Moon Shifter 02 - Primal Possession

said, his voice just as low.
    A burst of fear exploded off him, so Liam took a step back. “Keep your hands up and turn around slowly.”
    When he did as he said, Liam motioned with his gunfor him to move toward the small round table in the corner of the room. As the guy moved, he flipped off the stove and moved the pan off the hot burner. Now Liam scented two other distinctive males in the house along with Connor and Jayce. There were traces of other people, but they weren’t as strong, as if they’d left recently. “Where’s the girl?”
    Awareness flared in his eyes and a slight metal tang flowed off him, but the man shook his head. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    “I can smell the lie coming off you. Where. Is. The. Girl.” Not a question.
    He shrugged. “Probably dead by now.”
    Liam could tell he was lying again. He took another step forward. “Don’t be stupid. We both know your little group doesn’t want her dead. They need her alive as a bargaining chip. If you tell me where she is, I’ll let you live.”
    “I’m not going to tell you one thing, you fucking animal,” he spat.
    Liam tucked his own gun away and bared his teeth. Unlike vampires’, all his teeth could protract on command, not just his canines. He knew it was a frightening sight. Right now he was in control of his inner wolf, but the beast was threatening to take over each second that passed. As he snarled at the man, the fear that rolled off him fed his wolf. He liked the scent and he wanted more of it.
    “I’d rather die than tell you anything!” The man lunged up, grabbed one of the chairs, and threw it at him.
    Liam easily ducked as it sailed toward his head. When he did, the human withdrew a gun from under the table.
    Instead of shifting, he kicked out at the man. The other gun flew through the air, but that didn’t stop thehuman. He threw a punch meant to hit him in the face, but Liam ducked. Liam knew his own strength and knew this wasn’t going to be a fair fight.
    Right now he didn’t care much about fair. He only cared about finding Kat. As he dodged to the side, he threw a punch of his own.
    When his fist connected with the guy’s jaw, he grunted in satisfaction. The man stumbled back but didn’t lose his footing.
    Cursing, he came at Liam again, but this time he protected his face. Kicking out, he connected with Liam’s inner thigh.
    As Liam struck him in the stomach, the man punched his face. The pain was minimal but pissed Liam off. He growled low, and using his leg and upper-body strength, he threw a hard left hook.
    The instant he connected with the man’s jaw, he knew he’d broken it.
    The man cried out as he fell back to the table. His body sprawled onto it, then slid to the tile floor. As Liam bent to check for a pulse, a movement behind him had him drawing his gun.
    He stopped when he saw Connor and Jayce. “What did you find?”
    “No Kat,” Jayce’s voice was low and filled with anger.
    “I sensed two other guys. Where are they?”
    Stone-faced, Connor flicked a quick glance at Jayce, then back to Liam. “Both dead.”
    Jayce killed them both before I could stop him. Broke their necks,
Connor projected to him.
    “Did you get any information from either of them?” Liam asked.
    Jayce and Connor both shook their heads; then Jayce spoke. “I spotted snowmobile tracks leading away fromthe house when I came in through the garage. They’re fresh, but if we don’t hurry, the snow will cover them.”
    “We’ll follow them, but we don’t indiscriminately kill anyone.” Connor’s attention was solely on Jayce as he spoke.
    Jayce just shrugged, but the raw rage in his eyes gave him away. “You’ve got your rules, I’ve got mine. They’re APL, they die. My orders from the Council are clear.”
    Liam knew his brother well enough to know that this conversation wasn’t over—and he somehow doubted the Council had ordered Jayce to kill all APL members—but now wasn’t the time to argue with him. If there were fresh tracks, it could lead them to a safe house.
    That could lead them to Kat.

Chapter 18
    D ecember tried to blend into the background as Ryan clicked away on his computer. He’d said she wasn’t bugging him and she believed him, but she also didn’t know him well enough to know for sure.
    The cabin was apparently where most of the males lived, including Liam when he wasn’t with her. It was a complete bachelor’s pad. The expansive first floor was basically