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“We’ll be okay, Seff. Leave us a second,” Sherry said, and he nodded, backing away with his head cocked to the side as if he were baring his throat to me.
But that couldn’t be. Why would a powerful Wolf bare his throat to someone as insignificant as me? I shook myself out of whatever trance that whole meeting had put me in and looked up into Sherry’s worried gaze.
“You’re sick, little Wolf. Tell me what is wrong,” she whispered, and I gasped.
“You could always see right through me. Please keep it quiet, Sherry. I haven’t told the others,” I said, gripping her hand.
I was desperate for her to keep my secret, and she frowned, but nodded. In the nick of time, too. Mitch just returned with our beers, bowing low to Sherry and I realized things had changed a whole lot since the last time I was around.
“Hey Sherry,” the big male said and grinned.
“Hello there, Mitchell. How are you now? I see you’ll be taking care of our girl, then, yes?”
“Looking forward to it,” he replied, and I was fucking lost.
I watched the exchange like I was watching a foreign film. I heard their words, but they made no fucking sense, and without subtitles, I had no idea what was happening. Sherry smiled widely, then whispered something to Mitch whose eyes went gold before he nodded once, hard.
“Come see me soon,” Sherry told me. I nodded, watching her float away towards Seff.
“What was that about?” I asked, truly baffled.
“Nothing much. Come dance with me,” he growled, and took my half-drunk beer from me.
He put both bottles on a nearby table and pulled me onto the dance floor before I even had the chance to respond. He was taller than me. Like a lot taller. But for some reason, that didn’t seem to matter when he wound his arms around me and pulled me in to lean against the curved muscles of his body.
“You could have asked me to dance,” I said.
I was trying hard to stay grounded when all I wanted to do was drift away on the wave of desire I felt for him, rising like the tide from somewhere deep inside me. Mitchell Truman was magic, and not in the sense that I or my sisters were. No, this was something purely physical. Like an animal magnetism I hadn’t been expecting nor was I prepared for it.
“And risk you turning me down? Fat chance, sweetheart.”
“You’re light on your feet,” I murmured, allowing him to lead me around.
“Mom made us take lessons when we were pups,” he confessed, and I laughed.
“Really?”
“Yep. My brother, you remember Timothy, right?”
I nodded, and he continued.
“Well, she had the two of us taking lessons and teaching our sisters to dance before we could even tie our own ties.”
“That’s awesome,” I said, laughing.
“Are you making fun of me?”
“I wouldn’t dream of it. Really, you dance well, Mitch. I like it.”
And I did. Apparently, so did my Wolf. My usually reticent beast peeked through my eyes, a deep, satisfied growl sounded beneath my breast.
I like him.
CHAPTER FOUR MITCHELL
Spinning Martina Harbor around the dance floor last night was like something out of a dream. Kissing her goodnight at her door, well, that was like a memory of something I never got to do. It was strangely sentimental, but perfect all the same. I’d wanted more, of course. But I wasn’t some horny kid trying to cop a feel just so I could have something for my spank bank when I got home.
I mean, yeah, I was interested, but this was different. She was special. After what Sherry had whispered to me before the knowledgeable White Witch had walked away, I knew I’d been right about the woman. Martina was important. She was big. And I needed to proceed with caution.
