Novice Defender by Marisa Chenery

Author:Marisa Chenery [Chenery, Marisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: YA Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group Ltd
Published: 2016-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

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Calan didn’t put in another appearance until the work day was almost over. He dropped Becca off at the gates before he took up his spot at the end of the field. Jerrica ignored him. There was no way she’d acknowledge that he’d basically spent the time doing nothing with Becca.

Once Mathias called it quits for the day, Jerrica waited until the workers were almost at the gate before she ran in the direction of the orchard. Her father would be out there. Even though he was now the leader of the settlement and no longer had to take on his previous job, he continued to go there before the workers left to see how the harvest of the ripe fruit had gone that day.

She waited until her dad had finished talking to one of the boys who worked there before she came up to him. He smiled when he saw her. She shifted to her human form.

“Hey, Dad.”

“What’s up? I would have thought you would have been with Calan, heading home for dinner.”

“I thought I’d walk home with you and have a talk.”

“Okay. What about?” He started walking in the direction that would take them to the gates. Jerrica kept pace beside him.

“It’s Calan. He’s not acting like himself. He seems to be getting…close to Becca.”

“What do you mean by ‘close’?”

“Like…really close. This morning he was at the gates with Becca, acting as if she were the only one there. And at lunch break he went off with her on his back while he was in wolf form. He didn’t return with her until a little while ago.”

Her dad’s brow furrowed. “That doesn’t sound like the Calan I know. Why would he go off with Becca?”

“I have no idea. He’s acting as if he’d rather be with her than me.”

Her father put his hand on her arm to bring her to a stop, then he turned her to face him. “You can’t think that. You’re his mate. He changed you so you’d be just like him. And you are the only one he could change.”

Jerrica met her dad’s gaze and had to hold back the hurt that Calan had caused from rising to the surface. “I don’t think he cares about that anymore, especially since he let Becca ride on his back while he was in wolf form. That was supposed to be something he only did with me.”

Her eyes burned with unshed tears, even though Jerrica tried her best to hold on to her emotions. Her dad put his arms around her and gathered her close in a tight hug. Jerrica pressed her cheek against his chest as a tear, then another rolled down her face. He patted her back and kissed the top of her head.

Jerrica wiped her cheek. “I shouldn’t be crying. I’m a Werewolf Defender. I have to be strong.”

“You might be an immortal werewolf, but you will always be my girl. If you want to cry, then cry. It just makes you human like the rest of us.

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