Her Black Tiger (Alaskan Tigers Book 11) by Marissa Dobson Page B

pack has some troublemakers. Donovick was one of them, but the Alpha, Randolf, is respected and keeps a tight rein on his wolves. They want to know what happened and he can’t give them the answers they seek.”
    “Are you sure they want answers, or are they after blood for their two dead?” Carran leaned against the counter and caught sight of Red as he entered the kitchen.
    “I’m going with you.” Red came up next to Carran. “I won’t have you paying for what I’ve done.”
    “Red and Taber are to accompany you,” Ty added when he heard Red. “They want his side of the events.”
    “Why Taber?”
    “The wolves see him as an unbiased party because he’s not a tiger and didn’t kill either of the wolves.” Ty paused and in the background Carran could hear Tabitha’s voice, but he was unable to make out what she was saying. “Does she still have the tracker?”
    “She doesn’t know it, but yes. How…forget it.”
    The book. He had no doubt that he owed it to the book. Handed down through generations of Tabitha’s family, that book had been leading them when it came to uniting the tigers, and it had saved their asses once already. Saved his mate, too.
    “Make sure she keeps it.”
    Tabitha’s words were clear and struck fear into Carran’s soul. “I’m not leaving her—”
    A button clicked, putting him on speaker phone and Tabitha’s voice came through. “You’re not taking her to meet the wolves. We don’t know what the meeting will hold and you’re not going to take her into a situation where all of you could be killed. The situation is delicate, but she’s unfamiliar with our ways.”
    “You’re worried she might increase the tension.” Carran shook his head. “That’s not a good enough reason to leave my mate behind so she can be kidnapped again.”
    “Fine, then it’s not a logical suggestion…it’s an order.” Ty growled. “She’ll stay with Tad and the others—six of the best and Ambrose. I think they can keep her safe.”
    Only so he wouldn’t alert Brooklynn, Carran suppressed a growl of his own. A direct order from his Alpha didn’t leave any room for him to go against it. He’d have to leave her with the others. If anything happens to her… He didn’t want to think of the possibilities, but he knew that if anything happened to her while he was gone, either him or whomever caused it wouldn’t make it back to Alaska. One of them would be dead.
    “It’s a precaution, Carran, that’s all,” Tabitha added.
    “Like it was when you gave the tracker to me.” He slammed his hand on the counter, making the glasses rattle in the drying rack. “I should have known the moment it was handed to me that something would happen to take her away from me.”
    “I knew it was a possibility, but that’s all,” Tabitha defended.
    “You’re upset about this, but she will be safe, and you can check on her,” Ty said. “Now you have forty minutes before the meeting. Don’t go in there hotheaded and pissed off.” He clicked off before Carran had an opportunity to argue.
    “She’ll be safe.” Tad leaned against the archway separating the living room and kitchen. “You have my word.”
    “And if something happens to you while protecting Brooklynn, what will Courtney and Milo say about that?” They all knew the risks when they went out on a mission, but as more of them found their mates, Carran understood the possibilities on a new level. He witnessed what losing a mate had done to his father, and now with Ambrose. If it happened to one of them it would make them weak as a whole, giving their enemies an opportunity to attack.
    “Finding her has made you focus on the dangers of our lives.” Red shook his head. “If that’s mating, I want nothing to do with it.”
    “Boy, you don’t know what you’re missing.” Tad glanced over at his brother. “There is nothing better, is there, Taber?”
    “Not in this life and I’m stuck with my twin as part of the deal.