Mated to the Moon (Portal City Protectors Book 6), Georgette Clair [best classic books to read .TXT] 📗

hoping it only sounded brittle to her ear and Billie didn’t catch on. She waited a few minutes, doing exactly what she said she’d do in case anyone came back for anything. Ten minutes later, when she was sure she was alone, she let her pain free.

Tears coursed down her cheeks, and the wetness pissed her off. She should have known, should have guessed Adonis would want to use her technology for something else. It didn’t matter what he did, the way he touched her, or the way he made her feel. He’d lied to her and hid plans from her.

She balled her fists at her sides. This place that had brought her so much happiness before was a trap now. It was nothing but a glittering mass of shiny test tubes and expensive materials to propel his business instead of saving lives on the battlefield.

So be it.

He wouldn’t get anything else from her.

Fabiana locked down the machine that was fast at work, producing the suits based on the patterns she’d preloaded. They’d have to be coded by hand later, but she could do that from her lab with Pasquale. It would take longer, but it didn’t matter. She could replace individual signatures with her own, making all the other Alphas have the air-scent like hers.

She’d never meant to share that, but she’d have to make do. By coding them the same, she cut her time by more than half. Next, Fabiana removed the nano containers and carefully added them back into their carrying case before putting that in the outer shell of the production machine. Right now, she had everything she needed to finish the last few suits.

The rest could be destroyed.

Fabiana shifted into her wolf, letting the massive black animal come to life in the room. She stretched, her nails clicking on the ground before she took her first leap. Glass shattered, equipment fell to the floor, and she howled.

I’ll destroy it all.

She didn’t stop there. Barreling through clumsily, she tried to use her entire body to break everything as quickly as she could. As long as she had enough time for the suits to finish printing, she could pack them and the nanos and leave. She slid on a table, unable to find purchase, and slipped into a shelf full of glass apparatuses.

Ow!

Whimpering, she tried to get to her feet, but glass was stuck in two of her paws. She’d have to shift to get it out so she could heal, but the other glass around her would puncture her softer skin. She flicked her paws, blood dripping everywhere as she tried to dislodge the shards.

“Alpha mate, what have you done?”

She snarled at Raphael. Billie stood timidly beside him.

“Oh, Fabiana, I knew something was wrong.”

Raphael pressed the mic at his ear. “Adonis, get to the lab now. The Alpha mate is injured.”

Fabiana’s wolf snapped at him.

That was not part of the plan, but she couldn’t get to her feet.

“Let me help you.”

Wrong answer, Raph.

“Please, Fabiana. Let him see what you’ve done.”

She didn’t want to hurt Billie, Goddess knew she didn’t, but right now she was sick of the men in this pack.

“Fabiana?”

“Leave me alone,” she snarled at her mate and slammed the door on their connection. She didn’t want to hear him, let alone see him.

“Fabiana, you’re bleeding. Just let me look at it,” Billie said kindly.

She flicked her paws again and yelped. The glass wouldn’t fall out, and the pieces dug in deeper.

“Move.”

Even through her pain, her heart—the traitor—lurched when she heard his voice. Adonis came into the room, his eyes scanning the destruction.

“What did you do?”

She shifted, not caring if they saw her naked or if she ended up wounded more. “Stopped you from having any more of my invention, that’s what, Alpha. And then after that? I’m going home.”

“You are home.”

She snorted. “No, not anymore.”

Chapter Twenty-One

If it were possible for his fucking heart to fall out of his chest and onto the floor, it would have the moment the words left Fabiana’s mouth.

“Leave us,” Adonis growled, nodding toward the door.

Billie glared at him before she stomped away. Of course, the older shifter woman was on Fabiana’s side, and it didn’t matter what Adonis did or didn’t do. She’d taken Fabiana in like a pup when she realized Fabiana’s mother was dead, much like she had Adonis. If he didn’t fix this, he’d suffer from burnt meals for the rest of his existence.

Raphael was slower to comply and looked over at the Alpha mate with his fists clenched at his side. He’d never liked to see a woman bleed.

“I’ve got it, Raph.”

“I’ll leave when you stop the bleeding. She might take off your head first.”

Adonis didn’t waste time arguing with his capitán. It would be pointless anyway. The wolf seemed to have grown a rather deep soft spot for Fabiana since her arrival here and he’d argued against not telling her about his plans.

Perhaps he should’ve listened.

Adonis stepped into the room, and Fabiana. Her yelp when glass dug into her skin made him see red. She could scream and beat at him if she wanted to, but she was not allowed to harm herself in the process.

“Be calm,” he ordered, throwing his Alpha call power behind it. He moved at the same time she slumped, wanting to save her from falling like dead weight on more glass and wounding herself further.

He reached her, pulling her into his arms and off the floor.

“Don’t touch me.”

Her words were slurred, but he understood her meaning. No, he would never stop touching her. No, he would not let her leave their home and go back to the Bianchi and Lombardi. She was Moonstone, his, and he wasn’t going to give her up.