Reckless: A Prowl Novel by AJ Merlin

Author:AJ Merlin [Merlin, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Focal Fox Press
Published: 2021-04-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

At his ‘suggestion,’ I followed Wilder in my maned wolf shape from the old building to his apartment. Though I hesitated at the door, the promising warmth from the heater drew me in like a deceptively well-meaning hug.

Even the welcoming heat couldn’t stop me from worrying about Noah, and about the woman we’d left in the kitchen.

Why hadn’t I gone back? Had it only been because I was afraid of pissing Wilder off?

Or had it been because of his grin and the mystery he presented? He’d told me I’d need to help him with the enforcers.

Was that even true?

Wilder had shown me to the white marble bathroom, and had tossed some clothes inside that he’d told me would probably fit.

Shifting back, I discovered that the clothes were slightly too big and smelled of another woman, though not an omega like me.

I didn’t particularly want to wear them, but I didn’t have much of a choice. Quickly I pulled on the sweatpants and cropped t-shirt, drawing the pants tighter around my waist.

Glancing at myself in the mirror, I wasn’t shocked to find myself very pale, my dark red hair in disarray.

“What have you gotten yourself into?” I asked my reflection as I washed my hands free of blood.

Still my stupid-self needed to know if Wilder really was a dire wolf. Could I just ask? What would stop him from lying to me?

It was entirely possible, in my opinion, that he was just a really big wolf.

Opening the door to the expensive bathroom, I finally took that moment to look around the open apartment.

A kitchen sat against one wall, the appliances gleaming and whirring in the softly-lit space. There was no dining room, only a counter with barstools that separated the kitchen from the big room that served as a living space for Wilder and…whoever else might live here.

“Now that you’re clothed…”

I jumped at his voice and turned to see the shifter coming out of a door that sat open, revealing a bedroom behind him.

“Are you really a dire wolf?” I asked, before I could stop myself.

“Yes,” he replied, striding past me and into the kitchen, where he turned on a light over the stove. “Are you really as much of an idiot as you seem?”

The question caught me off guard. “What?”

“Well…” He sat at the counter and rested his elbow on it. “You followed a man into the Heights without asking my permission, watched me kill him, didn’t run, challenged me, did not run, then let me lead you back to my apartment.”

“Because I’m not afraid of you,” I lied, wondering just why in the world I had done all of those things. “And-wait. You can’t own the Heights. You aren’t an Ahlleron.”

“No, I’m not,” he agreed. “We’ve been over what I am, but I’m starting to think you don’t believe me.”

“I’m not sure I do.”

Wilder contemplated that statement, snagging a cup off the countertop and rolling it between his hands. “I suppose you’ll believe me if I shift,” he offered.

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