Lone Wolfe by Kaylie Newell

Author:Kaylie Newell [Newell, Kaylie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cop, Paranormal, Mountains, Law Enforcement, Entangled, Romance, pnr, Mystery, danger, Love, Oregon, werewolf, Covet, Wolves, Disappearance
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Publisher: Beachwalk Press, Inc.
Published: 2014-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Maggie sat staring out a window of the Arrowhead Café, the memory of that night thick behind her eyes and her coffee long since cold.

It was October thirtieth. A day that had dawned like any other. Freezing, wet, foggy. But Maggie had risen out of bed with a distinctive weight sitting squarely on her chest. She’d woken crying, which wasn’t unusual. But she’d also woken confused. She’d been dreaming about Aimee. She’d been alive and staying with her at the Inn. They’d been drinking a glass of wine in the parlor, talking about Koda Wolfe.

I like him, Aimee had said. I think he’s good for you. I think he can protect you.

Maggie had leaned forward, but Aimee had begun to swim before her. Maggie narrowed her eyes, struggling to see her friend clearly. What does that mean? Protect me, how?

I like him, Aimee had said again. He’ll protect you.

Maggie had been annoyed. What was she talking about? And then, like the fog itself, Aimee had broken up and disappeared, leaving only emptiness behind.

Aimee? Don’t go. Aimee?

“Aimee?” She’d sat up in bed and looked around. She was alone, of course. But the dream had felt so real that it took a moment for her brain to adjust. And then the familiar ache inside her chest, so painful that she thought she might break from it.

She sat in a small corner of the café, thinking of that night like she had so often before. Thinking of the last moment she’d seen her friend alive.

Rubbing her thumb up and down the chilled mug, she stared out the window in a daze.

One year. One full year. And they were no closer to finding out what happened to Aimee today than they’d been that awful, cold night. How could a person just vanish like that?

The door to the café opened, bringing with it a chilly gust of air. Maggie put her hand over her napkin to keep it from fluttering to the floor, but didn’t look up.

Aimee.

“Is this seat taken?”

Koda stood over her. He wore a gray North Face fleece and leather boots laced only halfway up. Very outdoorsy. Very sexy. Although he probably just rolled out of bed, he also looked like something out of an Eddie Bauer ad. Her heart squeezed at the sight, confusing her. Making her wish she’d met him in a different time and place. Under different circumstances.

She smiled, all too aware of her wild, unwashed curls and bare, freckled face. “Please, sit.”

He did, scooting in close. She caught his scent, which was clean and warm. Maybe a little aftershave from the day before. “You look tired,” he said.

“That’s just a nice way of telling someone they look like crap.”

“No. You’re beautiful. But you do look tired.”

She flushed. Compliments from the opposite sex didn’t come her way very often. She’d never been the pretty one or the vivacious one. That had been Aimee. Maggie had always been comfortable being the bookworm, the one with the dry sense of humor. The one her mother called, “the personality.

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