Page 180 of Shadow City: Silver Wolf

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Attemptingto leap out of the bed, I got wrapped up in the sheets and tumbled to the floor. I landed on my shoulders, causing a deep ache to run up my arms as the covers shifted, exposing my bare ass. I’d never felt so clumsy before, and of course, it’d happen now. I didn’t want Griffin’s mom walking in and seeing me like this.

Sterlyn!Griffin said with concern as his head popped over the side of the bed and he took in the disheveled heap of me on the floor.

This was not a good look for me in so many ways.

He stood up, bare-ass naked, not even pretending to be bothered that his mom was here.Are you okay?He squatted next to me and lifted me into his arms.

Yeah, I’m peachy.My cheeks felt as if they were on fire as he sat with me on the bed.Your mom is here.

His hazel eyes sparkled with mirth.Yes, I’m very aware.

A knock on the door made my stomach do somersaults.

“Griffin, I decided I couldn’t wait to meet her, so I wanted to surprise you two.” She sounded so happy. “I mean, this is the woman who’ll be giving me grandbabies!”

Wow. Even though that statement was true, I hadn’t thought that far ahead in our future. With everything we were going through, the farthest I could picture was probably a year's time.

“You didn’t think to tell me you were heading here?” he called through the door and chuckled, his face filled with adoration as he watched me.

She huffed. “I thought I’d surprise you two.”

“You succeeded,” he replied, then laughed outright, making me want to punch him.

The asshole knew why I was freaking out, and he was teasing me.Not cool.I bared my teeth at him. Maybe sometime in the near future, I’d find it funny, but not so much now.

“Oh.” She sniffed. “I smell that.”

Please, someone, kill me and put me out of my misery, I chanted to myself only. Even before I met his mother, she was smelling the scents of our desire from just a short while ago.

“Well, no time like the present to get started on those babies,” she said, and giggled. “I’ll wait for you in the den.” The clatter of her heels grew fainter as she moved away from the door.

I punched him in the arm.You enjoyed that way too much.I’d rather hide in here the rest of the night, but she was waiting for us. If I didn’t go out there, that would only make seeing her tomorrow even more difficult. I was stuck.

“Ouch.” He smiled as he rubbed his arm. “Keep that up, and I’ll have to punish you. Mom can wait, after all.”

“No way.” I stood and hurried across the room to grab my clothes. “That will not be happening. This is embarrassing enough.”

“Stop it.” He rolled his eyes and pouted. “But I’m serious. If you don’t want to see her yet, I can keep your mind occupied.”

He might be sexy as hell and able to make my body do things that brought such immense pleasure, but I wouldn’t be able tofocus on anything but the sound of his mom’s shoes for the next little while. “Don’t worry, I’ll punish you later.”

“Later, huh?” he asked and smirked as he watched me dress. “I could get behind that.” He waggled his eyebrows, driving the innuendo home.

“Behave.” I pulled my shirt over my head and ran my fingers through my hair to at least make it look somewhat tame. I didn’t need to walk in there with sex hair since we’d already announced what we’d been doing clearly.

“Fine.” He pouted but quickly dressed.

Once we were both somewhat put together, he opened his bedroom door.Mom has been excited to meet you.I should’ve realized she might come home early, but the thought of having you in my bed was a little too tempting.

I wasn’t about to complain about the sex. Hell, I was all for it, but had I known there was a possibility of her coming home early, I would’ve gotten dressed before I started drifting off to sleep.

With each step closer to the den, my heart pounded harder. I hadn’t liked nearly every person I’d met from Shadow City. They were pompous and only out for themselves. Rosemary seemed to be the one exception. I feared that Griffin’s mom would be the same way, which could cause problems between the two of us. We had enough of those.

Hey, it’s going to be okay.Griffin grasped my arm, pulling me to a stop. He cupped my face and looked into my eyes as he continued,There’s nothing to be nervous about.

That was easy for him to say—she was his mother.If you were meeting my father, how would you feel?

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