My heart hammered against my ribs like a trapped animal, the bar's smoky haze suddenly feeling thicker, more oppressive. Cade's words, "a girl like you, kidnapping someone? It doesn't suit you", hung in the air like a noose, tightening around my neck. How? How the f**k did he know? Jax and I had been discreet, meeting in this dive precisely to avoid prying eyes.
Was Cade tailing me? Or worse, had Jax sold me out already? My alpha instincts screamed to lunge, to claw that smug smile off his face, but logic held me back. If he knew about the plan to snatch Naomi tomorrow, he could ruin everything. Ronan, Elias, the packs, they'd all come crashing down on me. I couldn't let that happen. Not when I was so close to claiming what was mine.
I swallowed hard, my throat dry despite the ling
