Page 235 of Night's Fall
I turned to thank him.
He was already stalking away.
“Timothee,”Icalled.
He stopped in a manner that he wanted to make it clear it was taking all of his effort and patience to do so, and he aimed his attention to me.
“Thanks for”—Idrifted a hand toward the door we’d come in—“looking out for me.”
“Whatever,” he muttered and made to leave again.
“Timothee,”Icalled, moving toward him this time.
He stopped and bit out, “What?”
“If you have some time today, maybe we could?—”
“I have all the time in the world,Laura.Asyou know.”
Okay then.
He wasn’t going to make this easy.
Not a surprise.
And so be it.
“Then perhaps we could,Idon’t know, chat or something,”Isuggested.
“About?” he asked.
“You’re my mate’s brother.I’dlike to get to know you.”
He leaned back and crossed his arms on his chest. “Wouldyou?”
“Well…yeah.”Igestured to the door again, this time indicating the garden beyond. “That’sthe first time you’ve spoken to me.”
He looked at the door but didn’t say anything.
“Okay, here’s the deal,”Ibegan to lay it out.
He returned his attention to me.
I kept going.
“All my beings are working.Idon’t know whereAleeceis, andIdon’t want to comm her if she’s busy.Yourmom…”Atthe ice-blue flare in his eyes,Idecided not to get into why she was unavailable. “AndAlekseiwas a big jerk to me this morning.Also, unless you aren’t paying attention, you knowIdidn’t exactly have a loving mother who sat me down and explained the many nuances of living with a male shifter, so allIknow about it is my dad alternately not giving a dang about me or doing other not-so-fun things when it came to me.”
Was that a slight flinchIsaw on his face?
Hoping it was,Ipowered on. “Soyou’re allI’vegot.”
“All you’ve got for what?”
“To explain about male shifters.”
He blinked. “Youwantmeto explain toyouabout male shifters?”
“You are one, who better?”
