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Hannah who snickered, and
she added an eye roll for good measure. “Yeah, yeah. Let’s do
this.”
    “Show some respect,” Levy snapped, exposing
the first true flash of emotion she’d seen. Glaring didn’t count.
She took that as a silent warning. Him biting off Hannah’s head,
however, was freakin’ awesome.
    With those last words, he stepped back until
he was even with the bodies encircling them. “Begin.”
    Hannah gave her a smarmy smile, feet moving
across the floor as the wolf began circling Gabby. “Ready to lose
your ‘mate’, human?”
    Rolling her eyes, she stepped back and
countered the wolf’s travels, not allowing the woman to get
close.
    “To a she-whore like you? As if.” Gabby kept
her gaze intent, looking for any hint of an attack. She wasn’t
stupid enough to take on the woman first. Nope, she hoped Hannah
would leave her with an opening so she could react and win. Berke
and Jack had both given her tips on how to defeat the wolf.
    So, yeah, watch her eyes, punch her in the
stomach, punch her in the face (but no covering her thumb) and pray
she bleeds. She totally had this. Maybe…-ish.
    “I’m stronger than you, human. Do you really
think you have a chance? One hit and Berke will be mine.” Hannah’s
grin was filled with pure evil. “Give up now before you get
hurt.”
    Gabby circled right, allowing the wolf to
continue her smack talking.
    “We don’t want to hurt your pretty face while
you’re still looking for your mate, do we? Stop this, human.”
Hannah sneered.
    “You know, cunt,” Normally Gabby wasn’t with
using that word when applied to a woman, but it just fit . “I
think thou doth protest too much.” She tilted her head to the side.
“Actually, I’m pretty sure you and your little puppy inside are
afraid of me. Is that it?” Gabby smirked. “The big, bad wolf is
afraid of a little ’ole human.”
    The wolf scoffed. “Never.”
    “Really?” Please, please, please let the
whore be gullible. “Prove it. Gimme first shot, bitch. A little
human can’t hurt the big bad wolf, can she?”
    Hannah’s eyes lightened but didn’t flip to
the full yellow of her wolf. Damn it. That would have ended this
stupid game.
    Grumbles and snorts furthered Gabby’s case,
the gathered crowd obviously agreeing with her taunts. No human
could ever hurt a furball; they’re too big and growly and strong
and blah, blah, blah.
    “Fine,” Hannah bit off the word and moved to
the center of the circle, stilling once she reached her chosen
spot. “Do your worst, human. But know that the moment you finish,
I’ll be doing the same.”
    Gabby straightened and grinned at her mates.
“Dudes, it’s like Christmas!”
    Turning her attention back to Hannah, she
circled the woman, drawing out the suspense. Because, hey,
embarrassing the wolf couldn’t ever be rushed. She kept her steps
slow and steady, already scrolling through her not-so-vast catalog
of moves. Tae Bo had punches and kicks and P90X was big on
cross-training. But Turbo Jam…
    Hello assious kickious.
    Stopping before Hannah, facing the woman
one-on-one, she smiled wide. “Ready? ’Cause this is gonna be over
fast.”
    Another eye roll from the she-wolf.
    Gabby shrugged. “Okay.” Getting into
position, she raised her fists, Jack’s voice practically purring
through her mind. Then she kicked ass and told names to fuck the
fuck off.
    Gabby sped through the moves, the background
music from her favorite Turbo Jam video filling her head. Jab.
Cross. Hook. Upper cut.
    Boo-yeah mother fuckers!
    A stunned silence wrapped around not only
Hannah, but the crowd as well, as if they all held their
breath.
    Then pain overwhelmed her and she clutched
her hand, knuckles throbbing and hurt pounded through her body.
“Shit, that fucking hurt. Why did no one tell me it’d fucking
hurt?” She screamed the question as she worked through the
agony.
    She definitely would have remembered a “Hey,
it’ll feel like you’re dying”