Caged Wolf (Wolves of Willow Bend Book 2) by Long Heather

Author:Long, Heather [Long, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The wait while Vivian spoke to Emma seemed to take forever. Gillian came over to sit on the edge of the truck bed next to where he leaned. The young healer had been a scrawny pre-teen the last time he’d seen her, but even then, she’d had a real gift. The silence surrounding her and the weight of her regard—even her scent—seemed to carry the freshness of citrus and the clean notes of a spring breeze. She wanted to ask him something, but the effort she expended to stay quiet was considerable.

Tyler and Linc sat on the curb while Mathias, Emma’s mate, prowled around the yard attacking what scant few weeds dared to intrude on his flowerbeds. If A.J. were a weed, he wouldn’t dare blow into the wolf’s yard. Oddly enough, it was Owen who seemed the most out of place. The Hunter stood on the sidewalk, not quite on Emma’s property, but easily within reach. Arms folded, he stared at them all without a trace of emotion in his face.

Yet, I can feel his glower from here. A.J. might have spent years in a cage, but he’d have to be deaf, dumb, blind, and stupid—maybe even dead—to miss the wolf’s attention on Gillian. He didn’t like her nearness to A.J.. Worse, he didn’t like her paying attention to him.

For A.J.’s part, he’d be fine if Gillian walked away. His focus remained on the house. Vivian had gone in to speak to Emma. The healer had made it perfectly clear A.J. could keep his ass outside and wait. He’d been fine with the request until someone inside turned on white noise. Like nails on a chalkboard, it played like a low level hum and occluded the women’s voices, so he couldn’t hear what they discussed.

“Emma will take good care of her,” Gillian said, a soft, low soothing note in her voice. She did that, she soothed people. Sunshine and softness, hard to be irritated or even upset around her. Her wolf was a natural submissive, a truly gracious and gifted animal who eased the aggravations of the dominants. The need to protect her kept their tempers in check.

Owen’s stance changed, a fraction of a shift, but his gaze bored into A.J.’s skull.

Correction, she soothes everyone but him. Amused at the turn of his thoughts, he almost smiled. The little wolf poked him and A.J. spared her a look. Oh, he hadn’t responded to her comment. “Yes,” he said, dredging up the words. “I know.” Weird, he had no problem talking to Vivian, but it took real effort to say something to Gillian.

A scowl marred her pretty little face, but flitted away as quickly as it arrived. “You’re upset.”

“I’m fine.” Certainly they had plenty of others who needed her attention. Not put off by his dismissal, she touched his arm with two fingers, a bare brush and he withdrew from the touch.

“No you’re not.” She sighed, but at his quick look, she held up her hands as though to placate him with surrender.

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