West of Destiny: Book 5 of The Claimed Series by R.K. Knightly

Author:R.K. Knightly [Knightly, R.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Lucy

Faith ate like a bird, and spoke even less. West was always a bit on the quiet side, and he let Faith and I do most of the talking until she was comfortable enough to string two or three sentences together at a time without glancing over at him. With his eyes fixed to his plate, he was like background scenery, and she soon opened up a bit more before I served dessert, a blueberry cobbler that I had begged my mother to give me the recipe for a couple of years ago. I made it so much at home that I had the ingredients and all the measurements memorized, and it was easy enough to make on short notice. Even with the frozen berries instead of fresh.

“That was delicious, angel.” West sat back in his seat and rubbed his trim gut as if he had gorged over Thanksgiving dinner. Smiling back at him, I watched as he got up, leaned down to kiss me on the cheek, and walked away, saying he was going over to Paul’s to hit the gym.

As he moved out of the house with a wave, I saw the rest of Faith’s body relax. Looking over at her, I arched a brow before she blushed prettily.

“Your mate’s kind of scary,” she mumbled.

I wanted to laugh, but she was so cute that I didn’t want to hurt her feelings. “He’s not—not at all, actually. More like a big, husky teddy bear with abs.”

She gave me an almost-smile and licked her lips before stretching her legs out under the table. She didn’t look so hunched up and compact, and I could tell she had gotten all her color back and was starting to fill out nicely.

I asked her if she wanted to go into the living to be more comfortable, and she followed behind me as I sat on the loveseat and offered her the coziest chair, which was West’s recliner.

“I smelled the strangest scent on the way over here,” she blurted out. “Like firewood and cedar. I… It was so odd.”

I crinkled my brows, knowing it was too early to be starting up the flue this early in the day, and it was barely the beginning of October. “Maybe someone was burning some old furniture,” I remarked. “We are a little off the beaten path to be going into town and all the way to the dump to recycle.”

Shrugging, I sat back in my chair, hoping that if I got comfortable, she would too.

“You’re 19, right?” I asked. Faith nodded back. “Do you ever want to go back to being called Sienna? It’s a pretty name—not that Faith isn’t. They’re both quite beautiful, actually.”

“No,” she blurted out. “Faith is fine. It’s what I’m used to. And there was no mate for me at Emerald Pack and my best—I mean only friend died a few of years ago. His name was Jacob. Without him, there’s nothing for me to go back to at all.”

My face fell as my heart clenched for her.

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