Page 33 of Her Big Bad Wolf

“Wow, well, okay. You’re welcome then. And I will be keeping an eye on things for just a little bit longer. Just in case. But no one’s sitting there watching you or your place, okay? I have alarms set for movements. Aside from this mysterious woman who was clearly creeping around here dressed all in black and hiding her face, just you and one of your goats has tripped the alarm since it went in.”

“One of my goats?”

“Yeah, the gray female one.”

I groaned. “Gertrude. How the hell did she get out this time?”

“Looked like the tree limb down on the backside of the pen.”

“Really? Thanks. I’ll fix that tomorrow.”

“Sure, anytime. Take care, Isaac. I have a feeling we’ll be seeing each other again real soon.”

“Those boys are not here.”

“I heard you the first time.”

But he didn’t sound like he believed it. What was I supposed to say?

It wasn’t the boys you’re looking for. It was my mate. My thieving little mate.

Vanessa

Chapter 11

My heart was still racing long after I’d made it home safe and sound.

I’d been pacing my living room floor for the last hour.

I had a mate.

My mate was Crazy Sac?

He didn’t look like an ancient old man bordering feral.

I could vividly remember every detail of him from his dark hair to his light green eyes. There was nothing old or ancient about him. Maybe it wasn’t even Crazy Sac, or Isaac as Mary had called him. But I was pretty sure it was.

My mate.

My brain couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.

I should have been thrilled. It should have been the greatest moment of my life. Instead, he’d yelled at me and told me not to come back.

What the hell was wrong with him?

Before I could stop myself, I turned the car around and started driving back towards his house. That had to be it and why I was so attracted to the scent of that place. The farm, the cabin, all of it must have been covered in his scent.

I remembered that smell. It was the greatest thing ever.

Because it was him,I realized.

It wasn’t that I didn’t know that. I wasn’t stupid. But the correlation suddenly hit me like a ton of bricks.

It took me a few minutes to find his place again. Partly it was because my head was still spinning from meeting my mate. But also, he certainly didn’t make it easy for anyone to find him.

He didn’t seem like the kind of man who wanted company. Yet, when I got there, I could see a vehicle in the driveway and he was talking to someone. From this distance I couldn’t make out who it was.

I snorted at the thought.