Shifters Mountain by Meredith Bailey

Author:Meredith Bailey [Bailey, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

When I next woke, the sun was spearing into the chalet, drawing dazzling squares on the floor. My face burned as I recalled the events of the early morning. The moment I heard Ashley moving around, I pulled the blanket over my head and hid my stupid, slutty face.

When he tried to ease it away, I held it tightly, shaking my head.

“Leave me alone.”

“You have nothing to be ashamed of, April.”

“Did you get amnesia? Did you forget what a stupid little slut I was last night?” I pulled harder at the blanket.

“One of the listed side effects of the pain killer I injected is vasodilation, dilation of the capillaries.”

“It doesn’t mean I get to act like a whore.”

“You weren’t in control. Your body became unusually sensitive, and desired physical contact.”

“I’m so embarrassed. I can’t look you in the eye.”

“It wasn’t your fault.” He tried to ease the blanket from my head, but I clung to it. I’d tried to entice him into my arms. I’d spread my legs and begged him to touch me. There was no excuse for the way I’d behaved.

“Okay,” he said at last. His grip on the blanket eased. “I will cook breakfast. Perhaps hunger will persuade you into the open.”

“I’m never coming out of here. Please call a helicopter, or a sled team to take me away.”

“I give you ten minutes.”

~

He was right, damn him. Once the smell of bacon reached me, I struggled to stay on the sofa. The blanket slid from my head and I inhaled deeply, relishing the wonderful aroma. I groaned. What was a girl supposed to do?

I resisted for another sixty seconds before giving in. Still feeling sheepish, I put my feet on the floor and dressed as quickly as I could, staying as low as possible. Not that it mattered, really. He’d seen everything I had to offer. And offer it I had, in spades. My cheeks burned at the memory. But the fact he’d been so dismissive of my outrageous behavior gave me some comfort. Plus he’d been strong enough to resist me, whereas I’d given into my sexual urges and offered myself to him on a plate. God knows what would have happened if his resolve had crumbled. We’d have been at it like rabbits, most likely.

“Ah, the sleeper has awakened.”

“Don’t,” I murmured. “I feel terrible.”

“You have the headache?”

“No. I have the humiliation.”

“I do not. I have already explained—”

“It was the drugs, yes. I remember. I still wish it had never happened.”

“Think nothing of it. I have experienced such erratic behavior in the past.”

“You should have slapped me.”

“This would have been improper.”

“Not as improper as the things I did.”

“Sit down. Put it from your mind.” He laid a plate of bacon, eggs and mushrooms in front of me.

“That looks delicious.”

“Then you should eat, before it goes cold.”

I did.

Ashley made no mention of my lewd antics, not even as a joke. I was hugely grateful. But something he’d said had circled my mind, orbiting my curiosity neuron, swooping past to tease my mind with half-remembered facts.

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