Stolen Mate by Kimber White

Author:Kimber White
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nokay Press LLC

Thirteen

The cabin seemed smaller to me for some reason. My heart racing, I burst through the clearing, nearly stumbling over a fallen log. I saw no movement in the window. The place was empty.

My stomach flipped as I scanned the trees. Everything around me had gone still and quiet. There was no trace of Clint anywhere. A thousand knives went through me at the thought of never seeing him again. Had Jarred lied to me? Had they run him off for good?

No. I would have heard something. I would have felt something. I took a cautious step toward the cabin and choked back those tiny spikes of fear. I opened the door and peered inside. He hadn’t come back here. I wanted to call out to him but worried Marcus might have gone to warn my brother despite his promise. Then, there was Peter or the other packs.

I walked up the hill, heading back toward the lake. With each step, my trepidation grew. I found myself on the stretch of beach near the rocky ledge. A few minutes to sunset, I was in that in-between space again. Both the sun and the moon were out.

I stepped out on the ledge, looking out at the water. I didn’t see even a single wood duck in the distance. Even the fish had gone into hiding. No ripples on the water, it was still as glass.

I knelt down and ran my fingers over the surface. I felt a beat, deep below the surface. The water turned to froth, bubbling up in front of me. It sprayed upward like a geyser. Startled, I fell back, landing on my palms. Clint’s tiger broke the surface and pounced onto the rock beside me in one graceful arc.

He shifted in an instant. Water sluiced down his chest as his tiger stripes went dim. His blazing green eyes locked with mine. My breath left me. My heartbeat thundered. I reached out with a tentative hand and curved my fingers around his arm, pulling him toward me.

“Don’t,” he said, half growling.

“Don’t? Don’t what? Don’t touch you? Don’t be here? I don’t know what you want from me.”

Clint’s jaw tightened. He was coiled, ready to shift again. My own wolf rumbled inside of me, pushing to get out.

“You know exactly what I want from you,” he said, his voice dropping so low I heard it with more than just my ears.

Time seemed to stop. The events of the last few days replayed in my mind. Peter’s challenge. Clint’s kiss. Sarah’s vision. Pat’s words. Stop fighting your path and your fate.

I rarely thought of her anymore, but at that moment, I wanted my mother. She too had left her home and everyone she knew to fulfill an arranged mating with my father. She knew her duty and her place and she’d honored both. Her path. Her fate.

I reached for Clint again. This time, he didn’t protest. His eyelids grew heavy and he let out rumbling purr as I slid my hands across his chest.

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