Werewolf Hunter: A Paranormal Shifter Romance by Lauren Esker

Author:Lauren Esker [Esker, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

DECKER

Decker had noticed Melanie was jumpy, and getting jumpier. Now that they were stopped, he took the opportunity to sit next to her, offering his water bottle. Brent sat on a rock nearby, checking over his guns and sending impatient glances at them.

"Everything okay?" Decker murmured. "Is it the weather?"

"No, it's not that." Although this made her glance in the direction of the oncoming rain. "I think Kilgore knows we're here. It's possible he might be following us."

A cold chill raced up Decker's spine. It didn't come as a complete shock; he'd been haunted by a sense of unease for most of the hike, and he trusted his instincts when it came to that kind of thing.

"Have you seen him?"

Melanie shook her head. "It's just a feeling."

"Can't say I'm surprised. I've been feeling something similar," Decker said, and she gave him a quick look that was startled at first, then impressed. "How close is his cabin?"

"I'm not sure. I've never been here before. I'd guess it can't be too much further, though."

"What makes you say that?"

"I smell woodsmoke. Can't you?"

"No."

A quick flicker went across her face, not quite fear. "Perhaps I'm wrong."

As if she'd been caught using senses just a little sharper than those of a human.

He was so close, almost touching her. If she turned her head, he could have brushed those inviting lips with his own. But instead she looked down the hillside as the grasses bent beneath a gust of wind that carried the first drops of the oncoming rain.

"You two gonna sit over there canoodling all day, or can we get a move on?" Brent called.

Decker gritted his teeth. He got up and offered Melanie a hand. She took it, strong fingers curling around his.

I think I'm falling in love with you, he wanted to say. But that was just one of the things he couldn't say, not here, not now.

Melanie leaned closer to him as rain pattered around them, not a hard rain yet, just a light pattering of drops, barely enough to darken her hair. Her lips brushed his ear tantalizingly as she whispered, "What would Brent do if we ditched him here?"

"Huh." He gave her an impressed look. "You think you can?"

She smiled. "I know these mountains well." The smile dropped away. "How much of a loose cannon is he? Would you be in danger?"

He couldn't help noticing she didn't seem to be worried that she'd be in danger. "I don't think he'd try to shoot us or anything, if that's what you mean. What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, if we split up, Kilgore will have to choose who to follow. Then we can circle around and get behind him."

"Use Brent for bait, you mean?"

Her gaze was challenging. "Do you have a better idea?"

Decker didn't answer, because her suggestion had reminded him that he and Brent used to do things like that, back when they hunted as a team. In fact, if they still were able to work in sync as they used to, one of them would probably have suggested something like that already.

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