Wolf Called by Nicole R. Taylor

Author:Nicole R. Taylor [Taylor, Nicole R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole R. Taylor

Chapter 15

Sloane

Chaser turned the car off the highway onto a dirt track that led towards the ocean.

The land dipped a little, but it was mostly flat, the sandy earth covered with low-lying shrubs and trees that’d been battered down by gale force winds.

The coastline along the edge of the Nullarbor was called the Great Australian Bight—it was the bit that looked like someone had taken a bite out of the continent—and the land’s edge was kilometres and kilometres of sheer cliffs.

The car wasn’t made for off-roading, but Chaser made it work, finding a spot concealed from both track and highway.

I sat in the passenger seat, my bare toes digging into the rough sand while Chaser built a pyre. He flitted around like a hummingbird, moving faster than my eyes could follow.

Then as the sun set, he set it alight, the flames flickering hungrily, sparking with flashes of green and blue from the salt as they caught the dried wood.

The wind tore through my hair, blowing it in all directions and dispersing the smoke. It took the smell with it, and I was thankful. The last thing I wanted was to smell two roasting vampires.

Emerging from the car, I sat on a rock, the stone still warm from the day. To my surprise, Chaser sat beside me, his shoulders hunched.

“You could’ve gotten yourself killed today,” he said.

Images of blood burst through my mind. “But I didn’t.”

“That’s not the point.”

“I may not be whatever you are, but I’m capable. I’m not some wallflower who’ll wait around for a man to save her. I’m going to turn and be who I’m supposed to be.”

“Being in this fight means you will have to kill, Sloane. You won’t be able to avoid it. Right now, I’m taking that burden for you.”

I glanced at him, but he wasn’t looking at me. “So, you do have feelings in there.”

“Don’t mistake my words for anything other than revealing a harsh reality,” he drawled.

A wave of anger pulsed through me, and I scowled. Did vampires have any humanity? Did they remember what it was like to be alive before turning into one of the undead? Did he have a heart? Sometimes I thought he did, even though he was cold and abrasive most of the time.

What a pair we made.

“Liar.”

“I have no reason to lie.”

“Just admit it,” I said, fisting my hands into the front of his T-shirt.

He stared at me and ground his teeth, his body tensing. “I won’t.”

I knew what he was thinking. If he admitted I was right, it meant he’d dropped the ball. It meant he would’ve been responsible if I’d wound up dead back at that roadhouse. Chaser was obviously not used to losing.

We stared at each other for a long time, the tension boiling right up to the flood marker of what I could bear.

“The moon is full tonight,” I said, breaking free of his gaze. “I want to turn and you’re going to tell me how.”

The tension bled from his cold body, and he turned back towards the flames.

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