An Alpha's Thunder (Water Bear Shifters Book 3) by Meyers Sloane

Author:Meyers, Sloane [Meyers, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Caroline watched the minutes tick by on her cheap, drugstore watch, and grew more and more nervous with each tick. Where was Lance? It had been nearly an hour now, and he still wasn’t here. These men seemed to be wrapping up their conversation, and, if they left, Lance might not be able to find them before they found him.

Caroline shuddered, and willed herself to remain calm. Lance hadn’t commented at all about the fact that the men thought he was a shapeshifter, which Caroline had found surprising. But he seemed to already know about these guys, so maybe this wasn’t the first time he’d been exposed to their crazy beliefs.

Caroline heard the men gathering up papers, and she realized they were getting ready to leave. She turned in her seat to see what was going on, but she turned too far and too quickly, and she caught the eye of the older man. He narrowed his gaze at her, and she turned around again to face her back to him. But it was too late. He had seen her watching him, and his suspicion was aroused.

“Something the matter, sweetheart?” he asked, his voice cold and steely.

Caroline bit her lip. She had to come up with an excuse, and fast. She put on the sultriest smile she could manage, and spun around in the barstool.

“Nothing’s the matter, except that I can’t keep my eyes off of that gorgeous face of yours,” Caroline said, batting her eyelashes in what she hoped was a sexy manner. Flirting had never been her strong suit.

The older man’s face relaxed into a grin, and he patted his knee. “Well, well, then. Why didn’t you say so? Come over here and sit with me. You can get a better look at my face.”

Caroline winced inwardly, but she couldn’t exactly back out on her ruse now. So she batted her eyelashes again and went to sit on the man’s lap like he requested. She caught the bartender looking at her with a raised eyebrow as she sashayed over. He knew it was unlike her to talk to anyone, let alone flirt with them. She could only hope that the bartender would notice her behavior was suspicious and do something to help her if the men tried to hurt her.

“Mmm, now don’t you smell good,” the older man said, sticking his nose right into Caroline’s neck and breathing deeply. Caroline cringed, doing her best not to stiffen up. She wanted to tell the man that he smelled pretty awful himself. He had beer breath and seemed like he had no clue what a stick of deodorant was. Despite her best efforts to play it cool, the man must have noticed her hesitation.

“What’s the matter, baby? Don’t like my ‘gorgeous face’ as much up close?”

He kept his tone light, but Caroline notice that his arm had tightened around her in a solid grip. His friend leaned back in his chair with a smirk on his face. The old man looked up at his friend and chuckled.

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