had a hell of a time getting through the door. No one there was going to hurt me. I think it was smart of him to keep their location a secret.”
    Gavin smiled. “No matter.” He murmured. “Let’s just take a little time to get to know you and find out exactly what the truth is.”
    “Only if you keep my father safe.”
    He narrowed his eyes at her. “Now, why would your friends hurt your father?”
    Kera narrowed her eyes right back at him, “They wouldn’t. There is more going on in this world than you know. Sometimes war is right under your nose and you know nothing about it.”
    “Ah.” He mused. “We will keep your father safe if you will fully cooperate.”
    Kera snorted. “I’ll do the best I can.”
    Gavin turned back to the front even though she could tell he wasn’t happy with her answer. It seemed that perhaps this little arrangement was going to be harder than she first thought. Really, she hadn’t figured out all of the implications. She had been comfortable with her new self since she met Maddox. She didn’t have to hide. She didn’t have to lie. In fact, it was going to take a lot of retraining herself not to answer someone’s whisper or walk faster than she was supposed to.
    Her recent torture had also made her extremely cautious and jumpy. If anything happened to close her in, like perhaps too long in the car with men she didn’t know, she was going to have a really hard time keeping her composure.
    It felt like hours in silence before they turned into a gated entry to a