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She nodded.
“We’ll find out about your family,” Shaw promised.Fuck, fuck, fuck. That was going to go over well with Stone. “What do you need to feel safe?”
The thought that she didn’t feel safe here must wrench at him like it did me.
“I don’t know,” she said softly. “A house to live in with Dylan? A place Nathan can never get us—”
“He’s dead,” Shaw interrupted.
“I can’t believe that.” She hugged herself, shaking her head. “Not until I see his body.”
An idea was building up in me that I knew was bad, and yet, I couldn’t resist going for it. “What if you come train with the pack? Give me enough time, and I can promise you’ll be able to keep yourself safe.”
There was the quiet sound of feet in the hallway, then the sense of the commanding presence that always accompanied Stone walking into the room.
Stone had surprised me. I felt a rush of guilt that he’d caught me here, practically flirting with Amelia—or, at least, standing by while Shaw flirted with her. “What are you doing here?”
Stone looked uncomfortable. “Walking Amelia to the village school.”
“You took time out of your busy day? For me? I’m touched.” Amelia touched her palm to her chest in a dramatic gesture that was none the less adorable.
“I said I would do it,” Stone said. “I keep my word. And, sometimes, people regret that.”
When they left, Shaw called, “See you at training tomorrow, Amelia!”
Stone glowered over his shoulder at him, but that just made Shaw grin.
“I don’t know how you survived to twenty-two, Shaw,” I muttered.
“Good looks, charm, a bit of luck . . .”
I worried about being so close to Amelia in the morning. But it was the only way to make sure she was protected.
CHAPTER24
Amelia
The next morning,I took Dylan to school by myself. He’d had a blast the day before, though I hadn’t gotten much out of him about his day. I felt nervous to separate from him, in case Nathan found him, but I also needed the respite. Needed time to myself to think.
Stone didn’t seem to know what to do with us, and I didn’t intend to wait around to find out.
As I walked back to the house, Stone’s absence felt strange, even though he’d only walked me once before. It was a relief not to have him near me, but also a disappointment. I felt strange and awkward and alive when he was around.
Then I felt, rather than saw, someone watching me. I turned and peered through the woods.
An enormous wolf was hidden deep in the shadows. His red eyes seemed to glow, watching me, and fear radiated through my body. But the wolf didn’t move, and I didn’t sense there was any threat there.
It had to be one of Stone’s bodyguards. Or Stone himself, though we tended to have the same eye color as wolves and as humans. But Stone was…special. Maybe he was the one watching over me.
A sense of gratification washed through me. The next second, it made me want to smack myself. What was wrong with me when it came to Stone?
I forced myself to ignore the wolf, and when I looked back again, it was gone to the shadows.
Cole was waiting for me outside the house. “Good morning,” he said curtly, coming down the stairs. He managed to put quite a bit of attitude into one of the world’s most harmless phrases, and I stared at him, wondering why he seemed so put out this morning.
“Good morning.”
“How much experience do you have with self-defense?”
