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She stared at her reflection, seeing the eyes that held their own golden glow. The cheeks that had hollowed, the teeth that had lengthened.
Her claws dug into the undersides of the sink. “I’ll be out soon, okay?”
More hesitation. She couldfeelit.
Then that soft creak again. He was moving away now.
Her breath flooded out.
If the pack doesn’t want you, then you’re fucking screwed.
Yeah, she was.
Because she was a Lone wolf, one fighting to survive. She had a psychotic mate on her trail, and a lover who apparently hated her kind.
* * *
Jude stared at the closed bathroom door, his fists clenched. He could hear the roar of the shower, so trying to speak to Erin then was not really an option.
She’d locked him out. No mistaking the softsnickof the lock.
He could get inside, no problem. A quick shove against the door and he’d be in that small room with her, the steam from the shower around them. He could join her in the shower stall. Take her into his arms and let the spray pour over their bodies.
If she thought her story about that SOB had changed the desire that he felt for her, well, she was dead wrong.
Her story had just shown how tough she was, how determined to survive. A woman with that much strength was damn sexy.
Nothing would make him stop wanting her.
Nothing.
But he turned away from the door. If Erin wanted space, he’d give it to her. At this rate, hell, he’d pretty much give her anything she wanted.
The bastard out there would pay. He’d see to it.A wolf.There had been whispers and rumors about the wolves for years. Centuries.
They kept to themselves, always locking tight in their packs. Very, very rarely did they mate with non-wolf shifters. The wolves fought dirty, they fought hard, and they generally fought to the death. It was their way.
He hadn’t been kidding when he’d talked about the Lones. The wolves out there who either turned their back on the pack or who had the pack turn on them were the badasses theOtherkept away from, if they were smart. Because some of the wolves had been known to become absolutely freaking insane.
When you were crazy,withthe full strength of a wolf shifter, folks were smart if they avoided you.
Jude liked to think he was a smart guy. Not genius, nah, but smart enough. But he wasn’t gonna be avoiding that wolf. He was going after him, and he would take the bastard down.
The dog had better get ready to do some running of his own.
The hunt was on.
* * *
“Hey, Jude!” Dee’s yell caught him the minute he stepped inside the Night Watch office. “I was wondering when you’d be dragging your sorry butt in here.” She flashed him a grin, then bent low over her desk as she dove into a pile of paperwork. “I’ve been digging up your girl’s past, and man, she had quite a reputation.”
Jude cleared his throat.
Dee’s head popped up, a furrow between her golden brows. “What? You got?—”
He stepped to the side.
He saw Erin flash one hell of asharp, toothy grin at the other woman.
