Page 33 of Her Forbidden Shifters
Jacob and I exchanged a glance before turning our attention to Noah. This whole time we had a suspicion he had more to do with her disappearance than he was letting on. The fact that he was offering solutions or suggestions was a red flag to me.
But I was going to withhold my opinion for a little while longer.
“How so?” Jacob asked.
Noah shook his head and shrugged. “If I had all the answers, I wouldn’t have come to you for help.”
“Well, you came to Savannah,” Jacob added. “Don’t get it twisted.”
“Yeah, well, she came with you two as a package deal. Didn’t think I was going to have to clarify that.” Noah made a motion with his hands in a circle between myself, Jacob, and Savannah.
In a way, he wasn’t wrong.
“Uh-huh,” Jacob muttered.
“Why don’t you just stop beating around the bush and get to your point,” Savannah said.
He smirked. “So smart.”
“Get on with it, man,” Jacob said.
Noah leaned forward and said, “Hear me out on this one okay?”
“Spit it out already,” Savannah said, losing her patience.
“Use me as bait,” he finalized.
“For what exactly?” Savannah asked, voice growing louder.
“Draw them out. Maybe if we can take one of them, we can get some answers and figure out why they have the powers they do, why they had taken witches in the first place, where my sister is, and why they damn near killed you in my apartment.”
Savannah sucked in a breath. “One, not just no. But hell no. Second, about that. I forgot to mention something to you.”
“What is it?” he asked, sitting back in his seat.
“Your coffee table? The one right inside the living room?” she asked.
Noah nodded. “Yeah?”
“It’s sort of demolished,” she said.
Noah shrugged it off. “I don’t care about that.”
Savannah’s brown-eyed gaze settled on him, the longer she stared at him, the more she seemed confused over Noah’s reaction about his table. Knowing him, it was likely marble with twenty-four karat gold ribbons. Maybe even have diamond dust. Anything of his would likely cost more than my, Savanah’s, and Jacob’s salary put together. She tucked a strain of deep red hair behind her ear and slumped her shoulders a little more.
“Well, okay then,” she said. “I was going to offer you help on replacing it.”
Noah waved the worry away. “Don’t be ridiculous. I’m just happy you are safe now.”
She nodded and a little blush filled her cheeks. That response elicited one within me. One of jealousy. One that made my wolf stretch against my frame. One that made me want to pull her away from the other two and keep her to myself.
One that made me wish I had made a move on her sooner.
“I think using you as bait is a great idea,” Jacob said, bringing the conversation back on topic.
“I second it,” I said.
Savannah glared at the both of us.
