The Way We Were(wolf): A sweet paranormal romcom (When in West Virginia) by Lindsey Jesionowski

Author:Lindsey Jesionowski [Jesionowski, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter

Eight

It was a peacefully glorious fall night at the driving range…until it wasn’t.

“You what?!” Nathan shouted loud enough to wake the dead. Well, Eric hoped that wasn’t the case. They had enough problems tonight without having extra guests watch his inevitable talking-to. Or yelling-to, as it was.

“You don’t get it because you don’t have this power, this responsibility. If I can heal people, why shouldn’t I? The kid’s leg was blown to pieces. What was I supposed to do, Nathan? Let him lie there in pain?” He picked up a golf ball and chucked it deeper into the woods, frustration getting the better of him.

Normally, Eric enjoyed roaming the driving range, searching the grass for balls the carts had missed and putting them up by the clubhouse. Fresh air and a good deed—two things Eric loved. But he was still paying for this last good deed he’d done. And if the red, bulging eyes on his brother’s face were any sign, he was going to pay for this one for a long time.

“You shouldn’t have even been there in the first place!” Nathan boomed, making several bats in the nearby trees flap away. “We had a deal, Eric. And I thought you were going to keep your distance from her.”

“You said I could come to town and live like a human for once instead of living a life of obscurity with you in the woods like a couple of monsters.”

“But you are a monster!” This time, no animals skittered off. Probably because he’d already frightened the pants off any creatures in a ten-mile radius—well, if animals wore pants, that is.

“Half a monster,” Eric corrected. He felt like that was an important detail to make clear. Even if it confirmed that he was also half-monster, something he wished he could forget.

Nathan grabbed his hair in clumps, looking into the starlit sky. “What are you doing, man?” His words lacked the fight his earlier ones once had.

“Living. Maybe you should try it sometime.”

Nathan flinched, stumbling back a step as his mouth opened once, twice, before any words came out. “You know what happened to me…when I got too close to a girl—”

“What does Lucy have to do with this?”

“She has everything to do with this!”

Eric shook his head slowly, eyes narrowing on his brother. “I’m not going to blow our cover.”

“You say that now…” he began. He kicked a rock with a grunt as they watched it sail past the 300-yard marker. “You know what happens when you shift. I’ve watched you lose total control, and there’s no telling what you’ll do. And I know that’s hard for you to understand because you never remember, but…someone’s going to get hurt.”

He stepped back, crossing his arms over his chest as he shook his head. “Not a chance. I’d never hurt Lucy.”

“And what if you can’t help it?”

Eric shook his head as he walked a couple of steps away, needing his distance but knowing he couldn’t leave. “I get it now.” After all this time, Nathan still couldn’t reconcile with his past.

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