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None of it deterred the feeling of need I had to get to this man.
What is wrong with me?
I stood to my feet and saw the wolf backtrack several feet to regain his stance.
The man tilted his head to the side, giving me a look that screamed go sit back down.
But I couldn’t.
I wanted to see him. Touch him.
An invisible string tugged from the center of my chest, pulling me toward him.
He straightened his body, his sword hanging down beside him. The way his shoulders tensed as I took a step shook me.
“Josephine,” he said, his voice deep like dark chocolate, but it coated my body like honey. “Sit down.”
I stalled, heat pooled in my lower stomach, and I felt I had to obey him. He knows my name.
The wolf laughed under his breath as he retreated like the wounded animal I knew he was. “Count your blessings,” he said.
I was counting them.
Once the wolf disappeared into the dark void of the woods, a lengthy sigh fell from me. I’d been two seconds away from death when he showed up.
My gaze shifted toward his.
He was breathing heavily, more so than I thought he would from his short fight with the wolf.
Was it because of me?
Get over yourself, Josie.
Slowly he slid his sword back into the air where it disappeared. I watched his thick fingers curl and uncurl at his sides. Everything about the tension between us settled deep in my veins.
“You do as I say,” he said, never moving closer.
I wanted to get closer. To see his face up close. To thank my savior in ways I wasn’t sure he would accept.
“Yes,” I said in a pathetic breathy voice. “I will.”
His throat moved heavily as he swallowed.
He kept his gaze on mine as he took a step backward.
“Don’t go,” I whispered.
But he’d already disappeared.
Chapter Thirteen
Kellan
The hill to the valley was steep.
My boots slid down the rocky slant until I had to brace my palms behind me to keep from falling backward. A swampy bayou surrounded her castle.
I could only imagine the danger that lurked there.
