There was a bang, and a door mmed open. "Alpha." The guard at the door called, and instantly we were all on guard.


    "Leave us." He motioned for the wolf to leave, and he strolled down to my cell. "Hello." He watched me with hooded eyes. "Still vicious?" Megan growled, causing Vince to chuckle. "I find it interesting that you aren''t afraid of me."


    We barked out augh. "Why would I be afraid of you?"


    Vince froze. "You speak?" Megan rolled her eyes and turned out back on him.


    "Stupid male." She tossed her head, ring at him over her back.


    He chuckled, then turned back to the door. He grabbed the chair there and pulled


    it over in front of my cell. "Well, you kept your


    mouth shut the first day we met. I assumed you were mute."


    I huffed out a sigh. "I nearly bit half of your face off. My mouth was very much open."


    He threw his head back and startedughed. "You did. I will give you that." Vince leaned closer to the bars and Megan lifted her


    lip. "You don''t like me, do you?"


    "Should I?" she snapped back.


    "Well, I am an alpha."


    She snorted. "Why do males always think that is a big enough reason to like someone?" She leveled him with a re. "I don''t care if you''re a king. I was out for a run, stumbled into your fucking shit show, and now I''m in here." She looked around. "Caged like a wolf in a human zoo, and ording to the one man in your little foursome of bullshit, waiting to die. So, goddess forgive me, if I


    don''t give a fuck if you''re an alpha or not."


    Vinceughed again and nodded. "Fair enough." He leaned back in his seat. "How did you get out there?"


    Megan yed dumb. "What the hell do you mean? I live out there. If you hadn''t noticed, I''m not a pack wolf." She made a show of sniffing her fur. "I wasn''t on any packnds I knew of."


    Vince nodded. "You''re right, we were a little off my packnds."


    "Then why am I here? You have no jurisdiction on lone wolves on unimednd." Megan growled. "I might not be a pack


    animal, but I know your fuckingws."


    Vince crossed his arms. "Right again. But you can''t leave." He raised his hands and spread his fingers. "I feel like I should


    apologize."


    "Unless you''re apologizing for taking me and releasing me..." Megan cocked her eyebrow. "No?" He shook his head. "Then I guess we have nothing to talk about." She turned her back to him.


    Vince sat watching us. I could hear him taking deep breaths, bringing in a lot of our scent.


    I looked at Nix. You guys know more about the scent changing than I do. Can we make our scent more potent?


    Yea...but why? Nix trotted over to our magic, and the candle still burning.


    Because I want our scent to almost burn into his nose. I want it to haunt him through the night, so he bes obsessed with us


    faster. The faster he gets angry about how much he likes us, the faster we can get out of here.\


    Nix focus on the me, and it grew bigger. The scent that they chose for Megan''s form filled the clearing. Smart. Plus, as he


    bes more infatuated with us, he might slip up.


    I nodded. We can hope he''s that dumb.


    It''s Vince Amy. Nix leveled me with a look. We know he''s that dumb. We both stared at each other for a minute beforeughing. Nix turned and fan the scented smoke with her tail. You do realize he is going to think we are about to hit a heat, right?


    That''s fine. That''s actually perfect because it means he will do whatever he can to ensure he can mate with me. He can''t force me,


    so he will have to win me over so he can get me to shift back.


    How do you know?


    I don''t, but I have a feeling. We will just have to see how he reacts.


    Nix nodded and fanned the scent further. Megan readjusted so her eye was facing


    Vince, and she red at him. He smiled and


    made a show of settling into the chair, gettingfortable.


    "You don''t want to get to know me? Maybe I''m a good guy." He smirked.


    But Megan just stood, fluffing her fur, and then spun. Her tail swung in a way it looked like she was just trying to getfortable,


    but she was sending her scent over to Vince. Then she settled again and closed her eyes. One eye stayed cracked so she could


    watch his reaction. The jail was filled with the scent of old blood and antiseptic, but we saw when the scent hit him.


    His eyes dted and his nostrils red as he took her scent in. "You''re almost in heat."