Page 36 of Her Big Bad Wolf

“Leave those boys alone,” I responded, and then I turned and walked away.

But I only got a few feet before he reached out and grabbed my arm.

His touch seared into me sending shivers of excitement through my body that I wasn’t prepared to feel.

“Or what?” he challenged.

His eyes shimmered in the moonlight as he stared at me.

“Let’s not find out,” I said, suddenly feeling very awkward.

This wasn’t like me at all. I didn’t do crazy spontaneous things like this.

Oh, but I did, or I had once upon a time.

That wasn’t me anymore. I was a good girl who abided by the rules. I wasn’t this defiant, vigilante of sorts.

This time when I pulled back, he let me go. A part of me wished he hadn’t, but the other part of me was relieved.

He was my mate. I was certain of that.

Mate,my wolf whined as I turned my back on him and walked away.

This time he didn’t stop me.

Maybe he was just as shocked by that touch as I was.

As I reached my car and opened the door, I dared one last glance back at him swearing it would be the last.

He was standing on his porch watching me. I’d never seen anyone so gorgeous and sexy. If he had been anyone else, I would have probably thrown myself at him and accepted the mating without question. But he seemed to purposefully want to rile me up and it worked. My temper flared every time he opened his mouth.

“See you soon,mate,” he yelled out just as I slid into the car and slammed the door behind me.

I was momentarily stunned. He said it aloud. He knew who I was to him. Of course he did. His wolf must have alerted him around the same time mine had me. But he’d said it. It was out there just lingering in the space between us.

I started up the car and got the hell away from him as fast as I could.

Isaac

Chapter 12

I forced myself to go back inside and shut the door as I began pacing the room.

She’d come back. I’d told her not to, but she had. Why?

Couldn’t she see I had nothing to offer her?

It took everything in my power not to go after her.

Who was she?

She’d refused to take off that damn mask. I didn’t even know what she looked like, but I knew those eyes, and I knew her scent. It would be engrained into my memory for the rest of my life.

My mate.

I couldn’t believe I’d actually said the word out loud. I’d been taunting her, we both knew it. She was easy to rile up. The passion I saw in her was enticing as hell. If I hadn’t sworn off women a long time ago, I might have been tempted more.

That was a lie. I was plenty tempted as evidenced by the stiff erection I was now sporting after my tussle with her.