Page 11 of Wolf Unleashed
“You’re freezing with them. They’re soaked.” He untied her boots, placed them against the wall before setting her gun and holster on the dresser and peeling off her soaked jeans. Her skin felt frigid and clammy to the touch, and she couldn’t stop shivering. He yanked his sweater off and wrapped it around her bottom half like a blanket, rubbing it against her skin as he tried to warm her.
“Oh, that feels so good,” she said as the shivering gradually stopped.
“My girl likes to be pampered, I see.”
“I don’t know. No one’s ever pampered me.”
“We’ll have to do something about that,” he said as he bent over and kissed her cheek.
She turned her head away.
“Did I do something wrong?”
Her eyes returned to him. “What?”
“I kissed you and you turned away.”
“Did I? Oh, I guess my mind was elsewhere.”
“On Rafe or Maddox?”
“Why do you assume I’m thinking about them when I’m with you?”
“Because you weren’t thinking about me.”
Her eyes moved past him, taking in the cabin. “This place reminds me of something from my childhood.”
“A good memory, I hope.”
“I don’t know,” she said, her voice trailing off.
Not a good memory then. “Care to talk about it?”
“Do you remember much from your childhood?”
“A lot of stuff. My first shift. My first kiss. My brother locking me in a closet.”
“Why did he do that?”
Tiernan shrugged. “Why do brothers do anything to one another?”
“You’re lucky you have a brother. I always wished I had a sibling.”
“I’m still amazed your father mated a shifter.”
“I’m glad you believe me about my mother. Rafe doesn’t.”
“He’s one that needs facts. I think he wants to believe you but can’t. Your scent is all human, babe.”
“I can’t explain it. And I don’t have many memories of my mom and dad together. I’m starting to wonder if he knew about her being shifter, at least at first. I-I think he killed her, Tiernan.”
“Are you sure?”
“She never said goodbye. She was there one morning and then gone. Maybe he found out her secret, and he killed her. The last time I saw her was when I was eleven. My mom had been talking about taking me away soon. She didn’t say why or where we’d go. Just away.”
“Our first shift is when we enter puberty. She was probably scared that one day you’d shift in front of your father, or at school. Any place public, really.”
Alyssa nodded. “Then her secret would be out.”
