Page 29 of Claimed By Werewolf
She called once, her voice sharp, demanding.“When can I see you again?”
I almost hung up.Almost told her to stop calling and stop chasing.
But instead, I found myself saying, “Soon.”
I wanted to see her, but I knew every second I spent with her made me fall even more for her.This was just supposed to be a ploy to get her off the club’s tail.
It didn’t feel like a ploy.
And the more time I spent trying not to touch her, the more I wanted to touch her.
I couldn’t run from her for too long, though.She was waiting outside her building with her arms crossed when I pulled up at my usual time to watch her building.
“You don’t answer texts, but you sit outside my apartment every night,” she said, accusing.
I lit a cigarette, exhaled slowly.“Didn’t realize I was on a leash.”
“You said you’d help.You don’t get to disappear.”
My jaw tightened.“I’m here now, aren’t I?”
She glared, but the fire in her eyes only stoked something darker in me.Something I’d been trying to choke down for weeks.
I rose and stepped closer.“You don’t get it,” I said low.“The more I let you in, the more dangerous it gets.For both of us.”
“Then stop pretending you don’t care,” she shot back.“Because you wouldn’t keep showing up if you didn’t.”
The words landed hard.A truth I didn’t want to face.
I dropped the cigarette, ground it under my boot, and walked back to my bike before I did something I couldn’t take back.
But even with my back to her, my body screamed to turn around.
To close the distance.To claim what I already had in front of the whole damn club.
“Go back up to your apartment, Demi.”
“So you can sit out here until the sun comes up?”she shot.“I know you sit out here every night, but you won’t talk to me.You won’t see me.Why?What happened from the party to now?”she demanded.
“Go up to your apartment, or I’m going to leave.”Everything had changed, but I couldn’t admit any of it.Not out loud.I couldn’t even admit it in my mind.
“So you’re just going to sit outside my apartment every night and never talk to me again?”she asked.
I didn’t turn.
She let out a heavy sigh, and then I listened to the sound of her footsteps retreat down the sidewalk and the thud of the door closing.
I had chased her away tonight, but I knew that wouldn’t last for long.
Demi Cross did not scare easily.
Chapter Fifteen
Demi
The words had been circling in my head for days.
“She’s mine.”
