“Do you have any idea how bad this could get for you, Ally?” Greg leaned forward. and that was just irritating them even more. Ally was the only one in the room projecting an outward calm. And Clint had gone from bad cop to on-the-verge-of-snapping cop, slamming his hands on the table and aggressively invading her personal space.

Greg had then turned from good cop into frustrated-as-all-shit cop, sighing and growling. Her wolf approved of her resilience, though the animal would find much more satisfaction in scalping the bastards with her claws. As they stared at her, she stared right back. She didn’t flinch, she didn’t lose her temper, and she didn’t evade eye contact. No matter how much psychological pressure they put on her, Ally refused to crack. She wasn’t going to give them anything more to use against her.

They had already made up their minds that she was guilty what they wanted was a confession.Īt that point, she’d demanded that they summon their Alpha but was told that Matt was talking with Ally’s supposed victim and wouldn’t be joining them. And she’d quickly realized that they hadn’t brought her into this room to hear her version of the events. Instead of listening to what she had to say and considering her side of the story, they had tried twisting her words. So while Good Cop Greg had done his best to convince her that he was her savior and Bad Cop Clint had been browbeating and antagonistic, Ally had remained calm as she firmly stated the facts. And fought hard to suppress the memories of the last time she’d felt so trapped.įirst Greg and Clint had tried the good cop/bad cop routine, which she’d found rather insulting to her intelligence.

Fought hard to keep her pacing wolf from losing her shit. It worked, but Ally had fought hard not to show it. Placing her in a small room, bare except for three chairs and a desk, was obviously supposed to increase her discomfort and make her wolf feel trapped and isolated. Shifters didn’t do well with enclosed spaces. She knew why they had left her alone for so long. For at least an hour the enforcers had kept her detained in an empty room of the pack house before finally joining her, only to look at her as though she were a perfect stranger as opposed to one of their pack mates. Nothing like being accused of attempted murder to complete a girl’s Friday evening.Īlyssa “Ally” Marshall kept her expression carefully blank as she stared at the two wolf shifters sitting across from her.

Spiral of Need by Suzanne Wright