His warm breath tickled her ear and shot pure lust into her body.
“Come to my bar tonight at 8:00.”
Then he kissed her cheek.Not the type of smooch she would’ve thought, but it still gave her the warm fuzzies.Then he left her, striding down the sidewalk.She touched the area where his lips had been, and couldn’t help but stare at his ass once again.
****
“You’re late,” Clovergrumbled.Her arms were crossed and she had a very grown-up annoyed frown on her face.
“Yeah,” Juni admitted.She gave a nod to Circe over her head and Clover fell in step next to her as they started their journey home.“Sorry.My boss and I got to talking and then I ran into a friend.Keegan, my boss, told me you can run under the full moon as soon as you get your wolf.I got mine at sixteen, so you should only have to wait a few years.”
“Wait.Go back.You don’t have friends.”
“Kinda hoping you’d forget I let that slip.”
“Do you not know me at all?Come on.Give it up.Who’s thisfriend?”
Juni sighed.“You’re like a bloodhound.”
“It’s my superpower.”
“To have a superpower you’ll need a cape.Would you like a cape?”
“You’d get me one?”Then she scowled.“Cut it out, you’re trying to distract me.Which can only mean one thing.This friend must be a boy.”
“He’s not a boy.He’s a man.A gorgeous hunk of a man.”
Clover gave a high-pitch squeal.
“Ugh!”Juni cried.“You almost pierced my eardrum.”
“You have a boyfriend?”Clover asked, skipping around.“I knew it!I knew once we moved to town, you’d find your mate!”
“Whoa, there, girlfriend.Not a mate.A friend.”
“Did he ask you for a date, because if he did, then he’s yourmatefriend.What’s his name?”
“None of your business.”
“Juni and None-of-your-business sitting in a tree.K-I-S-S-I-N-G,” she sang.
“Where’d you hear that song from?”
“Some of the kids were teasing this girl and boy in my class.”
Juni latched onto that in a nanosecond.“Speaking of which, how was your first day?”
“It was...”Clover trailed off and lowered her head.
Juni stopped and laid a hand on her sister’s shoulder.“What happened?”
Clover still wouldn’t look at her.“I’m trying hard not to be shy.Or scared.But that’s hard to do when everyone is a stranger.”
She pulled her into her arms.“Oh, baby.It’s going to take time.You never had play dates as a toddler so you never learned to socialize.”
Clover looked up at her.“That’s a thing?”
“I read it in a library book.Remember?When dad used to allow me to come into town for tampons and stuff?”
