Page 21 of The Alpha's Weakness
Holly shifts in her seat, her eyes growing heavy. I pull off my jacket and lay it over her.
“Thanks,” she mumbles.
I nod, my eyes trained on the trail. It doesn’t take her long before she falls asleep in the passenger seat. I watch over her, switching my gaze from the trail to my mate and back again until the sun rises and Cyrus comes to take over the next shift.
His eyebrows arch, and he grins when he sees Holly asleep next to me.
I give him a warning glare.
“Any movement?” he asks.
“No, nothing last night. Maybe it’s a different trail or road?”
He sighs. “We’ll see. Get some rest. I’ve got it from here.”
Holly wakes up as I start the car and drive toward town.
“Morning,” I say, steering the car down the back road.
“Morning,” she mumbles.
I smile at how cute she is. “Are you hungry? I thought we could grab breakfast.”
“No, I just want to go home.”
I turn the car and drive us toward my house.
Holly rolls her eyes as I pull up out front. “Home,” she stresses. “I want to go back to Adeline’s house.”
I frown. “We still need to talk.”
She shakes her head. “No, we don’t.”
“Holly—”
Her phone rings, cutting me off.
“Hello?” she answers, glaring at me. “Oh, hey. Yeah. I’m not in that state, but I could interview remotely if that’s okay?”
What?my wolf asks.She’s leaving the state?
My wolf and I are on high alert as she finishes her phone call and hangs up.
“Who was that?” My question sounds harsher than I intended.
“I applied to work for a cruise line. They called to set up the interview.”
“You can’t leave town.”
She sighs. “We’ll see.”
“The full moon is coming up soon.”
“Okay.”
“We won’t be able to resist each other.”
She narrows her eyes at me. “Sure, we will. You just continue to avoid me like you’ve been doing since I came to town, and I’ll do the same. We’ll be fine.”
