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Authors: Maddie Foxx
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unsettling sight, and not for the meek.
Tessa knocked on Maxwell’s door and he opened it. She quickly scanned the small room, which only held a bed and dresser. On the wall, he had a picture of a woman holding a baby.
“That’s my mother,” he said. “I found it in my father’s things after he died.”
“She’s beautiful. It’s no wonder you are quite the handsome young man.”
“I just wish somebody would tell me why she really left. There has to be a story behind it.”
“Would that be enough for you, or is there more involved here?”
“Is it so wrong to want to find my mother? She’s the only family I have.”
“You have plenty of family here. Your uncle cares about you, and how about Palina?”
Maxwell frowned as he sat on the bed. “He’s okay, I suppose. But I really need a mother. My uncle is so hard on me.”
“He’s just trying to teach you how to be a man who will someday be alpha.”
“I guess, but I need a mother. One who would read me bedtime stories.”
Tessa sat next to him and gazed into his eyes. “I could read you a story if you like.”
He eyes lit up. “Would you, really?”
“Sure.”
Maxwell took out a book and Tessa smiled as she accepted it. “ Little Red Riding Hood ?”
“Yes. I like how cunning the wolf is, but in this version the girl is eaten by the wolf,” he said with a wicked grin.
What else would a werewolf want to have read to him? “I suppose you have a different version of the Three Little Pigs , too.”
“How did you know? You should read the version of The Three Bears , too. Goldilocks doesn’t come out of that okay.”
Tessa laughed and couldn’t quit for a few minutes. “Can Melody listen to the story, too?”
“If you insist.”
“It’s totally up to you, Maxwell. It’s your book.”
“How about next time you can read to her?”
“Don’t you get along with Melody?”
“She’s okay, I guess, but girls really get on my nerves sometimes.”
Tessa could agree with that. She opened the book and read to Maxwell who crawled under the covers, a smile on his face. By the time she was done, he was fast asleep. She crept out of the room and Palina was in a rocking chair. The dining room had been all cleaned up, so she asked, “Do you need help with the dishes?”
“No, already done. How did it go in there?”
“Good. I read him a story and he fell asleep. He probably should have brushed his teeth before bed.”
“I’ll make sure he does in the morning. Melody was kind of upset. Could you run over to Shadow Creek and check on her mother?”
“Yes, but I don’t have a car here.”
“You can take the truck, but be sure to be back before dawn.”
“I sure will since I need to be in bed by then.”
Palina gave Tessa the keys and she took off in the truck, heading to Shadow Creek. She had her own sense of foreboding and just knew that Carrie couldn’t possibly be safely home for Jason to be at Silver Creek. He should know that his presence wasn’t allowed there. If that man harmed Melody, Tessa would take action.
CHAPTER EIGHT
When Tessa drove into Shadow Creek, her headlights hit Brendan and Chase, who were talking to Angus.
She hopped out and headed straight for them. “Sorry to bother you so soon after I left, but Jason Traxler showed up over at Silver Creek and shook Melody up. He grabbed her arm and asked her where her mama is. Could we check to see if Carrie’s okay? Palina asked me to.”
“Sure thing,” Brendan said.
Angus and Chase hopped in the back of the truck while Brendan rode in the cab with Tessa, who drove down a pathway as she was instructed where Carrie lived. There was no car parked next to the cabin, or signs that anyone was there. They made way for the door anyway and as Brendan was about to knock, it moved open on its own.
“Stand back, Tessa,” Brendan demanded.
“I don’t think so.”
Tessa slowly walked in, and Brendan called out, “Carrie, are you here?”
A shape moved close
Tessa knocked on Maxwell’s door and he opened it. She quickly scanned the small room, which only held a bed and dresser. On the wall, he had a picture of a woman holding a baby.
“That’s my mother,” he said. “I found it in my father’s things after he died.”
“She’s beautiful. It’s no wonder you are quite the handsome young man.”
“I just wish somebody would tell me why she really left. There has to be a story behind it.”
“Would that be enough for you, or is there more involved here?”
“Is it so wrong to want to find my mother? She’s the only family I have.”
“You have plenty of family here. Your uncle cares about you, and how about Palina?”
Maxwell frowned as he sat on the bed. “He’s okay, I suppose. But I really need a mother. My uncle is so hard on me.”
“He’s just trying to teach you how to be a man who will someday be alpha.”
“I guess, but I need a mother. One who would read me bedtime stories.”
Tessa sat next to him and gazed into his eyes. “I could read you a story if you like.”
He eyes lit up. “Would you, really?”
“Sure.”
Maxwell took out a book and Tessa smiled as she accepted it. “ Little Red Riding Hood ?”
“Yes. I like how cunning the wolf is, but in this version the girl is eaten by the wolf,” he said with a wicked grin.
What else would a werewolf want to have read to him? “I suppose you have a different version of the Three Little Pigs , too.”
“How did you know? You should read the version of The Three Bears , too. Goldilocks doesn’t come out of that okay.”
Tessa laughed and couldn’t quit for a few minutes. “Can Melody listen to the story, too?”
“If you insist.”
“It’s totally up to you, Maxwell. It’s your book.”
“How about next time you can read to her?”
“Don’t you get along with Melody?”
“She’s okay, I guess, but girls really get on my nerves sometimes.”
Tessa could agree with that. She opened the book and read to Maxwell who crawled under the covers, a smile on his face. By the time she was done, he was fast asleep. She crept out of the room and Palina was in a rocking chair. The dining room had been all cleaned up, so she asked, “Do you need help with the dishes?”
“No, already done. How did it go in there?”
“Good. I read him a story and he fell asleep. He probably should have brushed his teeth before bed.”
“I’ll make sure he does in the morning. Melody was kind of upset. Could you run over to Shadow Creek and check on her mother?”
“Yes, but I don’t have a car here.”
“You can take the truck, but be sure to be back before dawn.”
“I sure will since I need to be in bed by then.”
Palina gave Tessa the keys and she took off in the truck, heading to Shadow Creek. She had her own sense of foreboding and just knew that Carrie couldn’t possibly be safely home for Jason to be at Silver Creek. He should know that his presence wasn’t allowed there. If that man harmed Melody, Tessa would take action.
CHAPTER EIGHT
When Tessa drove into Shadow Creek, her headlights hit Brendan and Chase, who were talking to Angus.
She hopped out and headed straight for them. “Sorry to bother you so soon after I left, but Jason Traxler showed up over at Silver Creek and shook Melody up. He grabbed her arm and asked her where her mama is. Could we check to see if Carrie’s okay? Palina asked me to.”
“Sure thing,” Brendan said.
Angus and Chase hopped in the back of the truck while Brendan rode in the cab with Tessa, who drove down a pathway as she was instructed where Carrie lived. There was no car parked next to the cabin, or signs that anyone was there. They made way for the door anyway and as Brendan was about to knock, it moved open on its own.
“Stand back, Tessa,” Brendan demanded.
“I don’t think so.”
Tessa slowly walked in, and Brendan called out, “Carrie, are you here?”
A shape moved close
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