The Alpha Claims a Mate by St. Clair Georgette

Author:St. Clair, Georgette [St. Clair, Georgette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Published: 2013-08-06T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Loch had come into the house un-noticed, and was standing in the arched entryway to the living room, his face dark with anger.

Portia’s face went pale. “Outside. Now,” he snapped.

Portia swallowed hard, then turned and stalked out of the house without a word.

The sheriff nodded at the widow. “I’m sorry for your loss, Miss Timmons,” he said, and turned and walked out, and Ginger followed him, her heart frozen in her chest. What the hell was happening here?

Portia was quickly climbing into her patrol car when the sheriff barked at her “Get back here, now!” She froze and sat there for a second as if contemplating the idea of ignoring him, then she slowly climbed out and walked over to where he stood, her face sullen.

He glanced at Ginger. “What are you doing here?”

“Portia said that you wanted me to investigate…” she saw Portia frantically gesturing at her as if begging her to be quiet. Obviously Portia had lied when she’d said the sheriff wanted Ginger at the scene.

The sheriff turned to Portia. “Are you crazy? You thought you’d get away with going behind my back like that?”

Portia didn’t answer, staring sullenly at the ground.

“We all know what happened with Mr. Timmons. There was absolutely no need to humiliate that woman and her family like that. You brought Ginger here to stir up trouble and make her look like the bad guy – at that family’s expense.”

“I didn’t say anything to the family,” Ginger said hastily. “I just said that it appears that he collapsed and died of a heart attack. Which is true. Mostly. I mean, there was a young man in the room with him when he collapsed, and they were, uh…”

“I can imagine,” the sheriff said darkly.

He turned back to Portia. “I should be out dealing with a missing professor, and preventing Jax from starting a war with the Panther Nation. Instead I’m here dealing with your childish and completely unacceptable behavior.”

“Unacceptable!” Portia hissed. “I’ll tell you what’s unacceptable! She’s a red wolf, you’re grey! You can’t-“

The sheriff let out a low, warning growl, and his eyes glowed amber with rage.

Portia wilted, shrinking back. “You can’t treat me like this. You know who my aunt is,” she muttered weakly. “I’ll quit, that’s what I’ll do.”

“Resignation accepted. Ginger, come with me.” He turned on his heel and walked away, with Ginger quickly following him.

Portia’s wails of protest filled the air. “You can’t do this! You’ll hear from my aunt! You’ll hear from the council!” she shouted.

Ginger and the sheriff climbed into the patrol car. Ginger had to hug herself to keep her hands from shaking.

The sheriff pulled out of the parking lot. “I apologize for that. And for this morning. I owe you an explanation,” he said. “Portia…her family has been trying to arrange a marriage between us for ages, for political reasons. Their family is very wealthy, mine has a lot of connections and influence in this area of the state. I made it very clear to them that she wasn’t my fated mate, but they kept pushing .

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