Page 32 of Taming the Wicked Wolf

“Son of a—” Her face hardens as she realizes what I’m talking about. She turns on her heel and clicks the key fob, unlocking her car and leaning over the passenger seat.

“What are you doing?” Chase’s voice cracks, “What is she looking for?”

I look over to see Carly Beth with her phone out, I’m pretty sure she’s recording the whole thing.

“Is this a tracking device?!” Emilia’s voice is muffled by the car.

Chase leaps into action, rushing towards the car in long strides, his hand outreached.

“Don’t touch her.” I growl out as I watch his fingertips grazing her leg. I grab the back of his shirt and pull him away.

Chase staggers and turns to me. If looks could kill, I would be a dead man.

“Hands off of me!” He shoves back, hard.

The anger simmering in my chest has me take a few steps towards Chase, my powers flare and I let my glamour slip just a fraction, reveling at the pure shock in his eyes as he pieces everything together. Just how dangerous I can be.

“Silas. Stop.” Emilia commands, climbing out of her car with a small black device in her hand.

“Enough!” A voice cuts through the tension with a knife, a hand wrapping around my bicep and dragging me away, “You need to come with me.”

The officer isn’t much taller than Chase, coming up to a little over my shoulder and he’s wearing a dull brown uniform with a badge that reads ‘Deputy Evers’.

“Kyle, this is ridiculous. Is he under arrest?”

“He’s just being detained, Emmy, Chase has the option to press charges.” Deputy Evers says, placing the handcuff on mywrist and twisting my other arm back to secure the other, “C’mon.”

“It’s okay.” I mutter, walking to the sheriff’s car willingly.

His hand brushes over my ears, shoving them against my head as he pushes me into the backseat of the car, slamming the door shut. Of course, Chase is nowhere to be seen, he likely ran off after he saw my true form.

Emilia walks up to the window, tapping on the glass. The motor whirs as it slides down.

“You got two minutes.” Deputy Kyle barks.

“Silas, I love you. Don’t worry, I will get you out of this.” She rushes out, her hand going to my cheek.

“You love me?”

Emilia leans against the door and grabs my face and kisses me. The world around me shatters, but she rebuilds it piece by piece, filling it with new meaning.She loves me.

I lean in, inhaling her scent, committing it to memory until it’s branded on my soul.“Time’s up. Move away from the vehicle, Emmy.” Kyle says as the car roars to life.

“Behave.” She says, as the window rolls up, sealing her away from me.

FIFTEEN

Emilia

My heart dropsas Kyle’s patrol car pulls out of the parking lot, Silas twisting in the backseat to watch me as they leave. The words just slipped out of my mouth without thinking. I can’t believe I told him I love him.

I think saying it while he’s in the back of a police car is worse than saying it during sex, right? It has to be.

Carly Beth walks up beside me, holding her phone.

“Where did Chase go?” I ask, looking around the lot.

I find his pickup parked in a corner space with the lights on.

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