Big Bad Wolfie

•••Jason's POV•••

She did.

I saw red.

I'm going to kill her.

I had to hold myself back from doing, I don't even know what, when her colorful hair filled head popped out of the van.

"Maria," I gritted.

She just smiled back at me.

Zach turned to face us. "Oh s**t," he laughed once he saw her.

I glared at him.

He cleared his throat, "I mean, what are you doing here, Maria?"

She beamed at him now, "Helping."

I shook my head, "Oh, you —"

"Great!" Someone from Night Hound cut me off. "Someone who knows her way around the city."

I looked to him then back to her, "Why do you know your way around these parts?"

She shrugged, refusing to make eye contact with me, "I get around."

"Maria, the only things in this city are pack-less crooks. What are you —"

I was cut off, yet again, by Maria clapping her hands, "So, what's the plan," she smiled.

I swear to the goddess, if someone interrupts me one more time I am going to lose my s**t.

I couldn't respond, I was so focused on not tearing someone's head off. All I could do was stand and glare daggers at her.

With my fists clenched painfully tight, I tried to breathe.

In and out.

F**k, this isn't helping.

***Maria's POV***

Wolfie just stood there glaring holes into my head.

After a few seconds he inhaled to say something else, but I put my finger up, "If you don't blow up about this I'll consider it your apology for what you did," I told him blankly, all jokes aside.

He paused, and I could hear his teeth grinding.

". . . I already apologized," he finally gritted out.

I shook my head, "You didn't even look me in the eye to do it," I told him.

This was probably a weird sight for everyone else around.

I hardly demand apologies for even the worst of things, and you're lucky to catch me "serious" maybe once in a blue moon.

Unless you're Rose or Brandon or Doc or Marco the trainer, or. . . Well, I guess that's it.

Four's a pretty good number of shoulders to cry on though, I guess.

". . . D@mn. . . What the f**k did you do, man," The beta from Night Hound pack, Stephan, chuckled after a moment of silence.

This made me smile a bit.

I'm quite fond of this guy. He's on the younger side, in his early twenties. He approaches things similarly to me. He's all about cracking jokes. Never a dull moment with him around, that's for sure.

always able

"None of your business!" Wolfie snapped

up in surrender. "Jeez, man, chill

you?" Cali, a vampire warrior from House

he glared at me as he

"Wow," I heard

kind of intense," the other half of the

turned around to meet

"Sup losers,"

Brandon replied

Rose said walking beside

My

This

Our arena.

I wonder how Wolfie's going to react to my

location after walking a bit. It's a bar with a neon green sign that read 'MAVERICKS'. (A/N: Not a real bar, btw,

Most of, if not all, these establishments are owned and run by rogues

The fact that they went solo, 'Rogue', led

even? Wrong. It just made them

who their favorite people in the world

the alphas and pure

to be a big

And when I say favorite, I mean they'd rip out our intestines and use them as party decorations if they got

So that's

Though, it's not myself I'm worried

coming to this part of town forever. Before I even understood

It's my obnoxious alpha male mate that I'm worried

I hope he knows what he's

and began giving instructions. "You guys go check inside the place for the scum-bag. If you find him,

They nodded and

towards the back of the building and it just accrued

I leaned in to whisper to

his arm up to

Wolfie looked in that direction, "Oh s**t,

"Who?!" I questioned

"Hush!"

I rolled my

three men ahead. Not anything special, build wise. Just your average vampire wanderers by the

which is the guy we're

Rose straightened up and cleared her throat. "C'mon," She looked to Wolfie as we started heading over, "be

my concern that he'll act like a

that's the most

and I had to stifle my snicker. "Yeah," I punched his arm, "be cool," I smirked and followed

to be

laughed even

we were

gave us

Taking their sweet time with Rose and

seem to take a second or two longer on my obnoxious alpha male

But I ignored the

obvious when they were done

They know we're not

who exactly, or how high up we are, but they know

keep it

He grabbed the guy on the left by the throat, "and you'll answer all of our questions if you know

Or we could do

the sight of their fellow wonderer being lifted off the ground by the throat, but I didn't have the energy for this right now so

Woah! Woah! Everyone just chill

"You," I spun around to Wolfie, "put him down!" I

"But —"

I cut him