Beast (Norseton Wolves #1) by Holley Trent

Author:Holley Trent [Trent, Holley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-29T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

He tried to get past her, but his little wolf grabbed him by the arm and yanked him back into the bedroom. Well, he let her, rather. He had to be twice her weight. She seemed insistent, so he stopped. He couldn’t keep saying no to her. Refusing her was breaking him up on the inside, but what choice did he have?

“Don’t you dare walk away from me, as if what I’m saying doesn’t matter!” she said with that pretty brow furrowed. He wanted to kiss every one of those worry lines away.

“You just need a good night’s sleep. A clearer head will emerge in the morning.”

Her eyes went wide and cheeks reddened as if she’d been slapped. “You think I’m hysterical! That I’m talking nonsense.”

Of course he wanted to press his palms to her face, to soothe the hurt he’d caused, but he kept his hands to himself.

She stared at him with that innocent incredulity in her expression. So naive. If she weren’t, she would have taken his offer to just go. To leave Norseton and hold out for some whole, undamaged wolf.

“None of the others’ women have this problem.” The tearful catch to her voice just about ripped his heart into shreds. He did have one, after all.

He swiped the pads of this thumbs beneath her bright eyes before the tears could track down her cheeks. “None of the other wolves are like me, Christina.”

“And that’s probably a good thing, because I don’t think those women would know what to do with them if they were.”

“Do you know what to do with me?”

She shook her head between his hands. “That doesn’t mean I’m going to stop trying. Maybe Adam put me with you because he knew I would keep trying. It hurts to be rejected, but I’m going to keep trying.”

“I don’t want to hurt you. That’s why I keep telling you to go.”

“I’m a grown woman. Remember that. I’m a grown woman. I know what it means to be desperate, and maybe I am right now, but not because I can’t rustle up some other wolf. I want this wolf.” She gave his chest a little thrash with her fists then pressed her forehead to it.

He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and let out a long breath. She felt sorry for him. A tenderhearted woman like her would see him as a project—something to fix, like a car’s engine. But, engines weren’t supposed to be handsome, just functional. He’d never be handsome again. She’d never know him as what he once was.

“Anton…” Her fingers tucked into the front of his waistband, as if she needed to cling onto him to stay upright. “You’re thinking too much. You think you know what’s inside my head and what I feel. That’s why you keep coming up with your ridiculous excuses. If you would really just listen to me, you’ll see it’s all so simple. Do you want me?”

“That’s never been contestable, little wolf.”

“Would you fight for me?”

“Of course I would.

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