Page 23 of The Konungr Takes a Mate
She stared in the mirror as the two men rushed across the room without saying a word.It was as if they’d planned their actions well in advance.
As they approached, the wild thought that these were the same ones that had herded her from The Gin Room to this building the week before crossed her mind.Fenrir had his security team looking for those men, but with so little to go on, they’d not had any luck.
Though she doubted anyone would hear her, Summer pulled in a deep breath and screamed as loud as she could.Since the sound hurt her ears as it bounced around the room, she knew it had to be doing major damage to the shifters’ more sensitive hearing.As she screamed, she studied the two men in the mirror, determined to remember them so she could describe them to Fenrir later.
She smirked at their reactions until the one on the left smacked the back of her head.“Stop that,” he growled when she ran out of air and began pulling in more air.
Before she could object, the one who’d smacked her then grabbed her arms and held her steady.The other one stepped behind her and a moment later, something sharp pricked her neck.
“Oh, shit,” she murmured as her body seemed to disconnect from her brain.
She didn’t pass out but could not move her body.Her muscles would not react to any orders her brain sent.At least her body continued breathing and pumping blood.
Forcing her eyes to remain open, she watched as the bigger of the two lifted her over his shoulder and carried her from the restroom.Her head flopped to the side, allowing her to see Liam lying on the floor, unconscious, with blood pooling around his head.
As they carried her to the bank of elevators, she admitted with amazement that she was not completely freaking out.After all, they were kidnapping her, though she had no idea why.
To hurt Fenrir?
To cause a rift between Fenrir and his tribe?
Or was their intention even darker?
The man carried her down an empty hall that ran down the outside of the ballroom.She tried to scream when they reached the elevators just outside the ballroom, but nothing emerged.A moment later, the tone sounded to announce the arrival of an elevator and the two men stepped inside.
When the doors slid shut and the elevator began to move, she tried to see where they were taking her, but the way her head rested against the man’s back, and the wall angles kept her from seeing anything helpful.
The two men remained eerily silent, causing her fear to explode in her like bread dough with too much yeast.As it grew and grew, tears filled her eyes and blurred her vision.She hoped Fenrir found her quickly because she had a feeling if he didn’t, she might not live to see the dawn.
Chapter Thirteen
Fenrir sighed whenhe finally hung up the phone.What should have been a five-minute phone call with the plant manager to confirm a number of orders to be filled over the next week ended up being a forty-five-minute conference call with half the upper management discussing plans for the rest of the year.
“That incompetent fool has got to go,” he muttered as he added a note to the list of things he would deal with after summer hibernation concluded.
For now, he had a mate to join and a solstice night party to enjoy.Flipping off the lights, he left his office and found Beck and Bjorn in the living room watching a baseball game.As soon as he stepped into the room, Beck turned off the television and both men rose and snapped to attention.
