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tonight? He reached out and took her unresisting hand in his.
“There’s something else I want you to see.”
She hesitated but then nodded. He was humbled by her trust, which only made him more determined to make sure he proved himself worthy of it.
"I have so many questions," she said as he led her deeper into the forest. The wind had picked up to a howl and she was shivering again now that they’d left the warmth of the fire.
"Shoot."
"Well, first of all, is that how come your body feels so warm all the time?"
The fact that she had noticed and contemplated the heat of his skin sent a pulse of male satisfaction roaring through him.
"It is. We run a few degrees hotter than humans."
"And how did you...get that way? Are you like vampires where someone has to bite you or…?"
He slowed and pulled her to a stop, looking down into her curious face. "I can only speak for myself, and I was born to werewolf parents. There are some who are turned, but that's rare. We have rules and such."
Rules that would probably scare the shit out of her, so he opted not to share unless she asked.
"Are there others?"
"Others?"
"Other types of shifters. Like, lions? Or otters?"
Those wide blue eyes were killing him and he resisted the urge to wrap his arms around her. "Otters? No. Not that I know of, at least." Not a lie, exactly. Again, it just seemed like she had enough on her plate what with the whole wolf shifter bombshell. The fact that there were also bear shifters would blow her freaking mind.
And god help him if he mentioned the dragons.
"And the full moon thing?” she asked. “Because I don't remember it being full the night Chandra..." her voice trailed off and she turned her face away from him.
"The full moon is a lure, for sure. We like it. But a grown werewolf can control when he or she shifts, full moon or no." He reached out and laid a gentle hand on her shoulder, urging her to turn toward him again. "You have to stop beating yourself up about this. Tobias Wheeler is the one who kidnapped Chan. You are as much a victim as she was, okay? Chandra forgives you, you know. Now it's time for you to start doing the same."
She looked so forlorn, he didn't fight his instincts any longer. He pulled her into the circle of his arms and bent his head low to press a kiss to her forehead. So strange. He'd been attracted to hundreds...maybe thousands of women before, but never like this. Never in a way that made him want to protect them and hold them at least as much as he wanted to sleep with them.
She stiffened for a moment and then let out a sigh and burrowed closer, slipping her arms around his waist. It felt like validation. Acceptance, and it filled him with a relief so keen, his body quaked with it. She knew what he was, and hadn’t run away screaming.
It was a start.
They stayed like that until she stopped shivering, and finally pulled away.
"Come on. You had something you wanted to show me." She tugged him by the hand back in the direction they'd been heading.
They walked in silence for a few minutes, and he was sure she was thinking of a dozen more questions to ask him. He only hoped when they reached their destination she would be too captivated to ask them. He had a lot of planning to do before he spilled the rest of it, no matter how much he wanted to waylay her fears.
A low hissing sound caught his attention, and Amber froze in her tracks.
"Do you hear that?" she whispered, squeezing his hand more tightly. "Is that a snake? Because I don't do snakes.” She spun to stare up at him in horror. “Jesus, you’re not going to tell me there are weresnakes, are you?"
He laughed, and the sound echoed through the forest. "No snakes, of the ‘were’ variety or otherwise. Promise." He started walking again and pulled her with him, a sense of anticipation building in his belly.
This, at least, he knew would be a welcome surprise.
They walked a little further until they reached a little break in the trees and he
“There’s something else I want you to see.”
She hesitated but then nodded. He was humbled by her trust, which only made him more determined to make sure he proved himself worthy of it.
"I have so many questions," she said as he led her deeper into the forest. The wind had picked up to a howl and she was shivering again now that they’d left the warmth of the fire.
"Shoot."
"Well, first of all, is that how come your body feels so warm all the time?"
The fact that she had noticed and contemplated the heat of his skin sent a pulse of male satisfaction roaring through him.
"It is. We run a few degrees hotter than humans."
"And how did you...get that way? Are you like vampires where someone has to bite you or…?"
He slowed and pulled her to a stop, looking down into her curious face. "I can only speak for myself, and I was born to werewolf parents. There are some who are turned, but that's rare. We have rules and such."
Rules that would probably scare the shit out of her, so he opted not to share unless she asked.
"Are there others?"
"Others?"
"Other types of shifters. Like, lions? Or otters?"
Those wide blue eyes were killing him and he resisted the urge to wrap his arms around her. "Otters? No. Not that I know of, at least." Not a lie, exactly. Again, it just seemed like she had enough on her plate what with the whole wolf shifter bombshell. The fact that there were also bear shifters would blow her freaking mind.
And god help him if he mentioned the dragons.
"And the full moon thing?” she asked. “Because I don't remember it being full the night Chandra..." her voice trailed off and she turned her face away from him.
"The full moon is a lure, for sure. We like it. But a grown werewolf can control when he or she shifts, full moon or no." He reached out and laid a gentle hand on her shoulder, urging her to turn toward him again. "You have to stop beating yourself up about this. Tobias Wheeler is the one who kidnapped Chan. You are as much a victim as she was, okay? Chandra forgives you, you know. Now it's time for you to start doing the same."
She looked so forlorn, he didn't fight his instincts any longer. He pulled her into the circle of his arms and bent his head low to press a kiss to her forehead. So strange. He'd been attracted to hundreds...maybe thousands of women before, but never like this. Never in a way that made him want to protect them and hold them at least as much as he wanted to sleep with them.
She stiffened for a moment and then let out a sigh and burrowed closer, slipping her arms around his waist. It felt like validation. Acceptance, and it filled him with a relief so keen, his body quaked with it. She knew what he was, and hadn’t run away screaming.
It was a start.
They stayed like that until she stopped shivering, and finally pulled away.
"Come on. You had something you wanted to show me." She tugged him by the hand back in the direction they'd been heading.
They walked in silence for a few minutes, and he was sure she was thinking of a dozen more questions to ask him. He only hoped when they reached their destination she would be too captivated to ask them. He had a lot of planning to do before he spilled the rest of it, no matter how much he wanted to waylay her fears.
A low hissing sound caught his attention, and Amber froze in her tracks.
"Do you hear that?" she whispered, squeezing his hand more tightly. "Is that a snake? Because I don't do snakes.” She spun to stare up at him in horror. “Jesus, you’re not going to tell me there are weresnakes, are you?"
He laughed, and the sound echoed through the forest. "No snakes, of the ‘were’ variety or otherwise. Promise." He started walking again and pulled her with him, a sense of anticipation building in his belly.
This, at least, he knew would be a welcome surprise.
They walked a little further until they reached a little break in the trees and he
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