So she needed to get out of here while she still had the will power to do so.
“I can’t. I need to give myself some extra time, I’m sensing obstacles.”
“Sensing…what? I thought you were a garden witch.” He looked puzzled.
Oops. Apparently he didn’t know everything about her – and she’d like to keep it that way. If he didn’t know about her map skills, that made it easier to hide from him. “Yep. Sure am. You are not wrong.” She tried to wriggle out of his arms. He tightened his grip.
“Talk to me.” She tried to duck, but now he had her caged too tightly. Her struggles were having an effect on him; she could feel that effect, pressing into her stomach. If this went on much longer, she’d lose all motivation to leave.
“I can wait all day,” he murmured into her hair.
She tipped her head back up and glared. “You are an absolute bastard!”
He smiled down at her. “I’m having fun. How about you?”
She replied with a scowl. “I’m going to be late.”
“What a shame.”
She let out a hiss of frustration. He was enjoying this way too much. “Fine! I’m also a map witch. Let go of me.”
He released her, looking puzzled. “What is that, exactly?”
“Because of my connection to the earth, I can find my way anywhere. I can also sense obstacles. I’m finding a lot more obstacles these days, so I need to build in extra time to get around town.”
“What kind of obstacles are you running into?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know, my magic doesn’t tell me that. It could be a traffic jam, a rampaging troll, road construction…my magic just lets me know where things will either slow me down or stop me completely.”
He went tense. “That can’t be a coincidence. We have enemies. We’re in a feud with the Bianchi pack. They are strictly forbidden from interfering with females, but…I don’t trust them. Come stay with us. I can keep you safe.”
“Do I still have a choice?”
Dominic hesitated, before saying “yes,” with great reluctance.
“Then no. If I go stay with you, I’m afraid I’d never get to leave. And I still have a life, Dominic.”
“At the next full moon…”
She met his gaze coolly. “You underestimate my abilities, Dominic.”
His eyes snapped with dark possessiveness. “And you overestimate my patience.”
Before she could say anything else, she heard a knocking on the door. Dominic’s expression went sour with annoyance. “Damn it. Romano has the worst damn timing.” He stalked off to answer the door, just as her phone beeped with a text message. It was Danielle.
“R U boinking a Blood Oath Pack member???”
She hurried into the bathroom so she could speak in privacy, and called her friend. Danielle answered on the first thing.
“What the hell?” Danielle demanded.
“It’s complicated! Dominic Lombardi’s wolf bit me on a full moon. Apparently that means he thinks I’m his mate.”
“Then tell him you’re not!” Danielle sounded appalled.
“Gee, why didn’t I think of that?” Zoey said, annoyed. “He’s Blood Oath pack, Danielle, and he claimed me publicly, and apparently when their wolf bites you on a full moon, you’re theirs. It’s a thing.”
“You mean, you’re going with it?”
