Spellbound Fate: A Fantasy Shifter Romance by Paige Darden

Author:Paige Darden [Darden, Paige]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The air smelled amazing. Callan had his muzzle pushed out the window of Emery’s car, inhaling as much as he could as she drove them into town.

His mate looked put together, with stockings, a blue dress, and her hair neatly up. Unlike him, who’d ended up in a muddle over being around so many people he didn’t know after so many years of being alone. The night before, he’d held Emery—after distracting her for as long as possible with his face between her thighs—and soothed her as she’d woken up from nightmare after nightmare. And this morning she’d understood when he’d not been able to comb his hair without his hand trembling.

Emery had told him to shift. As a wolf, he wouldn’t have to talk to anybody, and he felt better having his fangs available if he needed to defend her.

When he’d jumped into the little car’s passenger seat—after a thorough sniff to ensure nobody had touched it that shouldn’t have, as Callan didn’t put it past James to sabotage her car—he hadn’t even been thinking of how wonderful the air being rammed down his nose would be. He could scent everything. The air was alive with the rich, layered smells of the earth, the forest, and the village they were heading toward. It was like a flood of sensory overload, each new scent pulling him deeper into the moment. He could almost taste the sweetness of the trees, the sharpness of the river, the musk of animals far off in the distance.

“I’m sorry I can’t let you hang your head all the way out,” Emery said gently, scratching behind his ears. Her fingers were light, and she kept her eyes on the road. “But it’s too cold. I’d be a block of ice in seconds.” She paused, and Callan wiggled his ears in acknowledgment, wishing she’d worn a heavier coat. The crisp air carried the scent of deer, rabbits, and the occasional badger, all of them drifting by in the wind. He jammed his nose a little further out the window, hoping to catch more, but the cold bite of the air reminded him why he was confined to the warmth of the car.

Emery’s hands were steady on the wheel as she turned the car onto the smoother paved road, the bumpy dirt path giving way to the easy glide of tarmac beneath them. It let her accelerate, and that’s when the smells really started to hit him. A whole new world of scents filled the air, and they crowded in from every direction. He’d never driven in a vehicle as a wolf before. If he’d been able to keep his nose out the window during those crowded troop transports, maybe he would have been able to understand where they were going, what they were passing. But now, everything was clearer, every scent more distinct.

As they neared the town, the unmistakable stench of civilization began to cloud the air, making his nerves tingle with anxiety. Glass River wasn’t

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