Total pages in book: 36
Estimated words: 33919 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 170(@200wpm)___ 136(@250wpm)___ 113(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33919 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 170(@200wpm)___ 136(@250wpm)___ 113(@300wpm)
She blew out a breath and shook her head. “No, if I get him as a customer, it will be fine.”
There was no way she was going to run away from this. Keeping her fake smile in place, she served several customers, aware of some leaving the line just to allow Shadow to advance. She was not going to show how nervous she was. He didn’t deserve to see her pain, or to know how she was feeling.
In the space of five minutes, he moved right in front of her, and it was time for her to take his order.
“What can I get you?” she asked, glancing down at the register so she could ring him up and have no reason to look at him.
“Lisa,” he said.
She hadn’t expected his voice to be so soft, and she was tempted to look up to see what he wanted, but that would be giving in to this ridiculous need, and she was not doing that.
“Can I take your order?” she asked, going for a different approach.
“I want you to look at me.”
“If you’re not going to give me your order, then you should leave the line,” Lisa said, only this time she did look up and stared into Shadow’s smug face.
At first, he had this smile on his face, one she could only assume meant complete and total victory. But, as the seconds passed and she didn’t smile back nor give him any reason to believe she wanted him, the smile slipped. It was almost comical, and she would have laughed if it weren’t for the pain slashing through her chest.
This man had betrayed her, hurt her, and above all else, he’d used her. She didn’t know what hurt more—the fact he used her or that she hadn’t seen it coming. He’d seemed so true, so nice, so honest. It had all been a lie, and she hated him for that more than anything.
“Are you done wasting my time?” she asked.
She couldn’t even find the energy to fake a smile. It was just a little too much for her. She wanted him gone and out of the coffee shop, so she could sob some more. Lisa didn’t know how she could have been so stupid.
“I want us to talk,” he said.
“And I want to take your order. We don’t get everything we want, Shadow. Now, what can I get you? Or leave,” she said.
There was no point in threatening him. There weren’t police at No Wolves Road. It was understood that the surrounding packs would do whatever necessary to protect them. Lisa had lost faith in all of them.
Shadow cleared his throat. “A plain black coffee, no sugar.”
She rung him up and got him his coffee.
****
Shadow had known Lisa was hurt and that she was pissed, but she was also human. They were weak, and he was under the belief that most humans got over their problems quickly.
It had been two weeks since Lisa heard him talking about her to a few of the guys at the bar. He’d only said the shit so they would shut the fuck up and leave him alone. Part of it was technically true, he had no interest in mating for life with Lisa, but she didn’t need to know that. He’d never mate with any human, because he was a wolf, which meant his mate was going to be a wolf.
Still, ever since he had first seen Lisa, he’d not been able to get her out of his mind. He’d wanted her, and that hadn’t stopped for a moment. He knew it was wrong to have pursued her.
From the very beginning, she had always said she wasn’t interested in being a notch on his bedpost. He hated that statement, it was so outdated and fucking lame, but he’d found it charming coming from her, especially the blush she had after she said it. There was a lot of shit she’d said and done that he’d enjoyed.
He enjoyed Lisa’s company, which was a fucking miracle. All his life he had not been one for company, which was hilarious as he was a member of a freaking pack. Not just the member, but the fucking Alpha. Storm’s pack.
His pack was named after the generation of Storm men. His dad, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather, each man passing down the line, the pack. They were taught from a young age what was expected of them.
This was his whole life. The whole pack was his life.
No Wolves Road had been nothing short of a distraction. But, it wasn’t the only distraction.
He’d never gone to town to pick up women. Sure, he’d been hit on many times, but he’d also avoided screwing them. There had been one or two temptations, but he’d also witnessed the scenes that happened with fellow wolves, when the human male or female found out they were nothing more than an easy fuck.