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“I’m not interested in being a part of a pack or finding a mate. I’ve worked hard to build my life and I’m not giving up on it.”
Blake watched me thoughtfully while Cade was shaking his head at me.
“You can’t fight the inevitable,” Cade stated as he stood with his arms crossed.
“You don’t know me very well,” I warned, holding his gaze. “I’ll up my security and if need be I’ll get a bodyguard.”
“You don’t get it, do you?” Cade growled at me as he stepped forward so he was standing directly in front of me. “Humans won’t be able to keep you safe.”
Nervously, I bit down on my bottom lip and Cade dropped his gaze to my lips. Even in the middle of an argument with him, when all I wanted to do was slap his arrogant face, I could feel the flutter of butterflies in my stomach. Annoyed, I took a step backward.
“I guess we can at least provide protection and in the meantime we could train you,” suggested Blake quietly.
“It’s not enough and you know it,” said Cade as he turned to glare at his friend.
I looked hopefully at Blake.
“It can be enough for the time being,” he muttered to Cade. I didn’t like the sound of that because no matter what, I wasn’t going to change my life.
Some noise from in front of the house that sounded like a car pulled Cade’s attention to the window.
“Jake is back with your car,” commented Cade as he peered out to the driveway.
“You see if you can talk some sense into her. I’m going to check in with Jake,” Cade muttered to Blake before he stalked out of the bedroom.
I let out a big sigh.
“Is he always like this?” I asked, feeling exasperated.
“Yeah, he is,” replied Blake with a half-smile.
I hadn’t known them for very long, but I could tell Blake was the laid-back one out of the two. Cade always seemed so intense and serious all the time. He was draining.
“Cade is right,” he said, running a hand through his hair. I didn’t want Cade to be right, I didn’t want to have to join a pack, and there was no way I was interested in finding a mate or anything like that.
Surely a werewolf could live without a mate?
“Watching over you without you joining a pack is only going to be a temporary fix for the moment, or at least until we catch the rogue that is after you.”
That sounded like a plan.
“We will get this rogue, but remember there will always be others,” he warned me. He was telling me that he could only give me a temporary reprieve, but that there would come a time I’d have to join a pack.
I didn’t like the sound of that one bit.
“Did you manage to talk some sense into her?” Cade asked Blake when he returned.
Cade rolled his eyes when Blake shook his head.
“Jake and Ross cleaned up the road and they brought your car here,” Cade informed me.
“So what do we do now?” I asked. I hated relying on them for stuff, but clearly they were better at covering this type of thing up than I was.
“Without a police report, you won’t be able to collect from the insurance so I’ll replace your car,” said Cade.
“No, it’s fine, I can replace my own car,” I assured him as he raised a questioning eyebrow. “I have my own money.”
“Whatever,” he muttered with a shrug.
