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her
vocal chords, and a snarl cut through her mother’s protests. Renata
turned and responded with a glare colder than ice, making Sam
shudder and reconsider her anger.
    She darted out the back door, escaping her
mother’s overbearing orders, and followed Nicole’s scent. A run was
just what she needed now. The boys could fend for themselves.
    Her wolf stretched, and Sam obliged. She
stripped out of her clothes, leaving them on the lawn, and shifted
as she ran. The morning air was wet with dew. The pine from the
mountain forest hung heavy in the air. The tangy scent was
invigorating. Sam howled to let Nicole know she was on her heels
and tore down the needle-padded trail.
     
    ***
     
    Five minutes later Sam caught up with
Nicole. She woofed as she approached. Nicole stopped running
and looked over her shoulder.
    “Sam?”
    Sam woofed again.
    “Decided to run?”
    Sam growled, curling up her lips. She knew
what Nicole was insinuating.
    Nicole laughed. “Come on, sis. Let’s go.”
She spun on her heels and jumped back into a ground-eating pace.
Even on four legs, Sam had to work to keep up with Nicole’s
stride.
    She was so sick of running, but this mating
hung over her head like a shroud. Since high school she’d tried to
evade her parents’ questions about a mate. She’d thrown herself
into medical school hoping to land an internship in another country
and just magically disappear into the jungle somewhere so she could
have her own life. Now here she was. The hunt was tonight, and she
had a one-in-four shot at a seminormal life—as normal as a
werewolf’s life could ever really be. Mostly she just wanted a mate
who would see her as a partner and not just an asset that gave him
a higher seat on the noble council.

Chapter
Seven
     
     
    “Samantha!” Renata Demakis shouted out the
door Sam had disappeared through. “Samantha! Come back this
instant.”
    Chase sighed and hung back while the other
three males left the kitchen. He followed them quietly to the
dining room, surprised when they disappeared quickly around a
corner.
    He walked through the large opening. Without
warning, their steel fingers gripped both his arms, twisting them
back. Freak’n hell! The men shoved him against a wall and
the blond stalked up to his face. Chase growled. A fist flew out,
striking hard against his side. The air whooshed out of his lungs
and he coughed.
    Another hit and another rained down on his
face and chest. The sickening crack of a rib sent blinding pain
through his body. He twisted against the two men holding him, but
they only pressed him harder against the wall. Shit!
    A well-aimed punch to the face had busted
open his brow, and warm blood flowed down over his eyes, blurring
his vision.
    “You don’t belong here, outsider. Demakis
blood belongs to the nobility. You are nothing,” one of the men
hissed into his ear.
    Through the confusion he caught sight of
Renata Demakis standing across the room.
    Goddamned bitch is just watching!
Smiling?
    “Leave Samantha to her own kind,” the blond
added. “She’ll be better off without you.”
    “You’re a fucking idiot.” Chase coughed and
spit blood onto the marble floor. “I’m not leaving her. You’ll have
to kill me.”
    “That will happen tonight if you show up for
the hunt.”
    “I have the same right to fight for her that
you do.” Chase snarled and struggled again against the two men.
They didn’t relent. Fighting them tonight was not going to be a
walk in the park. They might not be soldiers, but they were
strong.
    Two young female voices echoed through the
dining room. “Mom!” They sounded familiar. The twins. “Make
them stop. Sam is going to go ballistic!”
    “Go back to your rooms. This will be over
soon.”
    “Fuck that!” the twins shouted together.
    Footsteps thudded closer on the hardwood
floor. “You are all fucking stupid assholes!” one of the twins
yelled.
    Chase squinted through the blood. Sam’s
little sister Hallie was making