Change of Heart by Olivia R Burton

Author:Olivia R Burton [Burton, Olivia R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: urban fantasy, paranormal romance, werewolf, souls, empathy
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I woke alone on the couch to the smell of food cooking. While it hadn’t taken Mel and I long to find a comfortable position, I had evidently rejected the warmth of being wrapped and spooned. I was now stretched out on my stomach, arm draped off the side of the couch, face buried against the back. I pushed up to scan the room, wondering when Mel had gotten up.

Turned out he hadn’t; I’d just forced him onto the floor at some point.

“You hungry?” Chloe asked from the kitchen. I yawned, wiped the drool off my chin, and forced my body to cooperate until I was sitting up. Mel was slumped on his uninjured side on the floor, covered in blankets.

“That’s my secret. I’m always hungry,” I said. Chloe paused in her stirring and pan-shaking to look up at me with a wink.

“What were you hungry for last night?”

“It—nothing—I didn’t want to beat you up and Mel wouldn’t leave the couch.”

“So you performed a hostile takeover?”

“Damn straight.”

Careful not to step on Mel’s hand, I got up, padded toward the bathroom. By the time I was back at the bar chairs feeling slightly more awake and aware, Mel had woken up, too, and reclaimed the couch. He was rubbing the back of his neck, irritation crackling around him. I decided I didn’t have to feel guilty that he was sore because it had been his idea for us to sleep together.

“Order up,” Chloe announced. Mel pushed to his feet too, crossed the living room to the bar. Chloe winked as he took a seat but set a plate down in front of me. It was a mound of vegetables mixed in with carbs and tofu. I would have normally done my best to eat around the vegetables, but she’d done a damn good job of making sure they were fully integrated with the carbs.

Rats.

“What’s on the agenda for today?” I asked, immediately before shoveling food into my mouth.

“Mel’s gonna make some calls to his clients and ours and you and I are going to see Merrin.”

“Why do I have to stay and make the calls?” Mel asked. Chloe slid a plate across the counter in front of him and I noted with some jealousy that she’d given him double the portion I’d gotten.

“Because Evadne doesn’t like you. And someone has to do it.”

Mel sighed but didn’t argue, though I could tell some petulant part of him wanted to. We ate in silence for a bit before I felt I’d satisfied my great and terrible hunger just enough to continue questioning her.

“Why are we seeing Merrin?”

“Because this—Because. Okay.” Chloe paused, a rare seesaw of indecisiveness wobbling in her guts for a moment before she bit her lip, and then pressed on. “What’s been done to Mel, taking part of his soul, it requires a witch.”

“You think Merrin stole my wolf?”

“I don’t know, but I doubt it. I don’t think Evadne likes Kincade any more than she likes you.”

“Small blessings, I guess,” Mel said, before shoveling another forkful of food into his mouth.

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