Lindsey’s Wolves(53)
She quickly flipped the phone open. “Kara?”
“Finally. I was getting worried. Are you okay?”
“Of course, why wouldn’t I be? If you were worried, why’d you let these two hunks drag me out into the middle of nowhere?”
“No, no. I’m not worried about them. Listen, there’s a little problem you should know about.”
“What?” Lindsey sat upright, letting the sheets fall to her waist and exposing her chest to the cool morning air. She glanced down and remembered she was, of course, completely naked. She shivered.
What was wrong?
“Those people, um, the Bible-thumping crazies?”
“I’m well acquainted. What’d they do now?” She rubbed her arm with her free hand to chase away the goose bumps. What are those creeps up to now?
“They keep coming by your place. When you weren’t there yesterday, they waited outside … all night.”
“Shit. Really? Why? Can’t they take no for an answer?” She stiffened, grabbed the sheet with her free hand and held it in a tight grip.
“Yeah, they’re really freaking Jessica out. She called me last night at eleven o’clock and said she couldn’t sleep because she felt like she was being watched.”
“Oh, man. I feel so bad. Poor Jess.”
“I know, sweetie. But this isn’t your fault. I just wanted to warn you, because they seem to be getting rather insistent. Though I can’t imagine why. After all these years we’ve been together…”
“Yeah, that’s crazy. Sure, they’ve pushed their foot in the door every now and then, but not like this. It’s been four years since I left the church. Why increase the pressure now?”
“I don’t know, but you’d better tell Ryan and Alex. They aren’t going to like it.”
“You think I should?” She released the covers and bit a nail between her teeth. “Yeah, I guess I have to. We need to get back. I don’t want to leave Jess there all alone another night.”
“Well, I don’t know what good that’ll do since you aren’t going to sleep there with her anymore anyway.”
“Why wouldn’t I? It’s my apartment.”
“Lindsey? Did you not just spend the night mating with two shape-shifting wolves?”
“Well, sort of, but—”
“Sweetie, they aren’t going to drop you off at your place and go on about their lives. It doesn’t work that way.”
“How does it work?” She hadn’t really thought about the implications of this tryst yet.
Kara laughed. “Well, for starters you won’t be apart from them again, ever. You won’t want to. Especially right now. Think about it for a second. You must have really been asleep when I called.”
Lindsey considered her words. Every muscle in her ached deliciously, and she wanted to do it again. “Hmm.”
“Give it a minute. It’ll sink in.”
“So what do we do?”
“I already told Jess to come out here and stay. She balked at the idea, but hopefully I’ll wear her down by the end of the day. I don’t want her there another night feeling terrorized.”
“Why didn’t she call the police?”
“She thought about it, but didn’t see what they could do. No one was doing anything illegal. And later, when she looked again, she couldn’t see their car. She didn’t think they’d really left ever, but she felt stupid calling the cops to come see why no one was outside watching her anymore.”
“Sounds like Jess. She’s too nice sometimes.”
“Way too nice.” Kara sighed into the phone. “I’ll go get her later. You enjoy a few more days there. But tell the guys or I promise they’ll be pissed to find out about this later. If they’re anything like Trevor and Justin, they must have a possessive streak a mile long by now. They won’t take kindly to the idea that someone is lying in watch trying to get their hands on their woman.” She chuckled. But it wasn’t funny.
She was right. Lindsey didn’t know Alex and Ryan as well as she wished at this moment, but deep down she knew this would never fly with them.
She shivered and sank back down under the covers. “Call me if anything changes.”
“I will. Love you. Ciao.”
As soon as she flipped the phone closed, Alejandro bounded into the room, startling her.
“You, okay?”
“Of course, why wouldn’t I be?” She smiled at him sweetly from under the covers while dropping the phone on the bedside table.
Alex cocked his head and narrowed his gaze at her as he ambled closer. “Unfortunately, I can’t read your specific thoughts yet, which we need to rectify soon…”