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He twisted the wheel, slammed on the gas pedal, and got the hell out of there.
* * *
The green pickup raced down the street, the motor rumbling as the tiger drove away,too fast.
Running scared. He watched that truck, and he smiled.
Erin had found his note. She knew what he’d done for her. Proving his love wasn’t hard. He enjoyed giving presents to his mate.
The tiger would soon realize he didn’t have a place in this equation. Erin would know he didn’t belong.
Just the two of us, love. Just us.
He’d been angry when he found the shifter at her house.Inher house. No other male should be so close to Erin. But he’d investigated the tiger today. Found out that he was a hunter. One Erin had foolishly hired.
As if the bastard would be a match for him.
Perhaps Erin had already realized her mistake.
He could still smell her. He’d been so close to her today. Close enough to touch and to taste.
When she’d found his roses, had she smiled? Had her lips lifted in that slow, beautiful smile he liked so much? Erin loved red roses. Always had.
That dick of a lawyer never should have gone after her like he had in court. The prick had been in her face, screaming.
No one treated Erin that way.
The traffic light turned red, and he walked across the street, keeping his gaze on the shrinking taillights.
He couldn’t wait to see Erin again. Couldn’t wait to claim her. It had already been so long since he’d held her body beneath his and given in to the hunger.
Did she miss him as much as he missed her? Did she long for him?
Yes.
The answer came from the beast inside. The beast that wanted Erin just as much as the man did. Soon it would be time for the games to end.
Time to take what was his.
If the tiger got in his way again, well, he’d just slice the bastard apart. Wouldn’t be the first time he’d killed a rival.
Not the first time. Not the last.
ChapterNine
“You just missed my exit.”The first words she’d spoken since they left the parking garage. Erin thought the words came out pretty calm. Pretty steady.
Did you like my present?
She’d managed, barely, not to flinch when Jude told her the words of the note. But even before he’d said them, she’d known. It was the freak’s MO.
Her gaze lifted to Jude’s face. His jaw was clenched, the eye she could see narrowed. “Jude?” Her hands were balled into fists. The better to not touch him.
“We’re not going to your place.” He didn’t take his gaze off the road. “The bastard was there last night, he was inside the night before that. Sweetheart, your place is sure as shit not safe.”
But it washers.And right then, she needed some security, some?—
“You’re spending the night with me.”
