Page 114 of The Last True Hero
Or maybe he was waiting for her to make the first move.
"I don't know if he's the type of man I thought he was," she admitted slowly, then held up her hand when Sage went to open her mouth. "He's a warg, Sage."
"What?"
She told her sister the story about the medallion. "He wears one around his neck. I've seen it a couple of times, but I have to admit I was... focusing on other things whenever he took his shirt off. I didn't even put the two stories together until he was shot. All the signs were there, but why would I? He's a damned hero, and wargs were always the nasty critters in the night as far as I knew. McClain even told me himself—you won't look at me the way you do now, if you knew my secret. He's right. I don't know what to think." Her voice dropped. "I... I had sex with him."Wild, dirty, crazy sex. And it was incredible....
"Jesus." Sage scraped her hand over her mouth. "But it's nearly night. I don't understand...."
"The medallion keeps the monster trapped within him," Mia admitted. "What do I believe? He helped destroy a slave town, Sage, because he said that every man or woman there deserved to be free. This entire trip he's been looking after me, taking care of me, of my people. My heart tells me he's a good man, but I'm so scared. What do I do?" She gave a breathless laugh that sounded somewhat ragged. "He got to me. I finally let a man in, and now I'm scared that he's not really a man."
Warm arms slid around her, and Sage dragged Mia's head against her shoulder. "Shush. You'll work it out. I won't pretend it doesn't scare me, or that this is an easy decision for you to make, but... I've seen monsters this past week, those in the shape of men and women. Whatever he is, McClain's not that type of monster and I think you know it. I guess... you just have to decide if it's worth the risk."
Was it? Mia breathed in the fresh scent of the wind blowing off the creek and rested her head against her sister's shoulder. She was tired of not taking risks. And every time she thought herself round in circles, she kept running smack-bang into Sage's declaration.You have nothing for yourself, Mia....
Maybe it was time to stop overthinking everything?
Maybe it was time to let her guard down, just a little?
Mia kissed her sister's hand and then slowly drew away. "Whatever he is or isn't, I think this is a discussion I need to be having with McClain," she told her sister.
"Finally."
