Page 13 of Loup Garou

Exavier didn’t budge. “Tim was a good guy, Linds.”

“No, he was a great guy. He was special too, like me—like others that hide among people.” I stared up at him. “Please know, I might be crazy but I don’t generally talk about our kind in front of yours. I don’t talk about the attack if I can help it. Myra and Gina know the details because they had a hand in making it all better.” I didn’t tell him my ex also had a major hand in saving me. It wasn’t Exavier’s business, and even with my sharing mood, I didn’t want to discuss Eion with him.

Exavier did a rather long blink. I continued, “They should have never been able to sneak up on Tim. But they did. He should have sensed them. Certain things emit a negative energy. A sort of signal others like me can pick up on. The amount of evil they came packing and the numbers they arrived in should have warned him…pfft…all of us way before we even got to England. Somehow, they masked themselves from us. It’s damn hard to hide evil from me. Everyone I know who is different says I’m way more sensitive to evil than they’ve ever seen anyone be. The fact they got past says just how powerful they were.”

Exavier leaned into me. “How did you manage to escape them that night?”

“I didn’t.”

He drew in a sharp breath. “What do you mean, you didn’t?”

“I mean what I said, Mr. Kedmen. I did not get away from them that night. I was taken as leverage. A pawn in their game to play with some man I don’t know and don’t care to meet.” It was hard to hold my emotions in check. The attack had been brutal, well thought out and had forever changed my life. It robbed me of my happiness and left me to have to learn to live on despite my loss.

“Did they hurt you?”

I expected him to tell me I was crazy or not funny. I didn’t expect genuine concern.

I nodded as I bit back tears. “Yes.”

He hugged me and I welcomed it, feeling compelled to go on. “I spent four days in what can only be called hell at their mercy before two of my closest friends and a man I was closer than close to found me and got me out of there, because I couldn’t walk to do it myself. This ends the discussion. Feel free to think I’m crazy. I’m used to it. It was nice to meet you. If you need those names or referrals, let me know. They’re normal so you don’t have to be concerned about ending up with nutcases.”

I went to walk out of the room only to find Exavier moving to block it. “I want you, Lindsay. I already told you that. I haven’t changed my mind.”

“I forgot to mention the aliens.”

Folding his arms over his chest, he leaned back against the wall. He looked so smug, so cocksure, that I wanted to smack him right before I begged him to fuck me. “There were aliens?”

Blowing the raspberries, I rolled my eyes. “I almost wish there was. Would it have chased you off?”

“No.”

“Are you insane?” I asked, wanting desperately to throw myself into his strong arms but not daring to do so.

A wry smile covered his handsome face. “Would it matter?”

“Probably not. Would you like to discuss details of mepossiblyhelping you out in my office?”

Exavier chuckled and the deep sound moved over me, settling in the apex of my thighs, making moisture pool there. His smile widened as he nodded his head, sending his unruly hair in every direction. “Yes, but I’d rather discuss it over lunch. Can you get time away today?”

The door to the room opened fast, startling me. I jumped slightly and Exavier pulled me to the side, putting his body in front of mine before I could blink. He reached back and put his hand on my hip. It only made the horny state he’d put me in worsen. I pulled back enough to maintain contact with him and get a peek at his ass. I knew I could get lost in this man and I knew he’d be more than willing to let me. My head said run. My body said stay with him.

“Lindsay, are you in…?”

The sound of Stalker Stan’s voice made me cringe, as it always did. Instinctively, I went into Exavier’s body more, pressing myself to his back and resting my palms on his muscular body.

“Who are you and why are you in Lindsay’s room?” Stan asked.

“I could ask you the very same thing,” Exavier said, caressing my hip slightly and doing a remarkably fine job of making me feel safe—something I rarely felt.

“I’m Lindsay’s boyfriend.”

My jaw dropped when Stan’s words sank in. It took me a second to realize that I’d begun to claw lightly at Exavier’s back. I stopped and planted a tiny kiss on the spot I’d marred him.

Oh shit, I kissed him.

I wanted to back away then. It was too much, my need to touch him, to be touched by him. I didn’t kiss men I just met. Not even on the back.

Exavier chuckled, sounding anything but amused. “Hmm, that’s funny because at last check, I was her boyfriend. In fact, we’re a little bit closer than boyfriend, girlfriend, but that’s between us, not you. Stop fucking showing up places you shouldn’t. Stop obsessing about a woman who doesn’t love you and doesn’t want you. And if you come near her again, I will personally hunt you down. I can guarantee that you do not want me on your bad side.”

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