Human Shifter (Book Three: A Werewolf BBW Shifter Romance) by Rose Aubrey

Author:Rose, Aubrey [Rose, Aubrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-10-18T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Julia

Julia left the house in a fury. Having him know every nuance of her emotion was bad enough, but he'd been reading her thoughts without telling her! Hot tears welled up behind her eyes as she stormed down the porch steps and across the lawn. She didn't know where she was going, only that she had to get out.

The sun did not reach through in the thickest parts of the forest, and Julia ended up on a small trail that led down to where the dense firs branched over a stream. Balancing precariously, she clambered up the side of a boulder and sat down. The boulder overlooked the water, and Julia closed her eyes, letting the rest of her senses feel the forest as Damien would feel it. The soft bubbling of water over stones. The birds calling from one tree to another; a woodpecker at work not far off in the distance. A rustling of leaves, the slow creak of branches moved by the invisible wind overhead.

"Are you following me too?"

Julia snapped her head around and saw Mara standing just a few feet downstream, her arms crossed.

"What—where is ... " Julia looked around. Someone should be here.

"Jordan is just over the hill by his shelter, don't worry," Mara said. "Everybody's got their eye on me."

"That's not why I came here," Julia said. "Sorry, I didn't even know this was where you were."

"Why, then?" Mara cocked her head curiously. Julia didn't know how to respond, but when she didn't say anything Mara leapt up nimbly onto the rock next to her.

"I'd rather not talk about it," Julia said.

"If you're going to blame me for all of this—"

"I'm not," Julia said. "This isn't about you."

"Oh. Okay," Mara said. She sat in silence for a moment. A leaf drifted by in the stream, bobbing around the stones. Julia watched it go until it disappeared downstream.

"I'm sorry about what happened with Damien," Mara said.

Julia looked over in surprise. Mara's arms were wrapped around her knees protectively. Her previously snarky disposition seemed disarmed by Julia's obvious distress, but she was still wary.

"How did it happen?" Julia asked, being careful not to let any blame come into her voice.

"I—I thought it was Kyle following me. I led him through some tricks, to see if his tracking was as good as he said it was. He's kind of a brag."

"That's putting it mildly," Julia said. "What tricks?"

"Basic stuff." Mara shook her hair behind her shoulders. "Crossing streams, backtracking, that kind of thing. I was about to say forget it and go home—I thought Kyle had given up trying to track me. But I guess Damien was out looking for me too."

"He found you?" Julia asked, her heart beating faster.

"Yeah, and I had a great place hidden right outside of the territory. He came looking for me and I—you know, I jumped at him. I wanted to see if he could fight, even though he was blind.

"And?" Julia's mouth was dry, her muscles tense as though she was there, fighting alongside Damien.

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