Wolves’ Bane by Angela Addams

thought we could do something fun, like play a game or watch a movie.”
    Andrew turned his smile to her. “Candy, we’ll play a game with you. Leave Morgan alone. She’s had a rough few days—give her time to rest.”
    Candy pouted, crossing her arms. “You guys are no fun to play with. You always hog the controllers or cheat.”
    Andrew patted her hand. “Let Morgan get some sleep and tomorrow you can fetch her to start her training.” He shifted his eyes toward Morgan. “If that’s all right with you, of course.”
    Morgan shrugged, her face drawn in an expression of defeat. “I suppose it couldn’t hurt to do some working out.”
    A snicker ran down the length of the table and Morgan narrowed her eyes at the men, clearly sensing a hidden joke. Candy was practically jumping in her chair. Everyone in the room, with the exception of Morgan, knew that working out and training were two totally different things in the Hunter world.
    “Okay, I’ll come and get you bright and early and we’ll start our running.”
    Morgan’s expression relaxed. “Running? Yeah, okay, I can handle that.”
    Another snicker from the men, but with Cal’s hard glare down the length of the table, most looked from Morgan to their plates. He rose from his seat, intent on escorting her to her room, but she turned those lovely brown eyes on him again and frowned, raising her hand slightly as if to tell him to stay seated.
    “Night all,” she said as she exited the room, not bothering to look back at him.
    He slumped down in his chair and pushed his plate away.
    “Candy, why don’t we go get the game board set up?” Jeremy pushed himself up from his seat. “We’ll play in teams again.”
    Candy jumped from her chair. “Okay, but I don’t want to be on your team tonight, Jer. You suck and I’m tired of losing.”
    The men chuckled and a few of them rose as well.
    “I’m on rotation tonight for cleaning up so you’re off the hook, Candy.” Jeremy motioned to the others. “Games room, five minutes.”
    The others grumbled, some nodding as they shifted out of their seats and made their way out of the dining room, leaving Cal, Andrew, Lance and Ken behind.
    “So she’s still being stubborn, eh?” Ken chuckled as he stabbed another piece of his steak.
    Cal raised his gaze slowly to scan the remaining men, shrugging his answer as he slumped lower in the chair.
    Andrew sighed. “I thought bringing her to the training room might do the trick. Kelly always said she loved watching you guys work out…all those hard bodies.”
    Lance laughed. “Well, her eyes were definitely saying something different when she was watching us running through our katas…fuck me…”
    “Lance,” Cal growled as he pushed himself forward, fist clenched on the table. “Enough.”
    He snickered. “Whoa there, Cal. I’m not interested in taking your woman, even if she is begging for it.”
    Cal lunged forward. Lance pushed his chair back, brought his hands up in defense, a smile still tugging at his lips.
    “Now fellas, calm down.” Andrew rose from the table, his hands resting on the back of his chair. “This is getting serious. I thought for sure Morgan would want Cal to come to her tonight.” He turned his worried look to Cal. “You need to convince her to bond, Cal. She needs your strength.”
    He sighed as he steepled his hands in front of him. “You saw as well as I did, she doesn’t want me to go up there after her. She clearly gave me a red light.”
    “Maybe she was just doing that because she was in a room full of men,” Ken offered as he took another bite of his food. “Maybe she really does want you. I mean, all joking aside, I know what Lance is talking about. She did seem very into you earlier. I don’t think it would take much to get her to cave. She wants you.”
    Cal shook his head. “She wants me and I want her—that’s not the problem.” He looked over at Andrew. “Doesn’t Kelly have some insight into