Broken Lynx (Green Valley Shifters Book 5) by Zoe Chant

Broken Lynx (Green Valley Shifters Book 5) by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-31T23:00:00+00:00


14

Jamie was good at sleeping.

She had slept, without a tent or sleeping bag, on many mossy tussocks in the Alaskan wilderness, with the midnight sun trying to pry open her eyelids. She had slept on beaches in Hawaii. She had slept on uncomfortable cots, on awkwardly short couches, on airport and train station benches. She could make herself drowse off through sheer force of will, no matter how uncomfortable she was.

So she was surprised when she found no rest in a perfectly good bed in her perfectly good efficiency above the fire station.

She tossed and turned, bothered by every little sound and restless thought. She used every technique in her toolbox, and sleep eluded her.

Finally, eyes gritty from her terrible night, she got up at sunrise and staggered down the stairs to make coffee as strong as the industrial pot could manage.

She was still adding grounds when there was a knock on the door.

She ignored it, even though she knew who it was.

Devon, bless his ridiculously sweet soul, wasn’t going to barge in on her.

He knocked again, louder, like he thought maybe she was upstairs with her door shut.

Jamie sighed. She wasn’t going to be able to ignore him. “Come in!” she called.

To her surprise, Devon was dressed in sweatpants and a light sweater, and he was jogging in place.

“What are you doing here?” she asked, realizing that she sounded cross, when really she was just stupidly happy to see him.

“Taking you jogging,” Devon said merrily.

“Uuuuuunnnnnggggghhhhhh…” Jamie replied. “I haven’t had coffee yet.”

“We’ll reward ourselves with coffee at Shaun’s afterwards,” Devon said. “C’mon.”

“It’s cold out there,” Jamie whined, but she was smiling despite herself.

“You have to start running to warm up,” Devon teased her, throwing her hat and gloves at her.

“What’s this really about?” Jamie wanted to know, as she shut the door behind her.

“I just want to talk,” Devon said seriously.

“Talk?” Jamie laughed. “We could talk in my room, where it’s warm. Maybe check a few new things off your list.”

Devon cast her a sideways look, grinned, and broke into a ground-eating jog that Jamie had to scramble to catch up with.

He led the way, this time, winding past Gran’s, and through the central park. He even swung across on the monkey bars, holding his feet up so they didn’t drag in the gravel. Jamie followed, and was panting by the time they passed the library. “Where are we going?” she demanded. At least she wasn’t cold now. She was getting hungry.

And watching Devon jog so gracefully, all easy strength and loping stride, made her hungry in all kinds of different ways.

Jame scowled at her feet, hitting the sidewalks in a steady pace.

He led her back, in a weird, meandering path through town, past Shaun’s tempting-smelling bakery, and finally out to the park at the edge of town where she’d caught Andrea after whatever kind of adventure left someone naked with a sprained shoulder.

They stopped at the head of the trail, and Jamie dropped into a stretch before she could cool down and cramp.



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