Taken By The Alpha (Timber Valley Pack) by Georgette St. Clair Page A

Carver scowled at that. Very funny. Unfortunately, since Maddox was the Alpha, he was the one person that Carver could not possibly suggest should take a flying leap onto a giant dick. Not if he wanted to keep his jugular intact.
                  He concentrated on the road ahead – she kept driving and driving, zipping around curves, foot on the accelerator. He matched her speed easily, following her through human territory and out again, until a couple of hours later, they were in Timber Valley.
                  As they crossed the county line, a half dozen cars pulled out from the side of the road and surrounded him, and forced him to a halt.  Two of them were patrol cars.
                  He climbed out of his car, watching the beautiful brunette leap out of her car and slam the door.
                  Within seconds, six male wolf shifters were barreling down on him. He pulled out his badge and held it up. They glanced at it suspiciously as they stopped and stood side by side, still bristing and defensive.
                  “Carver Lawrence, enforcer for the Killingworth Pack,” Carver said. He glanced at Virginia, who was shooting him murderous looks. “I take it this she-devil is one of yours?”
                  An older man with streaks of gray in his hair stepped forward.   Despite his years, he was in perfect physical shape, barrel chested and muscular, with a dominating air.  Clearly Alpha. Vince Battle, Carver was pretty sure, from various state-wide shifter gatherings he’d attended over the years.
                  “Vince Battle, Alpha of the Battle Pack. I expect you’ve got a really good reason for following my daughter into our territory.” His voice was a menacing growl, his dark eyes blazing with anger.
                  The brunette strolled up to stand next to her father, hands shoved in her pockets.
                  Carver met Vince’s gaze and didn’t show a trace of submission. He didn’t bow down to anyone but his own Alpha.  He’d been told quite often that he could easily be Alpha of his own pack; he was just barely Beta. Sometimes he went over the line.
                  “I expect your daughter’s got a really good reason for coming in to our territory and physically assaulting me, twice, despite the fact that I’ve never met her before. Something about Katrina?” He raised an eyebrow and shot her a look.
                  Vince sucked in an angry breath. He turned to shoot an angry look at his daughter. “Virginia?”
                  She lifted her chin defiantly. “They kidnapped her when she went in to town to go shoe shopping. It’s outrageous. We should be rescuing her. She’s my cousin, for God’s sake!”
                  “We have discussed this. They did not violate the Covenant. This is an issue between two packs. She is not in danger, and the Killingworth pack does not have the reputation of abusing females or breaking the law.”
                  She put her hands on her hips. “What would you do if it had happened to me? You’d just sit there and let me be kidnapped? We know you’d go all Alpha and declare pack war.”
                  “We’re not having this conversation here. You’re grounded.”
                  Virginia threw back her head and laughed, but there was a harsh edge to it. “I am twenty. You can not ground me!”
                  “As your father and your Alpha, I damned well can. You just added another month to your grounding.”
                  “Then I will move off pack property. I am an adult, and you can not continue treating me like a child.” Her eyes glittered with anger.
                  “So you’re an adult, but you come in to my territory to harass me and then go running back to call for help and hide behind daddy