Adam’s voice rumbled through the small room. “She’s my mate.”
*
The night had turned cold. Adam was thankful he had shifted into his wolf. He watched the flickering lights coming from the window of his mate’s house.
Since he had arrived he had prowled around the house tracking her movements. After bathing and eating she was now watching TV, it had grown dark and she had not switched any lights on. Perhaps she had fallen asleep.
How close did he dare get to the house? Would it be creepy to sneak in and watch her sleep? Yes definitely, but still...
He pawed the ground and lay down frustrated. Although he had spent the better part of the day watching his mate he had not spoken to her or touched her.
After settling some pack business he had sought his mate. He had finally tracked her down to an outlet mall that stood thirty minutes drive from their town. She was shopping with Carly. Carly had undoubtedly known he was there but purposefully pretended she didn’t.
He had carefully stalked her from shop to shop before following her back to town. She had picked up another pizza from Pizza Moon, carefully avoiding either Hans or Melody who were both there again and staring daggers at one another, and then finally went home. His wolf had huffed at him for being too chicken to approach her and talk to her, but he didn’t want to dive in and come off as a crude jackass... again. Just being near her had been enough to ease his longing. For now.
He breathed deeply taking in her delicious spicy yet sweet scent. He sighed closing his eyes.
A loud scream suddenly pierced the quiet night. Instantly he was on his feet and racing to the house. Fuck, Rosalee was in danger!
Chapter Five
After a long day of cleaning and shopping Rosalee had relaxed on the couch and settled down watching a bad ‘70’s cop movie. It was dire but entertaining enough.
She felt her eyes start to droop and she drifted into sleep. She dreamt of Adam.
She dreamt that he had come to her house. He told her she was beautiful and began peeling the clothes off her skin. He kissed every inch of her body worshipfully until he made his way to her sex. Then he... then he knocked a lamp over....
Rosalee’s eyes snapped open. A dark figure flicked past her. Someone was in her house! Without thinking she screamed as loudly as she could.
She leapt up and groped for the light switch. The black figure disappeared toward the back of the house. She looked round for a weapon. Picking up the broken clock Carly had brought down earlier she readied herself for attack.
A huge crash emanated from the front door and an enormous black wolf erupted into the room snarling and snapping its jaws. She screamed again and hurled the clock at it. Bullseye! Right between the eyes.
The creature howled but ignored her and sprinted in the direction of the intruder.
Rosalee looked around wildly until she found her phone. She called the police and babbled about an intruder and a wolf. She sounded nuts. Dimly she was aware of someone saying they were on their way before hanging up.
Looking around she noticed the broken lamp that had woken her. She tried to slow her breathing. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out...
The enormous wolf casually walked back into the room. She gulped. The air around the wolf shimmered and in place of the wolf stood the man currently pervading her dreams – Adam. If anything him standing there naked with blazing amber eyes was even more imposing than the wild animal.
He rubbed his head. “You know sweetheart that wasn’t very friendly.”
She saw red. “Friendly? Friendly?! I wake up to find some perv in my house and then an enormous wolf crashes through my door, and you complain at me for not being friendly?!” She shrieked at him.
“Well I grant you I am pretty big...” His eyes flicked down and instinctively she looked down as well.
His huge manhood practically waved at her. She gasped and looked away, at the floor at the ceiling anywhere but at him. He chuckled before sobering, remembering what had happened.
“Are you okay? Did they hurt you?” He moved towards her and her eyes widened.
“Just stop right there buddy, I’m fine. I heard a noise and woke up. I saw someone run away so I turned on the light, that’s when the wolf... when you arrived and I called the police. Did you manage to catch them?”
He rubbed his face and sighed. “No, they were fast and they didn’t leave a scent, they doused themself in wolfsbane.”
“Do you... do you think it had anything to do with my grandmother? Something she might have done while she was alive...”
He stared at her, his voice was soft with concern, “honestly I don’t know.”
She hugged her arms around herself. Before she could stop him he was in front of her and he enfolded her into a tight hug. He rested his chin on her head and rubbed her back soothingly.