Page 168 of Wolf Roulette

I strode toward him.Are you still hurt?

Not quite.

“What is it? What happened?” I asked when I stood before him.

Leaning on the wall beside him, Leroy snorted.

Was something funny?

I folded my arms. “You look nice.”

“You look nice,” Sascha repeated.

Leroy snickered, and I glanced between them as a faint red tinged Sascha’s face. Were they laughing at me?

I brushed my wavy hair back, and Sascha choked on a breath.

Okay. “I’m not sure what’s going on. I’ll leave you guys to it.”

Was it the presence of the stewards? He wasn’t like this when I visited pack lands to check on him.

That was not how I hoped he’d react when he saw me.

Lowering my gaze, I hurried back through the Luthers toward the stewards’ side.

“You look wonderful, Andie.” Roderick approached with his wife.

I forced my shoulders to relax. “Thanks. Wade and Cam had everything to do with it.”

“They have great taste.”

I absently chatted with Roderick and his wife, unable to tear my internal focus from Sascha. When he started moving across the hall toward me, my heartbeat tripled.

“Andie?” Roderick said.

I shook my head. “Sorry, could you repeat that?”

He opened his mouth but closed it as a warm body stopped directly behind me.

“Andie?” Sascha said.

I glanced over my shoulder. “Yeah?”

The werewolf cleared his throat. “I wondered if you’d like to dance. With me.”

Roderick’s surprise gave way to amusement. His wife darted a look between me and Sascha.

“Oh. Sure.”

Taking his offered hand, I let Sascha lead me onto the dance floor where couples were swaying for a slower number. Thank fuck, because I was nota dancer.

Swaying, I could do.

Grossly aware of the scrutiny on us, I didn’t relax into him as my body screamed at me to do. Sascha held my hand in a loose grip and slid his free arm around my waist.

“You look better than nice,” he said seriously.

… Thanks?

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