Karly's Wolf (Hollow Hills Book 1) by Penny Alley & Maren Smith

Author:Penny Alley & Maren Smith [Alley, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red Hot Romance Erotic Novel
Published: 2014-09-28T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Colton bought Karly two coffees over the course of the morning and a chocolate- and raspberry-filled pastry for breakfast. They watched the games, moving from one shade tree to another, following the shadows as the sun reached its zenith and then began to descend again. When one group of women on the field got too tired or too beat-up to continue playing, another took its place and the games started all over again. If there was a score to be kept, Karly couldn’t figure it out and Colton didn’t volunteer any explanation.

From the thick row of observers in constant motion around the battlefield’s outskirts, Karly began to pick out odd groupings among the viewers—certain men kept catching her eye. Maybe it was only because Colton had told her the significance of this town-wide celebration that she noticed them at all, but they were watching so intently, bending their heads together, gathering in peer-aged groups rather than as family units as she would have expected.

“Shouldn’t you be out there with the others?” she asked, feeling guilty because it was obvious that she was responsible for keeping him from it. Archaic and somewhat misogynistic though it might be to her; to Hollow Hills this was important, and she had no business judging them.

“I know where I need to be,” Colton said, handing her one of three sausages-on-a-stick that he’d just bought from another vender.

“What kind of meat is this?” It smelled spicy and definitely looked homemade.

Colton smirked slightly as he bit into his own. “If you’re still curious after you’ve finished it, I’ll tell you. But you probably don’t want to know.”

Don’t get attached, she had to tell herself when he cocked her another of those crooked grins. She knew better than to let herself get drawn in by that sweet, slow, southern boy charm he exuded every bit as effortlessly as he breathed, but, oh, it was so hard. And getting harder the longer she stayed by his side.

The way he took her around the field, introducing her to some of the townsfolk, introducing her to some of the carnival-type games they had set up for those not directly participating in the ‘mating’ selection going on in the arena—penny tosses, target shoots, pitch and dunks—it began to feel almost like dating. Oh yes, she knew better than this. She should have gone straight home right from the moment she realized she was going to have this problem, but it had been so long since anyone had paid her this kind of attention.

She liked it. She’d missed it. She felt such a surging hatred for Dan, who had robbed her of so much these last four years. On the heels of that, though, came a cascading wave of fear because she knew this wasn’t permanent. Colton wanted something she couldn’t give him, and all she wanted was to feel safe, if just for a little while.

Colton did that for her. It was ridiculous how secure he’d made her feel in such a shockingly short amount of time.

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