Page 14 of Love Bites Hard

“Not all of us have a voyeurism kink, asshole.”

I felt him run a hand through his hair. It was covered in blood, and I didn’t want to know why.

“If there was a way out of it, I would go with that,”he finally said.“But there’s not. We’ll put the curtains down.”

“If we do that, your pack will think we’re wimps. And why the hell didn’t you warn me about the knotting thing, either?”I shot back.

He made a noise of frustration.“I assumed you knew basic information about wolves when you agreed to be my mate.”

“Sure you did.”

He snarled into my mind.“We’re using the curtains.”Then, he ripped his consciousness away from mine.

I massaged my temple harder. “Asshole.”

Kim’s expression was curious. “You looked like you were fighting.”

“He growled and insulted me, if that’s what you’re asking.”

“He hasn’t growled at anyone since his family was killed. He’s always very… neutral. On the rare occasions we see him, at least.”

Hale had said the same thing. That Porter used to be wild and fun, but had grown dark and neutral since he lost his family.

Some niggling, annoying part of me wanted to try to fix that, but I knew better. A woman couldn’t fix a man. And even if she could, she shouldn’t. If he deserved her, he would fix himself.

“Finish up the crackers. I’ll find you something more filling to eat,” Kim said, standing up. “Porter will want you in his clothes tonight, so take whatever you need from his closet. You’ll be moving to Curtis’s room after it’s cleaned out, but this is Porter’s for the moment. He hasn’t been here in a long time, but even Curt knew better than to let someone else take it.”

“We’re sharing a room?”

She nodded. “No way around that.”

I let out a breath. “Lovely.”

I’d thought Blair was crazy for letting Hale force her to share a room with him, but it looked like I was about to be in the same boat.

She slipped out, leaving me alone in the bathtub, still fully clothed and absolutely soaked.

Sighing, I adjusted my position a little. My forehead creased when I felt something hard beneath my ass, and it occurred to me that I’d brought my phone.

Finally, something had worked in my favor.

I pulled the device out—it was waterproof—and dried it off on the shower curtain since there was no towel hanging nearby. With the screen dry enough, I turned it on and read the messages from my sisters.

Clementine

We love you, good luck <3

Zora

Let us know if you need a jailbreak, we’ll do our best

And by that I mean we’ll ask Blair to seduce Hale into rescuing you

Blair

I will make that sacrifice for you ;P

But really, if he doesn’t treat you right I’ll find a way to get you out

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