Passion (Shifters Forever More Book 5) by Elle Thorne

Author:Elle Thorne [Thorne, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Paranormal & Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Adult Themes, The Shifters Mate, Supernatural Fantasy, Protection & Safety, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Multicultural & Interspecies Relationships, Romantic Schemes, Dangerous & Deadly, Romantic Suspense, Mythical Creatures, Action & Adventure, SciFi Fantasy Romance, Hearts Desire, Futuristic, Beautiful & Feisty, Genetic Engineering Fiction, Fated Mates Romance, Furever Shifter Mates, Shifters Forever Worlds, Shifters Forever More Series
Publisher: Barbed Borders Press
Published: 2020-03-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Matteo carried the basket Mae had assembled for them. She’d winked at him conspiratorially as he’d closed the door behind him. He didn’t care for the implication behind that wink. He wasn’t taking her on a walk so they could do the nasty in the forest. Not that it was something he was dead set against. It simply wasn’t on the agenda.

His agenda, plain and simple, was to get to know this woman better. To find about her. What she was doing out in the woods. Where she was from. What the hell that bubble was about. If a kiss happened, well, that was just fine by him. And his dragon! But that wasn’t the ultimatum.

“I’d rather not go too far from the inn,” Jolie said.

“Not a problem. There’s a clearing, almost within sight of the bed-and-breakfast—if there weren’t trees blocking the view. Sound good?” He wondered why she had an aversion to leaving the inn when she clearly didn’t even know the people housed within. Another question to get an answer to.

“Why’d you agree to the picnic? His dragon had voiced the very same thing when she’d said yes. And though Matteo’s pride wanted to say she accepted because she liked him, the dragon wasn’t appeased with that reason.

She kicked at a pinecone then stooped to pick up a different one and tossed it underhand through a crook in a tree branch. She picked another one up and repeated the gesture. Clearly, she was stalling.

“It’s not because of my good looks,” he teased, trying to get her to look his way.

She did, giving him a sideways glance, platinum hair swinging with each step. He sensed her pulse picking up. Picked up the aroma of her attraction to him. The pheromones thick in the air.

“No, it’s not just that.”

“Ah, so it’s that, partially?” he prodded.

Her lips tipped upward with a tiny smile. “I was thinking I could recruit you.”

“Are you building an army?” They arrived at a picnic table under a large maple he’d noticed on prior explorations. “This good?”

She nodded. “It’s fine. Only if you consider a party of three to be an army.”

He cocked his head, curiosity burning. “Party of three? Who’s the third?”

“I was thinking Samara.”

“Before I enlist,” he said as he began to unpack the meal Mae’d had assembled by the kitchen staff, “I’d like to know what I’m signing up for.”

She blew her hair out of her face. “I guess asking you to come along, sight unseen, wouldn’t be fair. Especially when it could be dangerous.”

This was getting good. She was coming closer to confiding… something.

He spread a blanket and began to unpack. The breeze blew her hair about her face and she tucked it behind her ear. How tempted he’d been to do that for her.

She plucked a bottled water from the basket and twisted the lid. He watched as she tipped her head back, the lines of her neck graceful as the water made its way down, making her throat move up and down.

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