Wolf's Promise (Caedmon Wolves) by Kirk Ambrielle

Author:Kirk, Ambrielle [Kirk, Ambrielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-11-27T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The phone rang six times before her dad, Charlie Moore, picked up. It was just like him. He hated talking on the phone, and even despised having to do anything related to computers or technology.

“Hello?” His voice held a hint of uncertainty.

“Hi, Dad. It’s me.”

“Selene. Sweetie, is something wrong? You’re calling me from an unknown private number. I almost didn’t pick up.”

She stole a glance at Nick who maneuvered his pickup truck off the main highway onto a gravelly road.

“I’m fine. Don’t panic, but remember that trip I took out of town…?”

“Are you alright?” Of course, he would panic.

“Well, my car sort of broke down, and I’m kind of stranded out here.”

“Stranded out where, Sweetie?”

“Virginia. Up near the mountains,” she said, carefully.

“I thought you flew out to Florida on vacation. Honey, what’s going on?”

“Dad, calm down. I’m fine. There was a change of plans. Don’t worry. I’m safe and plan to take the next flight out in a few days.”

“But you have no car. Where are you now?”

“I’m being taken care off.” She picked at a piece of lint on her pants. “Besides I came here sort of on business. One of my clients needed my help.”

“Selene…”

“I know what you’re going to say, but I’m fine.”

“You’re breaking up. Honey, what did you say?”

Sure enough, some static blared through the phone. Selene glanced out of the window. Branches overhang in the road way as they drove through dense trees.

“I’m going to have to call you back. Okay? Dad?”

There was silence. When she looked down at the display on the screen, it flashed brightly with the words, call disconnected.

“Sorry about that.” Nick frowned. “We’ll drive back into town to get a better reception.”

“That’s okay. Dad would have worried about me one way or the other.”

“Any parent would.” He turned right onto another dirt road. “I take it that you’re his only child.”

“Yes. My parents are separated. My mother remarried and now I have three younger siblings. The divorce happened when I was just ten years old. My dad was so overprotective of me that he somehow convinced my mother and the judge to grant him full custody.” She handed the cell back to Nick. “He’s always been that way. It’s the reason why I’m still very much a single woman.” Her face grew warm when she made the slip up. “Oh…now I’m embarrassed. I didn’t mean to sound so pitiful. I do get out and enjoy life, so I’m not a total nun.”

He smiled. “Are you part nun then?”

She laughed.

“Don’t be embarrassed. Your dad sounds like the type of man no one should underestimate.”

“I sometimes wonder if he runs off my male friends on purpose. It doesn’t matter who they are or if I’m even romantically involved with them. I moved out at nineteen, but he’s found a way to keep tabs on me from across hundreds of miles.”

“Didn’t you say you came out here to help one of your clients?”

“Yeah. I’d been working with her for half a year when she called me ready to leave her fiancé.

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