doing?” she scanned the parking lot, hoping to find other shoppers near-by. There were none and p anic flared to life . “Are you following me?”
Dell’s dark brows pinched, “No. If you have a minute I’d like to talk to you.”
She turned back to her task and work ed faster moving her groceries. “I don’t have anything to say to you.”
“Chloe we need to talk, there’s something happening and I…”
“Wait,” she finished moving her groceries and slammed her trunk closed. “I do have something to say to you.” She jerked the keys from her purse and stared at him. “Stay away from me.” She watched as his expression darkened. His typically amber eyes now nearly black , sparked with fury . He looked dangerous and she knew she should have been afraid, but once again , she only felt safe and protected in his presence , and she hated admitting to the feeling. She didn’t want to feel this way for him. God, anyone but him!
“We will talk Chloe. Maybe not tonight, but our confrontation is coming.”
She gasped and stepped back, “Is that a threat?”
“No,” he responded. “I am no threat to you Chloe.”
She eyed him, letting her eyes rove his features, wishing to God she could see the truth of his words. Instead, she turned from him , got in her car , and drove away. She w atch ed in the rearview mirror as he disappeared from sight.
***
Dell stood alone in the parking lo t cursing himself as he watch the rear lights of Chloe’s car slowly dim from sight. Our confrontation is coming! He admonished himself. It did sound like a threat. What in the hell was I thinking?
For some reason his logic seemed to fly out the window when he was around her. He couldn’t explain it and it certainly wasn’t his typical behavior. He wondered if his elevated Alpha status wasn’t hav ing some adverse effect on his brain.
She’d asked if he’d been following her, and he’d denied it but that had been a lie. H e had been following her. He’d been outside her house all day, circling it to spy on her from whatever window gave him the best vantage point. When she’d taken out the trash earlier, he’d considered approaching her, but knew he’d have no way of explaining his presence. Finally , when she’d gotten in her car, he’d shifted and followed her to the marke t .
He’d run through the town in his wolf form, which was asinine. He’d have killed any member of his pack that had done anything so foolish. If anyone called the authorities, he could’ve been shot. It was an incredibly stupid move, but one he couldn’t prevent himself from making. He had to follow her, needed to talk to her, hoped to touch her. Instead, he’d outright threatened her.
After he’d made the mistake he’d expected to scent her fear. He hadn’t, but he had scented something else, something new. He’d been around her enough to know her scent. Hell, it was all he ever thought about, but it had been different this time, only slightly, not enough that any other shifter would have noticed, but he had. His lips quirked, it had been female interest. It was often emitted by the females of his kind when they wanted to be pursued.
Chapter 8
Sleep eluded Chloe again that night. ‘Our confrontation is coming’. The words played over and over as she tried to decipher their meaning. While the implications were terrifying, she was slightly relieved that Dell too had realized that something strange was happening between them. She couldn’t explain her sudden fainting spells when he touched her and that odd warm sensation that washed over her whenever she was in his presence. For the first time, she actually entertained the idea that he might actually be a shifter and that her reaction to him had something to do with the fact. “Great! Now I’m buying into their bullshit.”
The remainder of the night was spent tossing and
Dell’s dark brows pinched, “No. If you have a minute I’d like to talk to you.”
She turned back to her task and work ed faster moving her groceries. “I don’t have anything to say to you.”
“Chloe we need to talk, there’s something happening and I…”
“Wait,” she finished moving her groceries and slammed her trunk closed. “I do have something to say to you.” She jerked the keys from her purse and stared at him. “Stay away from me.” She watched as his expression darkened. His typically amber eyes now nearly black , sparked with fury . He looked dangerous and she knew she should have been afraid, but once again , she only felt safe and protected in his presence , and she hated admitting to the feeling. She didn’t want to feel this way for him. God, anyone but him!
“We will talk Chloe. Maybe not tonight, but our confrontation is coming.”
She gasped and stepped back, “Is that a threat?”
“No,” he responded. “I am no threat to you Chloe.”
She eyed him, letting her eyes rove his features, wishing to God she could see the truth of his words. Instead, she turned from him , got in her car , and drove away. She w atch ed in the rearview mirror as he disappeared from sight.
***
Dell stood alone in the parking lo t cursing himself as he watch the rear lights of Chloe’s car slowly dim from sight. Our confrontation is coming! He admonished himself. It did sound like a threat. What in the hell was I thinking?
For some reason his logic seemed to fly out the window when he was around her. He couldn’t explain it and it certainly wasn’t his typical behavior. He wondered if his elevated Alpha status wasn’t hav ing some adverse effect on his brain.
She’d asked if he’d been following her, and he’d denied it but that had been a lie. H e had been following her. He’d been outside her house all day, circling it to spy on her from whatever window gave him the best vantage point. When she’d taken out the trash earlier, he’d considered approaching her, but knew he’d have no way of explaining his presence. Finally , when she’d gotten in her car, he’d shifted and followed her to the marke t .
He’d run through the town in his wolf form, which was asinine. He’d have killed any member of his pack that had done anything so foolish. If anyone called the authorities, he could’ve been shot. It was an incredibly stupid move, but one he couldn’t prevent himself from making. He had to follow her, needed to talk to her, hoped to touch her. Instead, he’d outright threatened her.
After he’d made the mistake he’d expected to scent her fear. He hadn’t, but he had scented something else, something new. He’d been around her enough to know her scent. Hell, it was all he ever thought about, but it had been different this time, only slightly, not enough that any other shifter would have noticed, but he had. His lips quirked, it had been female interest. It was often emitted by the females of his kind when they wanted to be pursued.
Chapter 8
Sleep eluded Chloe again that night. ‘Our confrontation is coming’. The words played over and over as she tried to decipher their meaning. While the implications were terrifying, she was slightly relieved that Dell too had realized that something strange was happening between them. She couldn’t explain her sudden fainting spells when he touched her and that odd warm sensation that washed over her whenever she was in his presence. For the first time, she actually entertained the idea that he might actually be a shifter and that her reaction to him had something to do with the fact. “Great! Now I’m buying into their bullshit.”
The remainder of the night was spent tossing and
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