Downpour (Alpha Love - A Paranormal Werewolf Shifter Romance Book 1) by Olivia Stephens Page B
Authors: Olivia Stephens
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giving Sofie a sidelong glance.
“Luke being Luke,” Sofie explains, sitting down heavily on the edge of her bed.
“He won’t do anything, not with Darwin and me here.” Finn doesn’t look at her as he says the words, sparing her the embarrassment that he knows she feels at what their boss is suggesting. When Sofie doesn’t respond, he continues. “What was all that about wolves? Anything to do with what you asked me last night?” he asks, his words punctuated by the rat-a-tat-tat of machine gun fire coming from the television.
“I don’t know. It’s just what I heard.” Sofie pushes herself up from the bed and starts pacing around the room. “There’s something different about this place, different from the other sites. The Geiger counter went ballistic in the woods and then nothing. My compass was all out of whack, and the mineral in those rocks, it’s…different.” She knows that she’s not making all that much sense, but she’s not even really sure what it is that she’s trying to say. She feels like since she arrived in this town, everything’s been mixed up, and nothing’s been straightforward.
“Don’t let what that hunk said to you get you questioning everything. You’re here to do your job. That’s it. You’re not the devil; you just work for him.” Finn smiles, as Sofie sticks her tongue out at him. His words make sense, but that doesn’t stop Sofie from feeling lousy.
“Don’t you ever think that this isn’t what you imagined you’d be doing with your life?” Sofie stands in front of the video game, forcing Finn to pay attention to what she’s asking him.
“Hey, I almost made it to the next level,” Finn complains, trying to look around her, giving up when he sees the expression on her face telling him that she will not be moved. “Yes, fine, this isn’t what I’d thought I’d be doing, making the big man even richer and destroying little pockets of good ol’ Mother Nature as we go. We’ve talked about this, Sofe. Idealism doesn’t get the bills paid. You do this for a few years, and you get out. That was always the plan. So what’s changed?”
“I don’t know.” She throws her hands up, frustrated that she can’t even put her finger on what’s got her so worked up. Or perhaps she just doesn’t want to admit it to herself. “There’s something about this place. It feels...I don’t know...magical.” She shrugs, wishing she had used a different word.
“Magical? Sofe, are you feeling alright?” Finn stands up and puts a hand on her forehead as if he’s checking her temperature. “You’re a scientist. You don’t believe in ‘magical.’”
“I know, and that’s not what I meant. It’s just…I feel different about what we’re doing this time. I can’t explain it.” She swipes at his hand to move it from her head. “I don’t want Shale to destroy this place.” That’s the crux of it. That’s what I’m afraid of, but I’m not sure why , she thinks .
“Well, you might get your wish if you’re right about the wolves. Doesn’t matter how much oil is under that mountain, if there are furry little mites there, the government won’t sign off on any drilling. Simple.” He shrugs his shoulders to highlight just how straightforward what he’s saying is. “Look, you’ve been working too hard. Go out and take Darwin’s advice. Do something fun.” He sits back down, picks up his controller and motions her out of the way of the television screen.
“Something fun,” she says, as if the words were an equation without an answer.
“Yeah, you remember fun, right?” Finn ducks, as she takes a swipe at his head and settles back into his game.
“Have fun killing all those brain cells,” Sofie teases, as she grabs her jacket and heads towards the door.
“I could burn half the cells in this brain of mine and still trump you in an IQ test, Braun. Don’t you worry about that. I’m a
“Luke being Luke,” Sofie explains, sitting down heavily on the edge of her bed.
“He won’t do anything, not with Darwin and me here.” Finn doesn’t look at her as he says the words, sparing her the embarrassment that he knows she feels at what their boss is suggesting. When Sofie doesn’t respond, he continues. “What was all that about wolves? Anything to do with what you asked me last night?” he asks, his words punctuated by the rat-a-tat-tat of machine gun fire coming from the television.
“I don’t know. It’s just what I heard.” Sofie pushes herself up from the bed and starts pacing around the room. “There’s something different about this place, different from the other sites. The Geiger counter went ballistic in the woods and then nothing. My compass was all out of whack, and the mineral in those rocks, it’s…different.” She knows that she’s not making all that much sense, but she’s not even really sure what it is that she’s trying to say. She feels like since she arrived in this town, everything’s been mixed up, and nothing’s been straightforward.
“Don’t let what that hunk said to you get you questioning everything. You’re here to do your job. That’s it. You’re not the devil; you just work for him.” Finn smiles, as Sofie sticks her tongue out at him. His words make sense, but that doesn’t stop Sofie from feeling lousy.
“Don’t you ever think that this isn’t what you imagined you’d be doing with your life?” Sofie stands in front of the video game, forcing Finn to pay attention to what she’s asking him.
“Hey, I almost made it to the next level,” Finn complains, trying to look around her, giving up when he sees the expression on her face telling him that she will not be moved. “Yes, fine, this isn’t what I’d thought I’d be doing, making the big man even richer and destroying little pockets of good ol’ Mother Nature as we go. We’ve talked about this, Sofe. Idealism doesn’t get the bills paid. You do this for a few years, and you get out. That was always the plan. So what’s changed?”
“I don’t know.” She throws her hands up, frustrated that she can’t even put her finger on what’s got her so worked up. Or perhaps she just doesn’t want to admit it to herself. “There’s something about this place. It feels...I don’t know...magical.” She shrugs, wishing she had used a different word.
“Magical? Sofe, are you feeling alright?” Finn stands up and puts a hand on her forehead as if he’s checking her temperature. “You’re a scientist. You don’t believe in ‘magical.’”
“I know, and that’s not what I meant. It’s just…I feel different about what we’re doing this time. I can’t explain it.” She swipes at his hand to move it from her head. “I don’t want Shale to destroy this place.” That’s the crux of it. That’s what I’m afraid of, but I’m not sure why , she thinks .
“Well, you might get your wish if you’re right about the wolves. Doesn’t matter how much oil is under that mountain, if there are furry little mites there, the government won’t sign off on any drilling. Simple.” He shrugs his shoulders to highlight just how straightforward what he’s saying is. “Look, you’ve been working too hard. Go out and take Darwin’s advice. Do something fun.” He sits back down, picks up his controller and motions her out of the way of the television screen.
“Something fun,” she says, as if the words were an equation without an answer.
“Yeah, you remember fun, right?” Finn ducks, as she takes a swipe at his head and settles back into his game.
“Have fun killing all those brain cells,” Sofie teases, as she grabs her jacket and heads towards the door.
“I could burn half the cells in this brain of mine and still trump you in an IQ test, Braun. Don’t you worry about that. I’m a
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