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broad back and fell to her butt in the trail.
He turned and regarded her as she sat in a heap. Then he extended his hand. She accepted his offer without thinking and without flinching finding his palm warm, dry and rough as the pad on the foot of a dog. She had to tug to get her hand back. Man, his claws looked vicious. She wiped her hand on her thigh and then saw him stiffen. Had she insulted him?
She glanced up at those unnatural yellow eyes seeing the hurt she’d caused and feeling her cheeks grow hot.
“Sorry,” she murmured but he just kept staring until she felt a hitch in her breathing that surprised and confused her. His look told her without question that he was unhappy with her and for some reason that troubled her. Her instincts told her to move away. What was happening here?
“Why did we stop?”
Lam signed,
I stop for you see captain house. You stop because I stop.
He made a joke. His first sign joke. She nodded, proud of his accomplishment and complete, if awkward, first sentences.
“Good one,” she said, smiling.
He grinned in return. A grimace really, that disconcerted her because it showed his very dangerous-looking fangs. He noticed the direction of her gaze. His teeth disappeared behind black wolfish jowls. She tried to picture the man he had been and failed.
“Did you say the captain’s house?”
He nodded.
“But that is twenty minutes or more from your place.”
Lam pantomimed that he was driving a car and then walked in a circle.
“Faster on foot than driving. I see.”
Lam practiced the sign for driving and walking.
“Can I see it?”
Lam took her to the edge of the clearing. Sonia paused seeing the place where she’d first met Sergeant Lam from a different perspective. Who kept the trail between the two properties so pristine and how often did Lam or MacConnelly travel between their places? Sonia stared up at Lam wanting to ask the question about his relationship to the captain and decided not to pry. She had the uneasy feeling someone was watching her and turned to face the back of the house. A woman stood on the porch above them.
“That’s her!” whispered Sonia, in awe.
Lam lifted a hand and waved. The red-haired beauty waved back. She was by far and without question the most beautiful woman Sonia had ever seen.
“I saw her that first day. Or I thought I saw her. She was at the window and then she vanished. They said she never leaves her house. Is she really the captain’s wife?”
Lam nodded.
She R-E-A-S-O-N for F-E-N-C-E.
“She? Why is she a prisoner?”
Johnny shook his head.
P-R-O-T-E-C-T.
The woman retreated to her home. Sonia felt inexplicably bereft. Suddenly she wanted to follow her. “Can I meet her?”
He shook his head.
“Why not?”
He didn’t answer and Sonia stared at the place where the red-haired woman had been.
“I thought she never left her house.”
Lam regarded her for a moment. She had the feeling he was considering his response. Finally he lifted his hand and spelled out three letters. L-I-E.
“So I did see her?” she motioned to the house. “But it’s impossible. She disappeared right before my eyes.” At some point Sonia realized she was explaining this impossible feat to a nine-foot werewolf. Sonia pressed a hand over her racing heart and dropped her tone to a whisper. “What is she?”
Johnny shook his head and turned to go. Sonia followed but she took one look back at the house. The captain’s wife was now standing on the far side of the stream. Sonia was startled at seeing her so close, so fast, and then hurried to follow Lam. That woman was creepy as hell and she suddenly did not want to meet her.
Sonia turned and ran to catch up with Lam. She pressed a hand to his shoulder and he stilled then turned to face her. He stared at the place where she touched him and Sonia drew back her hand.
“Is she like you?
No.
“Is she the one who did this to you?”
No. She is V-A-M-P-I-R-E.
Was he serious? She gaped at
He turned and regarded her as she sat in a heap. Then he extended his hand. She accepted his offer without thinking and without flinching finding his palm warm, dry and rough as the pad on the foot of a dog. She had to tug to get her hand back. Man, his claws looked vicious. She wiped her hand on her thigh and then saw him stiffen. Had she insulted him?
She glanced up at those unnatural yellow eyes seeing the hurt she’d caused and feeling her cheeks grow hot.
“Sorry,” she murmured but he just kept staring until she felt a hitch in her breathing that surprised and confused her. His look told her without question that he was unhappy with her and for some reason that troubled her. Her instincts told her to move away. What was happening here?
“Why did we stop?”
Lam signed,
I stop for you see captain house. You stop because I stop.
He made a joke. His first sign joke. She nodded, proud of his accomplishment and complete, if awkward, first sentences.
“Good one,” she said, smiling.
He grinned in return. A grimace really, that disconcerted her because it showed his very dangerous-looking fangs. He noticed the direction of her gaze. His teeth disappeared behind black wolfish jowls. She tried to picture the man he had been and failed.
“Did you say the captain’s house?”
He nodded.
“But that is twenty minutes or more from your place.”
Lam pantomimed that he was driving a car and then walked in a circle.
“Faster on foot than driving. I see.”
Lam practiced the sign for driving and walking.
“Can I see it?”
Lam took her to the edge of the clearing. Sonia paused seeing the place where she’d first met Sergeant Lam from a different perspective. Who kept the trail between the two properties so pristine and how often did Lam or MacConnelly travel between their places? Sonia stared up at Lam wanting to ask the question about his relationship to the captain and decided not to pry. She had the uneasy feeling someone was watching her and turned to face the back of the house. A woman stood on the porch above them.
“That’s her!” whispered Sonia, in awe.
Lam lifted a hand and waved. The red-haired beauty waved back. She was by far and without question the most beautiful woman Sonia had ever seen.
“I saw her that first day. Or I thought I saw her. She was at the window and then she vanished. They said she never leaves her house. Is she really the captain’s wife?”
Lam nodded.
She R-E-A-S-O-N for F-E-N-C-E.
“She? Why is she a prisoner?”
Johnny shook his head.
P-R-O-T-E-C-T.
The woman retreated to her home. Sonia felt inexplicably bereft. Suddenly she wanted to follow her. “Can I meet her?”
He shook his head.
“Why not?”
He didn’t answer and Sonia stared at the place where the red-haired woman had been.
“I thought she never left her house.”
Lam regarded her for a moment. She had the feeling he was considering his response. Finally he lifted his hand and spelled out three letters. L-I-E.
“So I did see her?” she motioned to the house. “But it’s impossible. She disappeared right before my eyes.” At some point Sonia realized she was explaining this impossible feat to a nine-foot werewolf. Sonia pressed a hand over her racing heart and dropped her tone to a whisper. “What is she?”
Johnny shook his head and turned to go. Sonia followed but she took one look back at the house. The captain’s wife was now standing on the far side of the stream. Sonia was startled at seeing her so close, so fast, and then hurried to follow Lam. That woman was creepy as hell and she suddenly did not want to meet her.
Sonia turned and ran to catch up with Lam. She pressed a hand to his shoulder and he stilled then turned to face her. He stared at the place where she touched him and Sonia drew back her hand.
“Is she like you?
No.
“Is she the one who did this to you?”
No. She is V-A-M-P-I-R-E.
Was he serious? She gaped at
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