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Henrietta’s gasp of horror brought Rylee out of her momentary distraction.
“Oh, sweetie. I’m so sorry you were hurt that way, but I can say I’m glad you found outbeforerather thanafterthe wedding.”
“Painful truth.” Rylee’s shoulders sagged a little. Not only had Jeff cheated on her, he’d potentially tried to have her killed. For what? Revenge? She couldn’t understand the motive. Sure, canceling the wedding had been social suicide for them both, but Rylee didn’t care about that stuff like Jeff did. It was certainly hard to imagine being angry enough to try and murder the other person.
Henrietta pursed her lips a second, like she had something else to add, but then moved back into the chipper shopkeeper role instead. “You let me know if you need anything specific for the house. We do special orders all the time. Karl flies down to Anchorage about once a week.”
“Thanks. I really appreciate that.”
“Not at all. And if something happens at the house, Deputy Di’Lasha will always come help. He can be a little intimidating, but he’s a sweetheart deep down. He lives out a bit farther than your house, closer to the mountain. They’re saying this will be a nasty storm like the one we had a couple months ago. So keep inside once you get home.”
“Oh. Well, um … thank you.”
“You know you just missed him.”
“Who?”
“Deputy Di’Lasha. He left a minute or so before you came in.”
Rylee’s heart did another long pause. Broody, burning, golden-eyed guy was the deputy sheriff, and he was a sweet, helpful guy.
Well damn.
ChapterFive
Wrath
She was the most beautiful creature he’d ever laid eyes on. Stunning didn’t begin to describe her.
Her skin was luminescent with the soul glow. Her hair had been twisted on top of her head, and it had been shiny and purple, and he couldn’t wait to touch it. He wanted to pull it loose and run his fingers deep into the roots and…
Damn.
Men spoke about how overcome they felt once the soul call had been recognized. His dragon hadn’t been able to think about anything else the entire day.
He’d felt his heart stop on that sidewalk. And since then, his entire body had felt as though he’d swallowed a live electric cable.
She was here.
He’d been waiting, and she was finally here.
And now he didn’t have a damn clue what to do next. She was human. He’d expected his mate to be a human, but that didn’t mean he’d figured out how to tell her he could transform into a dragon.
His day of patrolling Mystery couldn’t have moved any slower. But he was thankful, it’d been a couple of days since the last break-in. And there were still no new leads on who was causing the trouble.
He’d had to chase a couple of kids out of Leif’s junkyard and arrest them for vandalism. Their mothers had tried to flirt with him to get them out. Wrath couldn’t have been less interested.
He’d finally let the boys go after they’d agreed to work for Leif every single day after school for the next thirty days cleaning up the mess they’d made. The mothers had left with their children and disappointed expressions on their faces.
He hadn’t humored any of the interested women of Mystery with a date. He’d moved here to look for his mate, and he’d refused to get caught in anything that would distract him from his goal.
Mate.His dragon rumbled deep in his chest. He input his report and glanced around the office.Go to her.
That was his intention.
Mrs. Lewis, up at the front desk, caught his gaze and threw him a smile. “You doing okay, Deputy?”
“Yes, Ms. Lewis. Thank you. I’m trying to wrap up today’s paperwork.”
