Daddy Wolves of the Wild Prequel by Serena Meadows

Author:Serena Meadows [Meadows, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Nine

***Derek***

Derek stumbled back a few steps, needing to put some distance between them, then took several deep breaths, trying to get control of himself. Lynette was staring at him, her lips slightly puffy from the kiss, her eyes full of passion, and he nearly gave in and kissed her again. But then he remembered who she was and who he was and knew that nothing good could come of kissing her again, no matter how much he wanted to.

“We can’t...you shouldn’t have...” He couldn’t quite get the words out to tell her how bad an idea that kiss was. “Don’t do that again.”

She grinned at him and asked, “Why not?”

He squared his shoulders, steeling himself for an uncomfortable conversation. “Well, for one thing, I’m too old for you. Have you forgotten that I have an eight-year-old son?”

“I didn’t ask you to marry me, Derek,” she said. “I just kissed you.”

There was no way he could tell her what that kiss had just done to him, no way to explain that he’d felt it to the depth of his soul, that he was already half in love with her. She wouldn’t believe him, wouldn’t understand that she’d opened a door inside him that had been closed for a long time, a door he thought would never be opened. If he didn’t close it soon, it would never be closed again, and that would break both their hearts when he had to leave.

“Just don’t do it again,” he said, picking up his boots and taking them as far away from her as he could to put them on.

The sound of her laughter rang out in the quiet of the forest, and a wave of desire washed over him. “Let’s go to your old mill before it gets dark,” he growled, getting to his feet.

If he’d known the way, he would have stomped off in front of her but was forced to follow her attractive backside instead. His body going crazy as he watched her duck around trees and climb over fallen logs. When they finally came out of the forest into a big clearing, he was scowling and wondering how he was going to make it through the next twenty-four hours.

But the sight of the old mill swept those thoughts away, and he stood staring at the green wonderland they’d stepped into. Everywhere he looked, there was a blanket of green, moss-covered rocks, trees dripping vines, even the old mill, its water wheel still spinning lazily in the stream was covered in green.

“I feel like a fairy might pop out of the bushes at any minute,” he said, looking around him and feeling his earlier irritation drain away.

“Pretty amazing, isn’t it?” Lynette asked, leading him closer to the weathered mill, which sat at the back of the clearing. “The stream begins just a few thousand feet above us in the mountains; that water is just about as pure as you can get.”

He walked over to the waterwheel and watched as the water cascaded out of an opening in the rocks and tumbled down onto it.

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