Chapter Five
Krista couldn’t believe it. What the hell had just happened? She’d been blackmailed, that’s what. And Blake had just moved himself into the category of “last wolf on Earth that Krista would consider howling for”.
She stormed off, intent on asking Susie if she could arrange cover for her—the perky assistant dealt with all their scheduling issues. She already knew that Dr. Sutherland, the owner of the clinic, would be fine with helping out. Everyone who worked at the clinic knew thatshewas the one bringing most of the business these days, although they didn’t know why she was so popular or how she got such good results with some of the more challenging cases.
It was a don’t ask, don’t tell kind of thing. She brought in business, she got results, they’d rather not know why.
Krista and her medicines, the one good thing she’d brought with her from the Zoo.
She found Susie at the nurse’s station in the hall. She looked up at Krista with a playful smile on her heart-shaped face, but it faded when she saw her expression. “Hey. What’s wrong?”
“I need you to arrange cover for me for a few days.”
“Okay.” Susie was nodding before Krista had a chance to finish her statement. “No problem. Is everything okay?”
Krista sighed. “Yeah, sure. Family stuff.”
Susie’s gaze wandered over to Blake, who’d followed her out of the office. Her eyes widened, and a dreamy expression slid onto her face.
Krista let out a low, rumbling growl before she could stop herself.
Susie held up her hands and backed off. “Yikes, I see how it is. Okay. Okay. Please do not chew my face off; I’ve grown quite attached to it. I’ll talk with Dr. Small and just make sure we don’t have any scheduling conflicts.” She turned and hurried off, shooting a genuinely nervous look at Krista over her shoulder before vanishing around the corner.
Krista felt a little bit bad about that, but only a little—she was too chock-full of rage at the way Blake was treating her for there to be any room for other emotions…
Until the door to one of the exam rooms swung open, and out strode her rat-bastard ex-boyfriend, Dr. Long, hand in hand with Angie, the nurse he’d cheated on Krista with. Angie’s lipstick was smeared—on purpose. She could easily have fixed it before she left the room, but then she wouldn’t have been able to rub her relationship in Krista’s face.
Dr. Long looked at Blake, and his eyes narrowed. He’d been mad as hell when Krista dumped him over his indiscretions, claiming that as a shifter, he was just acting on his animal nature. After Krista had ended things, he’d officially started dating Angie, his former side-ho.
Now, the way Blake was hovering over Krista apparently gave him pause.
A sudden, reckless impulse overwhelmed Krista, and before she could stop herself, she grabbed Blake’s collar and went up on tiptoes, leaning hard up against him. He was a giant wall of muscle, and he smelled good enough to lick. “You owe me,” she said in a low voice. “And this is your down-payment.”
Blake’s expression filled with surprise, and she saw his lips move to shape the word “what”…or possibly to shout for help that he was being molested by the crazy lady.
Whichever it was, he never got the chance, because she pressed her mouth to his, silencing him. “Make it believable,” she growled against his lips.
And after a moment’s hesitation, his lips touched hers again and she forgot all about her stupid ex-boyfriend.
Blake
Her fragrance filled his nostrils as she pulled him to her. He hadn’t missed the doctor she’d been looking at or the fact that she was obviously trying to get a response out of him.
Jealousy flared inside him, hot and sharp, and twisted into fierce arousal.
She wanted a response. He could give her one.
Her lips weren’t enough. He grabbed her, bringing her unresisting body closer to him, crushing her to him. His tongue teased her lips.
She tasted like peaches.
Her mouth opened, but before his tongue could invade, hers danced forward, teasing his. She pressed herself to him, wrapping her arms behind his neck, pulling him closer.
Electricity shot through him like he’d never felt before, and something clicked into place, latching itself onto his soul, filling a hole he’d never known had existed before.
She pulled away, gripping his head, those slitted amber eyes staring intently into his.
Every cell in his body demanded that he claim her in every way he could. His inner wolf paced and snarled inside him, anxious to get out, to bend her over her desk and to take her savagely, completely.
