Wolf Ways (The Madison Wolves Book 9) Read Online Free

yelled at them. I presume it was you, but perhaps it was my mate.” She turned around and looked at Serena and then Angel. “On behalf of my mate, I apologize. I don’t know what she said, but it was out of line.”
    She didn’t wait for a response but turned around to face Elisabeth again, her hand moving back to a thrust-out hip, and then she moved another quarter step further into Elisabeth’s personal space, staring up into her face.
    “Of course,” Michaela added, “If they had listened to me when I said I wanted to run alone for twenty minutes, this wouldn’t have gotten out of hand.”
    “You know those aren’t their orders,” Elisabeth replied.
    “Then just maybe they should be given different orders.”
    Elisabeth glanced over at me again. While her head was turned, Michaela flashed me the ghost of a smile, but her features were back in a scowl by the time Elisabeth’s gaze returned to her.
    I realized Michaela was enjoying this.
    “You could try working with us,” Elisabeth said softly.
    At that, Michaela’s eyes flashed and narrowed. “I was angry .”
    “At us?” Serena asked from behind her.
    Michaela turned around and glared at her. “You stay out of this.”
    “No,” said Serena. “I will not. Now, we should go home and discuss this with greater privacy.” Her eyes flicked to me briefly then returned to her alpha.
    “There’s nothing to discuss,” Michaela said. She turned her back on Serena, facing off against Elisabeth again. “No one wanted me to go for a run alone, so I took a drive instead.” She smiled sweetly. “You should be happy. When Serena told me, ‘No’ to a run alone, I accepted her at her word.”
    “We’re not playing this game here, Michaela,” said Elisabeth. “Serena, get her out of here.”
    “Touch me-” hissed Michaela, “-and you’re all tasting silver.” She had crossed her arms in front of her, and her hands were on her wrists, her fingers underneath the sleeves of her blouse. I wasn’t sure what she meant, but everyone froze.
    And Elisabeth took a full step backwards, away from Michaela.
    “Do not get heavy-handed with me, Head Enforcer,” Michaela said in a cold voice.
    You could have heard a pin drop. I shrank further back into the sofa.
    And then Elisabeth’s posture changed, and she nodded. “My apologies, Alpha. You’re right. Are you ready to go?”
    “Not quite. I wasn’t finished here. Everyone out. You can guard me from the hallway. You, Sister, will stay.”
    No one moved until Elisabeth nodded. The enforcers filed out, Serena and Angel last. When the door closed, Michaela relaxed, lowering her hands.
    “You shouldn’t make a threat you aren’t prepared to carry out,” Elisabeth told her. “You weren’t going to knife Angel.”
    “If she’d laid hands on her alpha, damned right I would have,” Michaela said.
    “What?” I screeched.
    They both turned to me.
    “I wouldn’t have hurt her,” Michaela said, “well, not too badly. They’d have disarmed me eventually, but there would have been blood.”
    I looked between the two of them, my eyes wide. “You would have stabbed her? She’s your friend!”
    “She would have healed,” Elisabeth said. “It wasn’t going to come to that. I was out of line, and Michaela was only reminding me of it. Alpha, I’m sorry.”
    Michaela moved to her and offered a quick hug. “Forgiven. Now, I was just in the process of finalizing Zoe’s plans for her scuba lessons. They begin tomorrow afternoon. I was going to have Karen take her out to get the things she needs, but with you here, you can do it.”
    And she grinned at me.
    Damned matchmaker.
    “She needs mask, fins, and a snorkel. Also make sure she has a sexy swim suit.”
    “Michaela!” But she grinned at me again.
    “In fact, make her model it for you.”
    “Michaela!” I screeched.
    In response, Michaela took three steps towards me then reached out and grabbed my hands. She pulled me to my feet and wrapped me in