Circus Wolf by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: en-us
Format: mobi

Chapter Thirteen

Tigra’s stomach knotted. The silence between her and Hugh was deafening as they watched the police officers hustle down her caravan steps and disappear around the corner into the shadowy darkness of the closed arcade.

She pulled her keys out of her hidden pocket, eager to escape inside.

“Here, let me help you.” She felt a spark when he slid her keys from her grasp. He inhaled as if to fortify himself and then opened the door.

She pressed her lips tight. After a few seconds of indecision, she said, “You want to come in? I can make hot chocolate.” She remembered the sensual feel of him stroking her lips, stirring her, making her want him. His eyes glinted and she had the uneasy feeling he was reading her mind. Still a persistent sense of curiosity overrode her concerns, and she decided to accept the danger of inviting him in. She needed to learn what the police knew about him.

Although he could be dangerously persuasive, the risk was vital; she had new information about this handsome roustabout that couldn’t be ignored and another innocent young woman was dead. She reached inside and flipped up the entry wall switch, needing to shine some of light on what she felt certain was bound to be a disturbing conversation. She squared her shoulders and then stepped back and gestured for him to enter.

He lowered his brows and his eyes darkened. “You’re going to attack me with a bunch of questions about how my brother and I fit into all the evil, aren’t you? And then probably not believe my answers.”

“I’m trying to keep an open mind. You’re my assistant. We have to work together and count on each other. I want to trust you and I want you to trust me. But knowing you are a shifter and the new information from the police has raised questions that must be answered for any semblance of trust between us to continue.”

He shrugged. “I want to keep my job so I’ll come in for a few minutes. I doubt either of us will get much sleep tonight.” His nonchalance denied the tension charging the air between them. “And maybe the warm hot chocolate will relax us.”

She doubted anything could, and her theory was immediately tested as he filled the caravan with his wide-shouldered presence. She gestured to a folding chair. “Make yourself as comfortable as you can in my cramped quarters,” she said, heading straight for the compact alcove that served as her kitchen. From a packed cabinet, she got out the instant chocolate, two mugs, and a jar of marshmallows.

He was staring at her with a piercing gaze. She felt vulnerable and off balance; unfortunately she couldn’t take back that she’d revealed her tightly-guarded secret, or allowed poor judgment and passion in the steamy pool to further complicate and compound her mistakes.

They remained silent until she slid the hot chocolate in front of him and sat down next to him at the small folding table. She curled her fingers around the mug.

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