Total pages in book: 46
Estimated words: 44098 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 220(@200wpm)___ 176(@250wpm)___ 147(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44098 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 220(@200wpm)___ 176(@250wpm)___ 147(@300wpm)
She turned to look at him and he saw it, the change of her eyes. They were an amber he’d never seen before, and it was like he could see the vision that was her wolf. He saw a beautiful tan wolf, somewhat golden, but light. Agatha was a wolf. There was no doubt about it.
One look at Alpha, and Boyan saw his concern. There was a wolf in Agatha’s body, but it seemed to be locked away. Alpha couldn’t call it.
“I’ll see you when you get back.”
Agatha took a step away and seemed to stumble. He caught her, pulling her into his arms and he chose that moment to breathe her in. Cinnamon.
One close sniff and the wolf within his body calmed a little. They could handle everything else, as long as they got to hold her and sniff her, and one day soon, he hoped to mate with her. Just the thought of stripping her curvy body naked, exploring every single inch of her, was too much of a temptation to deny. He wanted her so badly.
They stepped out of the clubhouse. Boyan knew he should get Agatha to work and back to the clubhouse almost immediately, but his wolf had other ideas. They stepped up toward the bike and Agatha shook her head.
“Can we walk? I don’t think I can handle another trip on your bike. I’m so sorry,” she said.
“No reason to be sorry. No reason at all.” He didn’t mind.
She didn’t pull out of his arms and they walked out of the main clubhouse gates. The further away from Alpha they got, the calmer Agatha got. The shaking had stopped, and slowly, she pulled away from him, which he didn’t like. The last thing he wanted was for Agatha to move away.
“That was so strange. I think I might have gotten a little star struck,” she said, forcing a laugh.
He detected it.
“Star struck?”
“The mayor is like a celebrity in town, isn’t he?” she asked.
He chuckled. “I guess in a way he is.”
“I must have been so embarrassing.”
“Not at all. Trust me, some people seem to fall at his feet, almost howling,” he said, which is exactly what happened to wolves. The moment Alpha called forth their wolf, they collapsed to their feet and gave in to that need. Agatha hadn’t.
She started to walk fine on her own, but he didn’t like that and reached for her hand, locking their fingers together.
“I’m, er, I’m fine.”
“I know, but I want to make sure you’re okay. We’re walking all the way to the bar, and I’m not going to let you, you know, collapse.”
“Yeah, that was a weird moment,” she said.
“Don’t worry about it. So, how are you liking the town?” he asked, wanting to distract her.
“I’m loving it. It’s such a sweet place to live. I know I’ve only been here a couple of days, but I love it. Do you think it would be possible for me to live here permanently?” she asked.
“I don’t see why not,” he said. They would need to get to the bottom of why she had wolflike features, like her eyes, the way they changed color, and tendencies but was unable to change into a full wolf. “So, you mentioned that you knew Dr. Milton? Did you see much of him?”
“No, just twice I think. He did look familiar. I’m pretty sure he’d been a friend of my parents but they said they’d never met him before.” Agatha shrugged. “They would know better than me. After the testing and the results, which did come in pretty quick, I never saw him again.”
“What were your parents like?” he asked. He wanted to try and figure out the connection to Milton. “Shit, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to bring them up like that. That is cold of me to ask.”
“No, it’s fine. Yeah, it’s fine. They’ve been gone just over a year. It was sudden and completely unexpected. We had always been close. I’ve never made friends easy, you see, and they were always there to make it easier. My dad even offered to take me to prom, but I decided that was a little too much.”
He chuckled. “And straightaway, they told you that you were adopted?”
“Yes, they said they didn’t want there to be any secrets.” She shrugged. “It was a bit weird at first as they said it a lot. They wanted me to know for sure that they had adopted me, and to make it clear as well that they wanted to keep me. People do stuff for crazy reasons. I was wondering, Boyan, do you have a girlfriend?”
He stopped and turned toward her, seeing her cheeks go a deeper shade of red.
“No,” he said.
“What about that woman at the bar last night?”
He frowned, trying to think of one of the women at the bar last night. There hadn’t been anyone. The wind brushed across their bodies, and he felt his ponytail, and it made him recall Macy.