Wolf Man by Nora Roberts

Author:Nora Roberts [Roberts, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Nora Roberts, SciFi/Fantasy
Publisher: Jove
Published: 2004-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

SHE woke as she always did after the change. Disoriented and achy. As if she’d barely recovered from a

long, debilitating illness.

And she woke hungry. Ravenous, which at first puzzled her. Until she remembered she hadn’t put any

meat in the cage with her. A foolish point of vanity, she supposed. She hadn’t wanted Gabe to see her

feed.

Gabe. She curled a little tighter into herself, a full body compress over the misery. He’d seen now. He

knew now. He’d never be able to look at her the same way again, not with desire or affection. Certainly

not with love.

But if she hadn’t misjudged him completely, once he was over the shock and the horror, he might be

able to help.

She made herself get up. She could smell the wolf still. The scent of it clung to her skin long after her

body was hers again, and the stink of it, even after so many years, turned her stomach.

She would take a long, hot shower, scrub it away. Then eat and work. And wait. If he came back, she

thought as she unlocked the cage, what she’d done would be worth the cost. He wouldn’t love her, not

the way she would always love him, but he would help her. The kindness in him would demand it.

If she was wrong, if he didn’t come back, she’d relocate again. Maybe go to Canada this time. He

might tell someone, of course, but no one would believe him. Still, it would be better all around if she

moved away, settled somewhere else.

She tugged on her jeans, then stopped with her fingers on the button of the fly as she stared at Amico’

s dog bed.

Amico sat on the wide cushion, watching her, waiting for her command. Beside the dog, Gabe was

sprawled. Sleeping.

She wasn’t disoriented now, she was simply dazed. Without thinking, she finished dressing, shut down

the camera. She released Amico from his guard stance with a whispered command. Even as the dog

stood, Gabe stirred.

His eyes fluttered open. She wanted to stroke his cheek, his hair. His eyelashes. But she kept her

hands at her sides as she crouched down.

“You stayed.”

“Huh?” His eyes were bleary for a moment, but she watched them sharpen even as he rubbed his

hands over his face, back through his tousled hair. “Yeah. Must’ve conked for a while. Who’d’ve

thought it? I could use coffee.”

“I’ll go up and make some.”

“What time is it?”

“Early. Just after dawn.”

He glanced at her wrist. She wore no watch. “How do you know?”

“I always know.” She straightened, reminded herself to maintain some distance, for both their sakes. “I

’ll put coffee on, then I need to shower. You’ll have questions. I’ll try to answer them.”

“All right.”

She went up the stairs with the dog beside her. But she didn’t look back as she unlocked the door, or

when she closed it behind her.

Silly for her hands to shake now, she thought. After all she’d been through, all she’d endured, she

would shake and tremble now? She spilled grounds on the counter as she measured them out and left

them there. She’d clean them up later.

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