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Mia rushed to pop the door open. She jumped out of the car and turned back to see Debbie struggling with the back door. Her eyes flicked down to the mangled bumper that had reached up to wedge the door closed.

“Oh no…” Mia summoned her magic, but there was no time to release it as she felt a steel like grip locking her arms down in place at sides.

Then she was spun away from the car, and there wasn’t a damn thing that she could do to escape the hold that he had on her.

“I’ve got you,” Lewis growled in annoyance at the danger to the females.

Witches, yes, but the protective gene ran through every fiber of his being hand kicked into life, and he wasn’t letting go of her until he knew that she was safe.

“Let me go!” Mia bit out.

She struggled, twisting her body as best she could within the tight confines of his arms, trying to break free of his hold as he stalked away from the vehicle, away from a friend, and away from the only chance that she had to help her.

“Calm down. You’re safe,” Lewis’ hot breath and deep tones against her ear felt like a caress that played tricks on her mind, trying to soothe her as she fought against it in the hope of being free of him.

“I am — she’s not!” Mia bit out as she back-heeled him in the shin and heard him grunt in pain, but still, he wouldn’t let go. She was stuck like a medieval maiden in a chastity belt, and there was nothing that she could do about it.

 

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Jules had been lifted up and tossed over one muscled meaty shoulder. At any other time, she might have squealed with delight, not that she was ever going to admit to having a huge crush on sexy, hunky fireman or anything, but feeling the brush of the supernatural against her shields; she fought like a cat in a sack to be released.

Sexy, hunky fireman sweeping in to rescue you were one thing — big, egotistical, growly, bad mood wolf shifters was something else entirely. In her book, you could only take the caveman thing so far.

“Geez, woman, ungrateful for the rescue, or what?” Daniel growled at the feel of her balled up little fists pummelling against his spine.

“Get your hands off me, wolf man!” Jules hissed in annoyance in between having the breath in her lungs pushed out by his shoulder as he jogged away from the car and bounced her up and down.

“Relax, and enjoy the ride. I guarantee it’s safer than your friend’s driving,” Daniel chuckled at the witch’s protestations.

Her fists weren’t causing him any bother, but he could have done without the sting of her magic as she zapped him on every step that he took. He had to wonder what it was about witches and the fact that you could not do right without doing wrong in their eyes.

Daniel heard the loud roar that couldn’t have come from anyone but Jake, and he turned back towards the car just in time to see his brother ripping the back door from the vehicle and blindly tossing it away behind him.

The black smoke around the vehicle was becoming thicker as the fire took more of a hold around the petrol tank and for a long moment, Jake disappeared from view. Daniel’s heart pumped hard at the thought of the danger that his brother had put himself in.

 

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Jake reached inside the car for the squealing, panicking woman in the back seat. She was scared half to death, and he wasn’t sure if the fast words that she was muttering were some kind of magic spell, or if she was hedging her bets and praying.

Jake wrapped his arms around her at the same time as she launched herself at him from the back seat and he snatched her up. He backed away from the car with the woman wrapped around his body like a spider monkey and turned quickly away from the burning vehicle, sheltering her from the heat and flames with his body as he ran with her to safety.

“I’ve got you,” Jake growled the words over and over again against her ear until she started to calm within his arms.

One thing he knew for certain, she sure could say a lot of words in a small space of time, but he didn’t understand one of them.

His beast grumbled and growled within him. The Wolf’s protective side had been triggered by seeing the helpless female trapped in the car.

Now that she was free, safe within his arms, his Wolf should have been backing down, but it wasn’t. Something about this woman had his beast chaffing at the bit to be released.

Jake did what came naturally — he dipped his head towards her neck and took in her scent. Every inch of his body fired to life with a fever that swept through his blood.

His muscles tensed throughout his body. His cock hardened ramrod straight within the confines of his jeans, and he groaned inwardly at the constant jiggle of her sex pressed against his hard length as he continued to carry her to safety.

Mine…

Jake’s Wolf stated its claim on their mate, but Jake gave a quick shake of his head as if dazed and confused, denying to himself what he knew to be true, as he went back for another sniff, and another, and another, and another.

It didn’t matter how many times he sniffed – how many ways that he cursed his nose — the witch was still his mate.

Jake had the sudden need to shift into his Wolf, let the beast dig a really big hole, and bury himself in it.

Today wasn’t a good day to be — him.

 

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“I hope you have good insurance,” Koren said as he sauntered up towards the witch that was hanging down Daniel’s back and noted the way that she lifted her head and offered him the stink eye.

“I thought shifters were bad enough — who invited the vampire?” Jules grumbled as she twisted her head on her neck and the first thing that she saw was Mia unleashing her magic against one of the shifters.

Lewis’ arms were torn away from around the witch by her magic. The next thing that he knew; he was ten feet away from her, lying on his back in the grass, and with the kind of pain to his pride that made him groan out loud.

“Well, that made me feel better,” Jules grinned before she let her head fall back down.