FATED ESCAPE

e have no intention of forcing you to

n my

" He cuts in smoothly as

m more closely. He might have k

persuade you to do things you d

hen, like S

the bus

could've been five days, and I'd be none the wiser. Just as I'm p

u to stay?" His question is quiet,

t seem the sort

mn careful what

ave many shifter women

es over to the window. I watch the lean muscles in his arms, exposed by

forcing any to stay against their w

I'm running. And I would have... if I'd been ex

say, ignoring his mention

bright blue sky with the same white fluffy clouds

even younger, but there's something about the way he leans back against the wall with

he mu

ig fat liar what are you hiding, even to, well this is boring, I should go find something m

d then promptly realize I don't

egards me steadily as if waiting for me to figure out what I w

ngue faster than anything el

"He won't... he won't t

. "No, Bennett won'

alphas and once they've made their mind up about something, nothi

ses from his lean against the wal

t want to." He sounds so assured, so confident, that if I hadn't seen the other guy-

where it takes me, I notice something I should've spotted befor

sharp, I wonder how I missed it at first, given this is what

's one of the things I can do which gives me th

t this other thing, this healin

as strong and as aggressive as other wolves. I'm not submissive, but I'm no

your name?" he asks

ral seconds, it may even be minutes, I've been doing nothing but st

ntensely as I was, I struggle to think of something to say. It's made worse

attractive, even if it's true, and I can't tell hi

s are ragged and torn as if he never recovered from

emotions at least on a surface level, but you can never hide the e

thin sight of another one, I don't know how I'd begin to hide

's a no," he says

okcases, which take up almost an entire wall of th

it's also a genuine desire to know because I refuse to believ

in

eans I'm in his bed wearing nothing but

I feel my fa

f his rich scent that makes me think of warm nights

ance in his direction, I find he's we

ebrow. "What,

rgeous that I know I must be staring, but this time

One first name." He gestures at me. "For

That way, I won't have to worry about remembering a fake name for however long I

Then he pauses and tilts his head t

have got to s

hrug, feigning indifference. "And

arker, redder shade of a soul in pain. "Yea

own where old people retire. I want to ask why my innocent question makes his pain

ize what I'm doing and jerk away. If this guy-this Mack figures out what I am, he'

ing my head away to stare at the bo

el the beginning of my healing touch. Some shifters are so sensitive th

myself away. But then he speaks. "You must be. Sleep as long as you wan

tely t

beta. After living with my father, then Shane and his father, not to mention the

is a relief that I haven't been unlucky enough to land myself in

steps out and closes

pack loved reading as we

ecause of his position as beta, and his mate's as pack healer, that the rest of the pack didn't view his love of readi

ack viewed as wea

eneath the surface. I just hope the alpha here likes him enough

rue. Again, I try to estimate how far along I am, but it's as impossible now as it was when I fir