Wild and Fevered by Long Heather;

Author:Long, Heather; [Long, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 4833831
Publisher: Heather Long

Chapter 6

Mariska

“What do you mean we have to go back?” Incensed, she tried to pull out the equipment he’d already begun to pack. Yet before she could return the bedroll to the ground, he plucked it out of her hands and pulled her to him, one arm around her with his hand flat against her back.

“We have a home. We have responsibilities. We have a life. This…” He tossed the bedroll onto the stack he’d created, then waved to the cave. “This is a cave. This isn’t where we live.”

Anger spiked through her confusion. “I thought you understood I needed time.”

“And you have the rest of our lives. But figuring something out doesn’t mean our lives stop.” The heat in his eyes scorched her. His jaw was hard set, and his mouth a firm line. Even his scent—wild, pine, and wolf—overpowered her. “We’re going home. We’re going on with our lives. You and your wolf will have to cope. I want my wife. The rest, princess, you can deal with.” His mouth closed over hers, hard and unyielding and she parted her lips. Need swept over her, but no sooner did he begin the kiss than he ended it. “As soon as we clean this up, we’ll shift and run for home. We can change there.”

Blinking, she stared at him as he continued their preparations to leave. His order resonated through her, the same, arrogant tone he’d used when he dismissed her concerns on the trail when they’d first met. Only then it had been her desire to find her people again and he’d scoffed—scoffed at her—refusing to even consider letting her return to people who would abandon her.

“You don’t get to simply order me home.” Breathing through her mouth, she tried to calm her rapid heart rate. Her wolf had roused when he’d said they’d shift and run for home. Inside, the wolf stretched, and shivered with anticipation. She didn’t care what Mariska’s argument was.

“Yes, I do.” Apparently, neither did Cody.

“No,” she stomped her foot. “I need this time. I told you. The wolf listens to you and not to me.”

“And in the few short days you’ve been here, she’s begun to listen to you because you’re talking to her. You can talk to her anywhere. There we have people depending on us, and people who can help.”

“People I could hurt.” She couldn’t swallow past the acid burning in her throat. What if she couldn’t leash the animal around the little ones? Or Jo? Or the other women? What if in a fit of anger her wolf responded…

Cody laughed.

Fury swamped her fear. “Why are you laughing at me? This isn’t funny.”

“No, it’s not. Yet you were around arguably one of the most helpless people we know as your wolf and you played. You played with her. Your feelings for her influenced your wolf. Maybe if you stop pretending your wolf isn’t a part of you and that you’re not a part of her, you’d see it. We’re not separate beings, although we may exist in separate spaces.

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