Coyote's Kiss by Crissy Smith Page A

holed up once the time limit had passed. Cole’s team had won. As soon as Mitch had given Cody Zak’s street address, Zak had started to curse.
    “You broke into my house,” Zak accused, glaring at Cole.
    “Technically we didn’t. Brady had the alarm code and knew where the spare key was,” Cole corrected.
    “I’ll kill him,” Zak threatened.
    “Come on, man. This is epic!” Jamie said as he bounced in. He was followed by Cody and Abilene.
    Zak spun around and pointed at Jamie. “Don’t start.”
    Jamie laughed at him. Zak jumped forward, but Abilene slid between the bear shifter and her lover. “Hey.” She cupped Zak’s face. She waited until Zak had stopped glaring at Jamie and looked at her. Abilene smiled sweetly before kissing Zak with a gentle peck.
    Luca couldn’t believe how Zak calmed right before his eyes. The connection between Zak and Abilene reminded him of his parents. Abilene was able to settle Zak with just a small touch.
    “Fine,” Zak conceded. “I won’t kill anyone.”
    “Good, because you know it’s awesome. We’ve been chasing our tails all damn night and never even considered looking at our house,” Abilene told him.
    Zak growled before wrapping his arms around Abilene’s waist. “You just called it our house,” he pointed out.
    Abilene shook her head. Since Abilene had starting staying with Zak she’d never admitted to actually moving in. Maybe this would be it. If she could just get over the final hurdle and commit to Zak, the two of them would be so happy.
    Luca felt bad witnessing such an intimate moment but Zak and Abilene didn’t seem to mind having an audience. Of course, Zak wasn’t the type to care what anyone thought.
    “Maybe I do think about it being our house, our home,” Abilene whispered.
    With a whoop, Zak lifted Abilene up into his arms while kissing her passionately.
    “I don’t think he cares about who broke in anymore,” Jamie said, joining Luca on the couch.
    “We didn’t break in,” Cole repeated.
    Jamie waved his hand. “Whatever. I just know that next time we’re on an exercise I’m on your team.”
    “Sounds good,” Cole agreed.
    Luca glanced back and forth between Jamie and Cole. He wouldn’t have pegged them for becoming friends. Cole was very serious and pure dominant while Jamie acted like a clown at times. But Jamie was one of the best agents that Luca had ever worked with. Cole and Jamie would be a hard team to beat. “While all of you are in here there’s something I want to talk to you about,” Luca mentioned.
    “Okay.” Cody moved farther into the room. He’d been messaging on his phone and Luca doubted that it would have been to anyone other than his mate, Aubrey.
    Zak dragged Abilene over to the other recliner, sitting and pulling her onto his lap.
    Luca caught Cole’s gaze. He felt as though he had the most support from the wolf shifter. Oh, he knew that Jade wanted to help but it was obvious that Cole had been keeping things from her. As soon as Jade had left the room, Cole had quickly filled him in on what was really going on. The threats and pranks the other agents were aiming at Cole. The bad mouthing, reports going missing, and late backup. Cole was worried but hadn’t informed Jade yet. Cole nodded before leaning back in his chair. Guess it was up to Luca then.
    “Here’s what’s up,” Luca began.
    He spoke calmly and only shared what he knew. While he had a lot of suspicions, he needed more information before he could accuse the FBI of abusing shifters.
    Jamie was the first to speak up once he’d finished. “We need to talk to the commander.”
    “I agree, but we need more. Jade’s trying to find the files on the shifters in her office. See if they’re being sent on more dangerous missions without backup. I called Sal already. He’s researching it at his end also.”
    “What do you suggest we do in the meantime?” Zak asked.
    Luca felt bad about taking away the happy look on his face from