Kendra Leigh Castle - [MacInnes Werewolves 03] by Wild Highland Magic

Author:Wild Highland Magic [Magic, Wild Highland]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-12T14:51:15.525000+00:00

Chapter 10

The following morning, Cat stood on Bastian’s doorstep, fidgeting nervously and hoping she

didn’tlook like she was fidgeting. It was eight, she saw, glancing at her small wristwatch again. Not

too early, she hoped, especially since Bastian had slipped away from the festivities just as the sun was

setting. He should be more rested than she was.

Not, Cat thought with a wince,that his departure had been anything other than her own damn fault.

At least dealing with her relatives hadn’t been the struggle she’d been expecting after

Duncan’s complaints. In fact, entertaining them had been easy. Ill advised, Cat thought, but easy.

Managing the newfound members of her family, on the other hand, had turned out to be downright

impossible. Between the bawdy jokes, eating, drinking, dancing, drinking, random ripping off of clothing

to shift into wolves, and even more drinking, all she could do was try to keep up with them.

Her lingering headache told her maybe she hadn’t needed to try quite so hard in that area. But it had

been fun to start getting to know her wild, hilarious, and possibly insane relatives. It hadn’t even felt

strange, at the end of the night, to crawl into bed as a Wolf. To have what she was be so accepted, to

have Changing feel so natural, was something she’d longed for all her life.

The only thing missing from the celebration had been Bastian. His absence had cast more of a shadow

over her enjoyment than she’d expected. But then, she shouldn’t have been too surprised, after

what he’d told her when he’d managed to steal her away for a few minutes. Three days ago she

had been just another elementary school teacher on vacation, albeit one with an interesting reaction to

moonlight. Today, she was permanently bound to an otherworldly, blood-drinking sorcerer who had

been pursued for most of his life by a soul-sucking shadow determined to destroy him. Oh, and her little

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sister was nursing an evil dragon shape-shifter back to health so he could be coerced into saving

Bastian’s life with his blood…

Thus far, it had been one hell of a vacation.

She was a little concerned about what could happen by the end of the gathering. A plague of locusts? An

invasion by flesh-eating zombies? She shuddered and tried to push away the image of an army of the

undead swarming the grounds. It wasn’t going to getthat bad.

She hoped.

Cat reached out to knock at the door, hesitated, and then pulled her hand back. How should she act

when she saw him? Casual? Thrilled? Indifferent? They were mated now, something she still hadn’t

quite managed to wrap her brain around. And with the little time they’d spent together, she

wasn’t sure Bastian would welcome her tossing herself into his arms as soon as he opened the door.

It seemed so…needy . And she’d always hated girls like that.

She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. It would have been nice if he’d stuck around a little

longer so she could have tried to find some comfort level in interacting with him. As it was,

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