Damaged Mate: An Enemies to Lovers Wolf Shifter Romance (Shifting Mates Book 1) by Jaymin Snow

Author:Jaymin Snow [Snow, Jaymin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I t was, by far, the strangest afternoon I had ever spent with someone. While Clyde did his best to show me a few defensive tricks, most of it was just him gallivanting around the forest, demonstrating all of his wolf-like powers. From clearing the bank jump with ease to slashing through an entire tree’s trunk, Clyde was a blur of activity, absolutely giddy to share a secret I was sure he’d kept since birth. I happily watched him tear across the grass and show off his physical prowess, completely enamored and fully aware I was feeding an already massive ego.

At the moment, he stood over the riverbank, staring down at its reflective surface with intense concentration. Then, with a flash of his hands, the water exploded around him, revealing his palms cupped and filled with water.

I leaned over, startled to see a dozen or so minnows swimming about. “Okay, okay. I’ll write to the newspapers and tell them to change it to dog-like reflexes.”

“Damn right, you will.” Clyde grinned. “You wanna hold ‘em?”

I gave him a bemused smile, mimicking his hands as closely as I could. His were so much bigger than mine, somehow just as delicate as they were dangerous while he held the fish. Once I cupped some of my own water, he carefully tipped his hands over, dropping two or three tiny fish into my makeshift pool.

“So, this is what country folk do for fun,” I teased.

Clyde nodded, eyes fixated on his own pool as the silver fish swam in gentle circles. “Vanessa and I would always compete to see who could catch more. Loser had to eat them all,” he added smugly. “But I think for your sake, we’ll consider me the winner for life.”

“Oh, so very generous,” I crooned, easing my hands back into the water. The poor little minnows scurried back to the darker shallows, regrouping in a swarm of silver before vanishing beneath dangling tree roots. Clyde followed suit, our lack of conversation soon filled by the sounds of nature.

“Just so I’m clear,” I asked, “you don’t hate me anymore, right?”

Clyde shook his head, curls of hair and fur flipping about. “I sorta feel dumb for being such a jerk. But when you said you were a Harvey, I just sorta… panicked?” He frowned slightly. “I dunno. Maybe ‘panicked’ isn’t the right word.”

“You shoulder-checked me on the first day of school and proceeded to make my life a living hell,” I pointed out. “I think ‘panicked’ is the perfect term for that.”

Clyde let out a snort of laughter, claws still drifting in the water. “Hey, just let me know if this form freaks you out,” he added softly. “I’m not used to staying in it this long in front of strangers.”

“You and I are strangers?” I asked.

He looked somewhat taken aback by my hurt tone. I was equally as surprised; I hadn’t realized I was so attached to the idea of us as friends. “N-no, not like that. I just mean—when you’re in a pack, it’s always the same handful of people you shift with.

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