Winter Wolf (A New Dawn Novel Book 1) by Rachel M Raithby

Author:Rachel M Raithby [Raithby, Rachel M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-11-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Later that day when the sun had set and everyone had gone to bed, Katalina lay awake, her mind going over the day. She shot upright in bed when the sound of her door opening disturbed her. She closed her hand around the baseball bat hidden under the covers.

“Urgh, Bass, you scared me,” she sighed, when his smiling face appeared.

“Katalina, if you’d have used your senses, you would have known it was me.” His eyes settled on the bat she still held. “Planning on knocking me out?” he joked.

“Oh…no, of course not, but, I’m not exactly feeling too safe right now.”

“Katalina,” he whispered coming to her side, “you are safe. I promise. I’ll never let anyone hurt you.”

“They could have taken me today, Bass,” she answered, sounding rattled.

“There was never a chance of that happening. I sensed them approach. I just couldn’t get away from your grandmother, but you handled yourself beautifully, Kat. You’re stronger than you think.”

“If you say so,” she muttered.

“I know so,” he replied, leaning in for a kiss.

Pulling back from his kiss, she asked, “What are you doing here anyway? You’ll be kicked out the house if you’re found.”

“Everyone’s asleep. Although, I think your aunt forced herself to stay awake for a while, thinking I’d be sneaking in.”

“Which you are,” Katalina smiled, feeling less afraid now he was with her.

He smiled cheekily. “I’ve come to steal you away.”

“What?” she frowned?

“Come run with me.”

“Running? It’s the middle of the night,” Katalina said, sounding skeptical.

“I know. The best time not to be seen.”

“You mean you want to go out and run around as wolves? What about Jackson’s men?”

“I’ll deal with them.”

“I don’t know, Bass. I’d rather just try to sleep.”

“Okay.” He kissed her lips. “I’ll be back in a bit.”

“You’re still going?”

“Yes, Kat, I’m not used to staying human for such a long period. If I do not allow my wolf freedom, he will become unsettled.”

“Oh…okay, be careful.”

He kissed her hungrily, cupping her face. “I will,” he breathed into her mouth, making her shudder.

He slipped out the window. Katalina lay on her side staring out the window, imagining Bass changing into his black wolf, blending into the night as if he were a part of it. Part of her longed to join him, but she pushed that part away, not wanting to acknowledge that her wolf was becoming as much a part of her as her human side. With a sigh, she turned over, roughly wrapping the covers around her shoulders and forced her eyes to stay shut.

She tossed and turned for a long time, feeling at war with herself, wanting to join Bass and worrying if he was safe. She wanted to sleep and pretend she was still the normal girl she’d been before she’d turned eighteen. Her last glance at the clock read two-thirty a.m. Bass had been gone for over an hour. She imagined the three enforcers tracking him down and attacking him. She almost climbed out of bed and went into the night looking for him.

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