Claiming Her by Kelly Lucille

Author:Kelly Lucille [Lucille, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Paranormal, Shape Shifters, Werelions, Werewolves, Werebears
Amazon: B00LI482M0
Goodreads: 22091259
Publisher: KLM publishing
Published: 2014-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Isabella saw Cleo at the same time Lucas started forward into the crowd. She was talking with Shawn and Jax. Nobody looked even remotely happy. Uh-oh. They were a few feet away when Shawn looked up and saw Lucas bearing down. Lucas jerked his chin, acknowledging that he had this, and Shawn handed Cleo what looked to be an ‘anything goes’ and melted.

Lucas walked up to Cleo and Jax and, without any warning he picked up the wolf by the scruff of his neck and tossed him towards an empty spot on the beach.

“Lucas,” Isabella snapped, thankful he, at least, didn’t take any guests down with him when he hit.

Cleo was watching the wolf fly, and then turned, narrowing her eyes on her dad. “Why did you do that?”

“Don’t like him,” Lucas muttered off hand, his eyes taking in his grown daughter in her island get up. He swallowed and then made an effort. “You look beautiful, Cleo.”

Cleo lost a good deal of tension at his words, and smiled at her father full out. Even Isabella could feel the warmth coming off that smile, it was that beautiful.

“Thanks, Dad.” Cleo dropped the ginormous drink on the nearest table and moved in to hug her father.

He pulled Cleo close and Isabella stood back, took a deep breath, and let it out slowly.

“Too grown up to dance with your father?” he asked quietly to the top of her head.

“To Calypso music?” Cleo asked with a laugh, her face tucked close into her father’s neck.

Lucas looked up at the gyrating crowd, then narrowed his eyes at the half-naked band, whose costumes seemed to be nothing more than leather loincloths and beads; then he turned to glare at Miley, his arms holding his daughter getting visibly tighter.

Isabella cleared her throat and moved back a step. “I’ll get them to play something slow. You two dance. Have a good time.” She smiled at Cleo, her steps back slowing just a bit. “Happy birthday, Cleo.”

Cleo smiled at her and spoke right before Isabella turned to go. “Thanks, Miley.”

“Don’t go too far,” Lucas called loudly to be heard over the music.

She rolled her eyes, but she was already turned away and he couldn’t see it. But she did holler back in exasperation. “It’s a small island, Lucas. Nowhere is too far.”

Isabella moved to the stage and gave her request to the band. Then she watched besides the stage as Cleo and her father danced.

“That’s beautiful,” Rebecca whispered beside her, her arm going around Isabella’s shoulder as soon as she was close enough.

“Yeah,” Isabella answered on a sigh. Then blinked and smiled at her friend. “Why aren’t you out there with one of your guys?”

“Lucas mentioned to Griffin that he was taking the evening off to guard his daughter at the drunken luau. Those were his words, by the way, ‘guard’ his daughter. He also told him that the hardware installation was finished with the cameras and motion detectors on the out of the way spots where someone might try to swim ashore without detection.

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