Page 10 of Knot What I Expected

Like somewhere inside that monstrous head of his, he knew something I didn’t.

That should’ve been enough to scare the shit out of me.

Instead, all I could see was Gabriella smiling.

And that was a hell of a lot more dangerous. For her and me.

Because, you see, I’d noticed her long before Gia ever showed up in Ember Hollow.

Hard not to when we ate at The Joint often enough for Gabriella to know exactly how we took our burgers.

And yeah, her looks were damn fine, but it was her scent that fucking wrecked me every time I caught even the smallest whiff of it.

Firewood smoke and September mornings.

Bright.

Crisp.

Clean.

Warm enough to make me want to get closer and breathe her in straight from the source.

Too fucking good for the likes of me.

Fuck me.

And isn’t that the fucking problem?

Her scent had been getting under my skin for weeks.

At first, I’d tried to ignore it. She was pretty. I had eyes. Of course, I noticed her.

But this wasn’t just noticing. Every damn time we walked into The Joint, I found her before I consciously started looking.

Monster did too.

The bastard woke up the second her scent reached us.

Sweet.

Warm.

Female.

And something else.

Something underneath all of it that neither one of us could seem to name.

Whatever it was, my Wolf fucking wanted it.

He’d lift his head inside me like he was testing the wind.

Watching.

Listening.

Waiting.