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“Be safe while you’re here. Don’t go on the mountains here and shift. The hunters have put up trail cams in a lot of different places to try to catch shifters. There have been several who we know were killed and a lot who have gone missing. If you feel the need for a good run, drive the hour to the mountains in Colorado Springs. It is an incredibly beautiful area and you’ll be a lot safter there,” Dillon said.
“Thanks for the tip,” Micah said.
He went to the jewelry store and bought a couple of pieces for his mother, including the cuff bracelet that he knew she would love. The case with the engagement rings caught his attention briefly, before he paid for his mom’s jewelry.
Micah checked his watch. It was closing time for the café, so he waited for Lucy. He couldn’t tell if she was annoyed or resigned when she saw him waiting for her.
Clara looked at Lucy and at Micah.
“You good?” she asked.
“Yeah, I’m good. Thanks, Clara. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Lucy hugged the little boy that followed Clara before she turned her attention to Micah.
“You have to eat. I know that you enjoy eating. I need to eat. There is no reason why we can’t eat together,” Micah said.
Lucy looked at him for a second and then laughed.
“Okay, fine. Let me go back to my room, shower, and change clothes. I love the smell of coffee, but I don’t feel like smelling like it all night.”
“I’ll meet you in the lobby of the inn in an hour,” Micah said.
Lucy nodded.
Micah watched her drive off. He hoped that he could win her heart in time to save them both a whole lot of trouble.
8
Lucy
Lucy wasn’t sure whether she was annoyed or amused when she saw that Micah was waiting for her after work. She had to admit that he was certainly persistent.
As she took a quick shower, she muttered, “I do have to eat, and since he is buying, it is saving me money.”
She washed the coffee smell out of her hair and scrubbed the rest of her body.
“It is nice to hang out with him,” she told herself.
As she ran the loofah across her body, she closed her eyes and imagined that it was Micah who was touching her. It wasn’t the first time she had entertained such fantasies about him. In her mind, she could feel his hands roaming across her body, touching her breasts, and kissing her while the hot water streamed over the both of them. She could feel an aching need develop between her legs as she thought about how it would feel if he was to enter her right there in the shower. She had read enough books to picture the scene and feel the heat rising through her body.
“Girl, you had better get yourself together,” she said after a minute. “He’s going to be wondering where you are.”
She hastily dried off and pulled on some jeans and a blouse. As she suspected, Micah was downstairs in the lobby waiting for her.
“Right on time,” Micah said, looking at his watch. “You are nothing if not punctual.”
Lucy grinned at him.
They decided on Mexican food. The waitress assured them that everything on the menu was delicious and genuine Mexican food. It was not the Americanized version of Mexican food.
After ordering, Micah told Lucy about what he had overheard at the store and his conversation with Dillon.
“Clara had told me about the war that has been going on in this city. No one would ever know it,” Lucy said. “Everyone here is so nice and polite. They seem to be laid back and easy going.”
“Maybe those are the mundane humans who have no dog in this fight, as the saying goes.”
“That is possible,” Lucy said. “I can’t imagine living in constant fear like that.”
