Wolf's Secret (Alpha's Hunger Book 2) by Carina Wilder

Author:Carina Wilder [Wilder, Carina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Are you ready to go?” Tristan asked as he stood by Clarissa’s car, his starkly blue eyes fixed on me inquisitively. Apparently he was already chomping at the bit to get out of Chicago.

I turned to Clarissa, who looked as puzzled as she had earlier.

“You okay?” she asked.

I nodded. “Thank you,” I said, giving her a hug. “I’m sort of sorry to be leaving so soon. I wanted to help you with your wedding stuff…”

She laughed. “James’ mother hired a wedding planner for that,” she said. “All you need to do is show up on the day. And bring your boyfriend here, as long as he treats you well between now and then.” With that, she pulled away from me and threw Tristan a quick, menacing look.

“I promise to treat her like the queen that she is,” he said, bowing his head gracefully.

“Good.”

When we’d darted over to the noisy chopper and climbed inside, I yelled to Tristan, “So, are you going to tell me where we’re going?”

He turned to me with a smile on his face, signaling me to put on the set of headphones sitting next to me. While he slipped his on, I yanked mine onto my head. “New Orleans,” he said, his voice finding its way to my ears. “The Big Easy.”

The pilot took off, the helicopter lurching skyward. “Seriously?” I asked, “I figured we’d be headed back to Colorado or something.”

He shook his head. “My story begins in the South,” he told me. “If you want to know who I am and where I come from in this world, we need to start there.”

My nerves pulsed with excitement. I’d never been to New Orleans, though I’d always wanted to go. Something about the place had always struck me as darkly magical. A city that probably felt like it belonged in a whole other universe.

“I’ve heard it’s crazy hot down there,” I said. “I get why you wanted me to bring summer dresses.”

“It’s stifling and humid,” he told me. “But don’t worry, I’ve reserved us a nice, air-conditioned suite.”

“Okay, good,” I said.

I should probably have been slightly annoyed that he’d been cocky enough to assume that I’d agree to go with him, but my mind was still reeling from the thought that I might actually learn the truth about Tristan’s background. About his scars, about everything that made him who he was now. I might finally learn to lower my own walls and let my lover close to me.

I might even find a way to tell him how much I loved him.

But there was something lurking deep inside me that was frightened of the days to come. Digging into a lover’s past was often a venture fraught with pain, with sorrow. It would mean learning about his suffering...about his losses.

He’d lived two centuries. In that time he’d probably been through all sorts of torment. His body, with its deep scars, was pure evidence of it.

Still, I was grateful. He’d reached out. He’d realized that I was too important to let go, and that meant the world to me, even if I hadn’t said it.

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