Red: Into the Dark by Sophie Stern

Author:Sophie Stern [Stern, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-29T04:00:00+00:00

11.

Red

“No,” I say simply, and let him go. “I just think it’s pretty crazy that I almost got murdered by a group of evil shifters and now the one shifter I really want just rejected me. Just my luck.”

I throw my hands up and march out of the cabin, letting the screen door slam behind me. I’m buck naked, but I don’t care anymore.

I need a break from this.

Nash follows me, his own nudity making mine pale in comparison. Seriously, how much time does that guy spend at the gym? Are all shifters that cut? He’s taller than I expected, and lean. He’s fit, but not too muscular. He looks like he runs and lifts a little. He looks like he’d be fun to fuck.

Oh, dammit!

Why is my mind going there?

As if my day wasn’t hard enough without a heaping dose of by-the-way-your-pet-is-really-a-super-hot-shifter.

As if I needed something else to worry about.

“Go away,” I say over my shoulder, but I don’t look back. “I’m going for a walk. I need some fresh air.”

“You can’t really expect me to let you go into the woods on your own. There could be more men out there.”

“I don’t expect you to ‘let’ me do anything. You aren’t my dad or my boyfriend. You sure as hell aren’t my lover. So wherever you got the idea that you get to tell me what to do, you can go right ahead and shove it up your ass.”

I’m being a little harsh. Well, honestly, I’m being more than a little harsh, but I just don’t have the patience for him right now. I don’t know if I ever did.

When we kissed, I felt alive. I felt free. When his lips melted against mine, I felt safer than I ever have before, so why the rejection?

Having him turn me down hurts worse than being attacked did because it’s stabbing me to my core. My heart hurts. I really let myself like him. Why did I do that? There’s a reason I’m so guarded all the time. When you’re guarded, you don’t let anyone in, and you don’t get hurt.

I’ve had enough loss in my life to last me five lifetimes. My parents died. My brother is a murderous psycho. My grandmother was killed in front of me. I’ve probably been replaced at work. I have no friends.

And my pet wolf is actually a super hot guy who doesn’t want to fuck me.

And oh, I really, really, really want him to want to fuck me.

I walk down the path and around the bend into the woods. I shouldn’t be out here. Not after this morning. Not after everything.

Somehow, it seems right, though.

I close my eyes and breathe in the scent of the wilderness. Pine trees, oaks, and maples fill this forest and I don’t intend to waste anymore time feeling sorry for myself about ol’ Nash.

I know he’s following me, but I ignore him as I walk along the trail. I don’t say anything because I don’t have anything to say.

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