“What did you want with Jessie North?”

Tiger snarled when the male refused to answer. He knew it was just the thing to do when whimpering sounds came from the human.

“I was ordered to kill her. Okay? I was told to slice her damn throat. She’s betraying mankind by sleeping with one of you animals. It’s just not right.”

“Why did you attack the human female in her bed?”

“She is living with you ass**les too. All bitches deserve to die if they let one of you screw them.”

In a fit of rage, Tiger threw the son of a bitch. The male’s back hit a tree hard. He groaned as he fell to the ground and kept whimpering in pain. Tiger had the urge to kill him but Vengeance’s presence prevented him from doing it.

“I am about to lose my temper and we need him alive. Will you haul his ass to the Jeep, Ven? I’m going to make a call. We need to interrogate him and see who he’s working with so we can round up the stupid bastards.”

Vengeance nodded. “I think I will dunk him a few times in the river first. I don’t want to smell him while we take him in.”

“Good idea.” Tiger lowered his voice. “Make sure you don’t drown him but I won’t mind if he thinks you might.”

Vengeance chuckled and hauled the human male to his feet. “Let’s go, piss pants. The river is calling your name.”

The human screamed. The sound was high pitched and Tiger cringed. He heard Vengeance snarl in response.

Tiger opened his phone and dialed Security. “We have the human male. Check all the walls. He said someone would meet him for pickup. Locate and grab them. I have his phone.” Tiger flipped it open. “He made two calls since the attack, to two different numbers. Get ready to trace them. I want all these bastards caught. They thought the human female was Justice’s mate. He was here to kill her. Call Homeland and have them tighten security around Justice and Jessie.” He hung up.

Tiger had ordered Zandy to stay at Reservation, thinking she’d be safer behind their walls. Instead she’d been attacked for living on Reservation and being human. He stomped to his Jeep to wait. He glanced up at the sky, wishing he were in bed with Zandy. He wanted to see her to make sure she was really fine. He turned when he heard Vengeance and the frightened, wet human male coming from the woods.

“He’s clean.” Vengeance chuckled.

“He tried to kill me,” the human male sputtered.

Tiger grinned. “Shut up or I will ask him to keep trying until he succeeds.”

The drive back to Security was a short one. Tiger sped. He dropped off the human to be interrogated. Usually he’d do it himself but he wanted to see Zandy. He needed to see her. He tossed his keys at Vengeance.

“Take the Jeep home and stop being an ass**le. I have better things to do with my time right now than deal with your temper tantrums. Patrol Wild Zone if you want to do something. Bring them in alive if you find humans.”

Vengeance nodded. “I will patrol.”

“Good.”

Tiger took off, jogging toward Zandy’s building. He needed the time to calm before he faced her. He didn’t want to frighten her and he was still suffering from bloodlust. He felt much calmer when he knocked on her front door. He hated finding it locked to keep him out. Smiley answered the door.

Smiley frowned. “She is sleeping. I assume you wish to ask her questions. It should wait until morning. She’s told us everything she knows.”

Irritation rose quickly at being told what to do by the other male. “You’re relieved. I’ll stay here until she wakes.”

Smiley hesitated. “She is attracted to you physically. I smell it on her when you are near. I like her a lot, Tiger. I would like to talk her into dating me. I can’t tell you who to share sex with but please keep it in mind if you scent arousal on her. I don’t want another obstacle in my way if she doesn’t enjoy the outcome of you touching her when it wouldn’t mean anything to you.”

Tiger was instantly enraged. “Leave,” he growled.

Smiley knew he’d gone too far. He lowered his gaze before he inched past Tiger’s rigid frame. Tiger wanted to slam the door but he closed it quietly, locking it. The male had openly just admitted to wanting Zandy but he wasn’t going to have her. He spun on his heel, walked to the bedroom door and eased it open.

The bedroom was dark with only a narrow beam of light coming from her bathroom. Zandy was sprawled on her stomach on the top of the covers. The scents of other males masked a lot of hers. It drove him a little crazy, knowing how close she’d come to dying and that he hadn’t been there to protect her. Others had come to her rescue.

The loose shorts showed off her bare legs and one side had slid up to reveal one rounded ass cheek. She wasn’t wearing underwear and the baggy shirt rode up to reveal inches of her spine. The thought of Smiley seeing so much of her made him want to track the male and punch him in the face.

A soft growl refused to be denied but she didn’t stir. He reached down and unfastened his pants. His c**k flared to life. The desire to touch her and have her under him made him quickly strip. He breathed in the mixed scents in the room and wanted her immersed in his. He knew he was being irrational, she wasn’t his, but he couldn’t help it.

His dick hurt from wanting her so much as he put his knee on the bed and crawled up until he crouched over her. Another growl ripped from his throat when he picked up a faint scent coming from her. His heart raced. Zandy was going into heat. Whatever control he had left slipped away.