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Valentine shook her head in disbelief. Her sister was a traitor. And not the sister who had abandoned her to go be a vampire bride.
Celestine had told the sheriff her favorite kind of ice cream.
It also happened to be the one snack Valentine could not resist. She would have to, though, because there was no way she would open the door. Not even for cookie dough crunch ice cream.
“Damn!” the sheriff cried. “I’m making a mess out here. Take pity on a man, would ya? If you won’t open the door, at least toss a spoon out the window.”
“You could just drive back to your place and eat your ice cream with your own spoon on your own porch in your own chair. You’re ruining my night.”
“Hey! She can talk! A spoon would be appreciated.”
“So would peace and quiet.”
“Can’t do that.”
“You’re stubborn.”
“Of course I am. I’m a sheriff and a wolf. Stubbornness is just par for the course. How do you think I’m a good authority figure? I don’t relent. I am gonna sit on your front porch every day until you open that door. You could always call your sister or just give her a sign of life.”
“Then you’d stop coming?” she called out.
“I’d stop coming,” he promised.
“Fine.” Valentine grabbed her phone and dialed Celestine’s number. “Girl, you need to call off the dogs.”
“What?” Celestine asked, confused. “Val? Is that you? Are you okay? Can I come by and see you? I miss you. We should talk.”
“No. I am fine, and I don’t want any company. That’s why I’m calling. Tell your puppy to go home.”
“My puppy?” Ceecee asked.
“The Greenlee Sheriff. He’s on my porch again. Make him go away.”
“Oh. I didn’t know he was out there.” A hushed conversation between Celestine and Reece was heard before Ceecee spoke to her again. “Reece asked him to check on you. He’ll text him and tell him to stop.”
“Good. Thanks.” She hung up and knocked on the closed door like an idiot. She wasinside. She shouldn’t be knocking at all. “You out there?” she called out.
“With my melting ice cream, yeah. Have you decided to take pity on me and give me a spoon?”
“Nope. But you’re about to get a text that will ask you to leave me alone.”
“Yeah, that won’t work.”
She huffed in fury. “What do you mean? Why wouldn’t it work?”
“Because now that someone has asked for a proof of life, it’s not just wolf business. It’s Sheriff's business, and I can’t let it go.”
“Oh, my fucking god. You are the most impossible man I have ever not met.” She stalked off to the kitchen, threw the drawer open, grabbed a spoon, and stalked right back to the front door.
Valentine didn’t even hesitate.
She threw the door open and handed a spoon to the sheriff.
Sheriff Nero Greenlee was the very last thing she expected.
He wasn’t just tall. He wasmassive. Tall and muscular with longish, rich brown hair and the crispest brown eyes she had ever seen.
He was also the hottest man she had ever seen in her life.
