closer. I could feel his breath fanning across my eyelashes.
“You never shut up.”
“Well that is true,” I answered my voice breathy, knowing I had and would get the last word.
I could feel him right at my lips. I could almost taste him when there was a knock at the door. My eyes that had closed on their own accord now flew open. I took three steps back and watched as Hunter moved in the opposite direction as well. I looked past him at the intruder.
Oh fucking hell.
Chapter 13 — Girl Got Sass in her Ass
Having been here only a few minutes, I could already tell I had my work cut out for me. I have to deal with rival female wolves that probably already started circling Hunter.
And this. A platinum blonde with a killer body. She had barged in, all toned and fit and looking like she could kick my ass. Sure, I had curves for miles, but she was thin, tall, and it added to her beauty. I looked into her deep dark brown eyes and found exactly what I knew I would find.
Hatred. It would seem I found my most dangerous rival, and we didn’t even know each other’s names. Her eyes flickered to mine and her lips lifted up to bare her teeth briefly before turning to Hunter and melting.
There was no doubt in my mind. She was seething. Hiding it well, but still, in her mind he was hers.
Or so she thought.
“Hunter,” she purred. I gagged as she sashayed toward him, hips swaying. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lithe frame against him. The wolf who was normally so dormant in my mind raged forward. A growl, barely perceptible, like thunder in the distance, hummed through me. A new sensation burst forth.
Hunter looked at me for a brief second before his yellow eyes landed back on the she-wolf that watched him with all the adoration I knew I had for Griffin at one point. Well this was starting out splendidly. He even had his own Griffin, but had the gall to pretend my childhood loves were unacceptable?
“I’m gonna go…”
I just wasn’t sure where. I headed toward the door when Hunter wrapped his hand around my arm, stopping me. The she-wolf straightened her back, her arms folded under her breasts pushing them out. I didn’t want to see how Hunter would react to that.
“Where are you going?”
His voice was back to a growl. He watched me, demanding I answer him. Hunter might claim not to want to be an Alpha of a pack, but he was an Alpha wolf. I turned my head away and showed my neck in submission. It was all sorts of humiliating, especially with platinum blonde over there watching smugly.
“Anywhere but here.”
“Fine. I’ll come with you.”
I looked up at him.
“No, you have your own business to attend to. Look, I get it. Taste of my own medicine, right? When you needed to walk away, I never tried to force myself on you.”
I needed out of the room. It was hard to breathe properly. He obviously would rather be with someone else. So, why? Why was he so determined to bring me here? There was no way I was going to be some side-dish.
Hunter growled at me, well not at, but in my general direction. His hand pulled roughly through his hair. His face furrowed, considering the problem at hand. He paused, his face cleared.
“Molly, meet my true mate, Colette.”
Her jaw unhinged, dropping far and fast. She quickly tried to recompose herself.
“That is impossible. You told me you never wanted a mate.”
Oh, that was a low blow. It shouldn’t have hurt, but it did. Hit me right in my heart. Still, he had the right to his opinions. If he hadn’t wanted a mate before, there wasn’t much I could do about that. Of course, he was the one who dragged me down here, claiming he wanted me. Maybe he didn’t. Maybe if he had never seen me with Griffin, his jealously wouldn’t have gone into high gear. Either way I could see that this girl was going to be trouble.
Molly looked at me with disgust. She must have hated that I was the one person that could and would change his mind about mates. Not because I was remarkable. I wasn’t in any way what she would consider a threat. Next to her, I seemed like plain Jane. But I was his, and he was mine. Our souls and