Wild Magic (Wilding Pack Wolves 6) - New Adult Paranormal Romance by Alisa Woods Page A

little easier, knowing the kind of firepower they had up here at the estate. She and Troy followed him out to the practice field on the side of the main house. All three of the white wolves were out in the middle of the low-cut grass. His brother, Noah, was tossing blue orbs of magical energy back and forth with Kaden, their cousin Terra’s new mate, who was also formerly with the Seattle Police Department. The third white wolf—Owen Harding—was ex-Army and had served with Noah before they were both captured and experimented on by the government they served. Those experiments had triggered the white wolf in both of them, and while Daniel had been subjected to some of the same serums, he’d only gotten a single dose—Noah had been in the cages for weeks, and Owen nearly a year. That, combined with the knowledge that a white wolf/witch hybrid lurked in Daniel’s ancestry, made the whole thing feel like a ticking bomb. On the one hand, having another elite wolf to command brilliant balls of magical blue energy might help with the fight; on the other hand, Daniel had zero desire to be a witch. Or in any way similar to the grandfather who broke up his family.
    Zoe’s mouth had fallen open at the magical display, and Troy looked flat-out dumbfounded, but Daniel found something surprising in the field as well— a girl. Some girl he didn’t know was out in the middle of his secret, elite team of white wolves, apparently telling them what to do. What the hell?
    Daniel picked up his pace, pulling ahead of Zoe and Troy and waving to his brother. They needed to cut the magic show for a moment so that he could bring the civilians onto the field, plus Daniel was in need of an explanation right now as to why they’d brought someone outside the family into the fold. Noah broke from the group to trot over, but before Daniel could demand some answers, his brother brushed on past and went to give Zoe a hug.
    Daniel pressed his lips together. His irritation really should take second place to looking out for their cousin. Naturally, Noah would be on top of that better than he would—his kid brother always had a softer touch. He was talking quietly to Zoe, wringing the first smile out of her that Daniel had seen since the fire.
    He waited while they reconnected and surreptitiously checked out the short, spiky-haired girl in the field. She was dressed all in black and tiny, but with mouth-watering little curves in all the right places. The thing was, the white wolves were all mated—Noah to Emily, Kaden to his cousin Terra, and Owen to his other cousin Nova. It didn’t make sense that they’d bring a smokin’ hot girl out to the field just to show off their powers.
    So, what was she doing here?
    Noah finally stepped back from comforting Zoe and gestured back to the field, where Owen and Kaden were still tossing blue orbs of magical energy back and forth while the hot girl looked on.
    “Well, the Wolf Hunter’s got some serious shit to deal with now,” Noah said loudly for the group. “This is some real firepower here. We’re finally learning how to actually use it without, you know, burning down the entire forest.” His asshole brother smirked like that was some kind of joke. Daniel had to spend considerable time convincing Mama River to let them practice out here, and their early attempts at magic-handling hadn’t helped. At all.
    “Glad to hear you’re not quite such a danger anymore,” he called out to Noah, then he tipped his head back to the field. “Looks like you’ve been getting some help.” But when he flicked a look at the short-haired girl, her brilliant green eyes were locked on him like a sighting laser. He jolted at the intensity of her stare, then covered it by hurrying over with his hand extended. “I don’t believe we’ve met. I’m Daniel Wilding.”
    But she didn’t take his hand—instead, she twisted those pretty lips up into a smirk and waved her hand in a circle in the air. When she finally