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Authors: Sophie Chevalier
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running do when she didn’t even know where to run?
The shed door banged closed; the lock outside clicked. Harper covered her face with her hands.
“You’ll be alright, Harper,” Chance said slowly. She glanced at him.
“What makes you say that, Grizzly Adams?”
He almost smiled. “Because I believe in you. I believe you’re not a Hunter. And others do, too.”
“Do you?” she asked quietly. “Why?”
“Instinct.”
She hesitated. A few fox sparrows twittered outside.
The way he was looking at her. There was a softness there, she was sure of it. Could she use that? Could she use his sympathy and beg him for information, for mercy?
Why not try it? Is my dignity worth more than my life?
Hell no , it’s not!
She slid off the worktable, onto the floor and onto her knees. She gripped his wrist and his thigh, and let her expression go desperate.
“What are you people? Please tell me. Please.”
The gold ring in his eyes brightened.
What does that mean? Should I be scared? Is he about to eat me?
He threaded his fingers suddenly through her hair; the skin of her temple prickled where his thumb settled.
Oh. Oh. I didn’t expect this.
“We’re skinchangers.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Of course not. You’re human. We live apart from your people, so it’s strange to you.”
“Please explain. Please . Do you… hurt people? Were you born this way? Can—”
“Yes, we’re born like this. It’s just something in our bloodlines. And no, Harper: my clan doesn’t hurt anyone.”
“There’s… more of you?” she stammered, horrified. “Other… clans?”
“Yes.” He didn’t elaborate. “But we keep to ourselves, all of us. It’s why you’ve never seen a shifter before.”
Her mind was racing. “Are you afraid I’ll tell people? Is that why I’m not allowed to leave? Because I swear I won’t, and even if I did, I swear, I swear it wouldn’t matter. Everyone would just think I was crazy, delusional—”
“No. That’s only half of it.” His thumb moved along the curve of her ear, heat flushed beneath her skin. She couldn’t deny that his rough, calloused touch was stirring something inside her.
“There’s nothing I can do to you people,” she whispered. “Nothing! I just want to go home, that’s all I want. I’m starting a new job soon. People are going to worry, I have a life, I—”
“I believe you, Harper. I believe you about everything. But I can’t and I won’t let you go… not without the Alpha’s say-so.”
“The Alpha?” She’d heard them throw the word around and she’d never liked it. It frightened her. “Please tell me what… who… that is, Chance. Please.”
Saying his name did something to him, she could see in his face that it did. The gold in his eyes flashed and his hand tightened in her hair in a rough, delicious way.
“He’s our leader. The best and strongest man we have. Every clan has an Alpha.”
“But who is he?” Her scalp was tingling with pleasure from the grip of his hand in her hair. There was a heat growing between her legs, too, contrasting obscenely with the sharp, cold fear she felt. “Have I seen him? Will I? I could beg him to let me go. I will beg him to let me go.”
“You haven’t seen him, but you might. His name is Jason.” His hand tightened in her hair even more and she loved it. “His heart’s not made of stone, Harper. Just be honest with him if you see him. Tell him what you’ve told me and what you’ve told Ivy, and he’ll let you off. He’s like a father to me, he’s a good man. He’d see the innocence in you, I’d stake my claim on it.”
“I want to go home,” she breathed, her panties slick from the smell of him, from the warmth of his body heat, from the feeling of his fist in her hair. This is not the time. This is not the time. What is wrong with me? “I swear that’s all I want.”
“I know.” Abruptly, he swallowed, let go of her, and sat back. She had the sudden wild
The shed door banged closed; the lock outside clicked. Harper covered her face with her hands.
“You’ll be alright, Harper,” Chance said slowly. She glanced at him.
“What makes you say that, Grizzly Adams?”
He almost smiled. “Because I believe in you. I believe you’re not a Hunter. And others do, too.”
“Do you?” she asked quietly. “Why?”
“Instinct.”
She hesitated. A few fox sparrows twittered outside.
The way he was looking at her. There was a softness there, she was sure of it. Could she use that? Could she use his sympathy and beg him for information, for mercy?
Why not try it? Is my dignity worth more than my life?
Hell no , it’s not!
She slid off the worktable, onto the floor and onto her knees. She gripped his wrist and his thigh, and let her expression go desperate.
“What are you people? Please tell me. Please.”
The gold ring in his eyes brightened.
What does that mean? Should I be scared? Is he about to eat me?
He threaded his fingers suddenly through her hair; the skin of her temple prickled where his thumb settled.
Oh. Oh. I didn’t expect this.
“We’re skinchangers.”
“I don’t understand.”
“Of course not. You’re human. We live apart from your people, so it’s strange to you.”
“Please explain. Please . Do you… hurt people? Were you born this way? Can—”
“Yes, we’re born like this. It’s just something in our bloodlines. And no, Harper: my clan doesn’t hurt anyone.”
“There’s… more of you?” she stammered, horrified. “Other… clans?”
“Yes.” He didn’t elaborate. “But we keep to ourselves, all of us. It’s why you’ve never seen a shifter before.”
Her mind was racing. “Are you afraid I’ll tell people? Is that why I’m not allowed to leave? Because I swear I won’t, and even if I did, I swear, I swear it wouldn’t matter. Everyone would just think I was crazy, delusional—”
“No. That’s only half of it.” His thumb moved along the curve of her ear, heat flushed beneath her skin. She couldn’t deny that his rough, calloused touch was stirring something inside her.
“There’s nothing I can do to you people,” she whispered. “Nothing! I just want to go home, that’s all I want. I’m starting a new job soon. People are going to worry, I have a life, I—”
“I believe you, Harper. I believe you about everything. But I can’t and I won’t let you go… not without the Alpha’s say-so.”
“The Alpha?” She’d heard them throw the word around and she’d never liked it. It frightened her. “Please tell me what… who… that is, Chance. Please.”
Saying his name did something to him, she could see in his face that it did. The gold in his eyes flashed and his hand tightened in her hair in a rough, delicious way.
“He’s our leader. The best and strongest man we have. Every clan has an Alpha.”
“But who is he?” Her scalp was tingling with pleasure from the grip of his hand in her hair. There was a heat growing between her legs, too, contrasting obscenely with the sharp, cold fear she felt. “Have I seen him? Will I? I could beg him to let me go. I will beg him to let me go.”
“You haven’t seen him, but you might. His name is Jason.” His hand tightened in her hair even more and she loved it. “His heart’s not made of stone, Harper. Just be honest with him if you see him. Tell him what you’ve told me and what you’ve told Ivy, and he’ll let you off. He’s like a father to me, he’s a good man. He’d see the innocence in you, I’d stake my claim on it.”
“I want to go home,” she breathed, her panties slick from the smell of him, from the warmth of his body heat, from the feeling of his fist in her hair. This is not the time. This is not the time. What is wrong with me? “I swear that’s all I want.”
“I know.” Abruptly, he swallowed, let go of her, and sat back. She had the sudden wild
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