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)
“I don’t know what the fuck you are saying.”
“Simple. If you were fine with it, you’d stop visiting the coffee shop, seeing as you don’t even like coffee. Instead, you’re here because a certain woman is here. There is no reason to lie to cover up your feelings, Shadow.”
He ran fingers through his hair and stared straight ahead. “Can you talk to her for me?”
“You want me to talk to your ex?” Pam asked.
“She’s not my ex.”
“Then what would you call her?”
He wrinkled his nose. “I don’t know what I’d call her, but just handle this for me, please.”
Pam stared at him for several seconds and then she nodded. “I will see what magic I can do.”
He nodded his head, and then he got to his feet.
He would be the one to decide when to end things, no one else.
Chapter Two
“I don’t appreciate being followed home,” Lisa said.
“I’m not following you. I’m walking beside you.”
Lisa sighed as she glanced over at Pam. The other woman had always been so sweet, but she also knew she was best friends with Shadow.
She stopped just outside her home and spun on her heel to confront Pam. “Please don’t take this the wrong way, but will you leave me alone?”
Pam frowned. “Okay, I am confused now. Do you want me to leave you alone and not be offended by that, or is this one of those times when I ignore you and follow you anyway?”
Lisa sighed. “I don’t want to upset you, but I’d rather be alone.”
“You’re upset.”
She stared at Pam, who held her hands up in surrender. “Fine, fine, I get it, you’re upset, but I’m not sure why you want me to leave.”
“It’s easier if you leave, trust me.”
Pam frowned. “Again, I don’t see why.”
“You’re not here to talk bad things about Shadow. You’re here because he sent you to do whatever he wants you to do, and I don’t want to hear it. I just want to be left alone.”
Pam folded her arms across her chest. “You know, in our pack, when someone hurts us, we make them pay.”
Lisa rolled her eyes and spun back on her heel, heading up the small garden and pulling her key from her bag. She had tried to grow some flowers in her front yard, but every time she tried, her efforts were unsuccessful. She absolutely loved roses; however, none of those prickly little bastards grew. Her small garden was the only one in the street that wasn’t an amass of color.
It was summer, so she couldn’t even hide her lack of gardening skills with Halloween or Christmas decorations.
She pushed her weird thoughts out of her mind, flicked the lock on her house, and stepped inside. There was a slight temptation to close the door in Pam’s face, but she didn’t do it. Her parents had not raised a rude woman.
“Come on in,” she said.
She didn’t wait for Pam, but removed her bag and made her way to the kitchen, to grab herself a bottle of water. The coffee shop kept making her feel a little nauseous of late, so she preferred water to many of the hot beverages. Five years of serving coffee was getting to her.
“So, where were we?” Pam asked. “Ah, yes, in the pack we make them pay. Either before the full moon, or at the full moon, we fight. It settles all animosity and problems. The person to draw first blood is the winner.”
“You think I should come to your pack and declare a fight with Shadow?”
Pam’s lips pursed into an O.
“Yeah, he’d draw first blood, and I’d be dead. It’s fine. You know what, I don’t know why Shadow even put you up to this. It’s not like he wanted a human as a mate in the first place.”
Pam frowned.
Lisa sighed. “Do you even know what you’re doing this for?”
“Shadow’s my best friend, and he’s my Alpha. I kind of like him, and he’s been grumpy lately.”
Lisa took a deep breath and told Pam everything. By the time she finished, Pam was standing perfectly still.
“Do you have anything stronger?” Pam pointed at her bottled of water.
“Like what?”
“I don’t know, it’s not like it would have much of an effect on me, but still, I feel I need a glass of whiskey or bourbon, or something.”
Lisa clicked her tongue, put her bottle of water down, and then went into her sitting room. She went to the far wall, bent down, and slid up the compartment that contained a few bottles of liquor, including Shadow’s favorite. She wasn’t a big drinker, and most of the bottles of liquor were leftover from her parents. It seemed stupid to throw them out, especially when she didn’t know if she would ever have guests or not.
“Here,” she said, handing the bottle of whiskey to Pam. “You might as well take it back to your pack. I don’t drink it, and it belongs to Shadow.”