The Recruit: Book One by Elizabeth Kelly Page A

into
the room earlier you had light blue eyes and were clean-shaven.  Then your eyes
were yellow and you had a beard.  Now,” she folded her arms across her torso,
“your eyes are back to blue and you’re only scruffy.”
    “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”  He lied.
    She stared at him for a moment.  Her eyes went hazy as a
memory of a lesson Isabelle had taught them tugged at her brain.  He could
pinpoint the moment she realized exactly what he was.
    “You’re a werewolf.”  She breathed.
    “Lycan.”  He corrected automatically.
    “How?  When?  Were you bit?”  She sputtered.
    He shook his head.  “No, I was born a Lycan.  Both my
parents were born as Lycans, as were their parents before them.”
    “Jesus Christ, Will.”  She said weakly.  “You should have
told me.”
    “Why?  It’s none of your concern.”  He said dismissively.
    “None of my - ”
    She stared at him incredulously.  “We had sex.  If we hadn’t
just been interrupted, we would have been having sex again.”
    “So?  Lycans have been mating with humans for years.  It’s not
encouraged but there are plenty of us who find human females attractive.”
    “You still should have told me.”  She said angrily.
    “Let me guess.”  He gave her a tight grin that didn’t reach
his eyes.  “Your delicate sensibilities are offended by the fact that you’ve
mated with a half-human, half-beast.” 
    He rolled his eyes.  “Before you freak out, let me assure
you that sex with me won’t turn you into a Lycan.  Only a bite during the full
moon will do that.”
    “That isn’t the issue, Will.”  She said through clenched
teeth.
    “Then what is?”  He raised his eyebrow at her.  “You would
prefer to fuck your way through the program with someone who’s completely
human?  I would suggest Mannie then.  He’s as human as they come.”
    “I hate you!”  She shouted furiously at him.  “I was just
making a stupid, awkward joke.  It’s what I do when I’m nervous!  I didn’t have
sex with you to try and earn my place in the program.  I was lonely and sad,
and I made a huge mistake that night.  One I deeply regret, believe me.  And
I’m not some sort of goddamn Lycan racist – I just prefer to know who or what a
person is before I sleep with them.  It’s called getting to know someone, you
asshole.”
    “Then you must know everything there is to know about Jeremy.”
 He said sourly.
    “Fuck you, Will!  You touched me first tonight!”  She shouted
foolishly and stormed out of the room.
    Will sighed and rubbed his hand wearily across his
forehead.  He would never admit this to anyone, but he was badly shaken by his
lack of control when it came to Hannah.  She was quick, too damn quick, and the
fact that she had figured out he was a Lycan was bad news.  Not that they kept
it from the new recruits forever, but he preferred to tell them when he could
control the situation.
    He grimaced with disgust at himself.  He was acting like a
prepubescent Lycan pup.  Only teenage boys and old men had trouble controlling
the shift when they were mating.  He had slept with human women before and had
no problems controlling that side of him.  At this point, all he had to do was
think about Hannah’s naked body and he could feel himself wanting to shift.
    He sighed again and thought about the way Hannah reacted
when he touched her.  He had never been with a woman so responsive to him, and
he was being driven mad by the memories of how she had tasted and felt.  He
smelled her scent everywhere now.  It seemed to be permanently lodged in his brain,
and the last four weeks had been pure hell trying to stop from touching her. 
    He had taken his frustration and anger out on her and the
other recruits.  Although, if he was honest, mostly her.  A week after they had
slept together, on a morning after a long and brutal run, he could see her
desperately trying not to vomit as she stood panting