Page 33 of The Mating Need
Chapter 7
After a long walkin the woods, Jenny and Troy returned to the main lodge. Hand on the small of her back, he ushered herinside.
Jenny stopped at the stairs. “You sure I’m welcomehere?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know Troy… you seem to fit in, but me, I’mdifferent.”
As she started to protest, he kissed her. His kiss was a mere butterfly brush of wings against her mouth. So soft and beguiling, he wanted more. Needed more. Yet he needed to show her she set thepace.
All these months they’d been together, he patiently waited for her to take the first step. Let him know when she wasready.
As they deepened the kiss, he suddenly drew back, knowing he stood on the edge of a cliff and they could both fall easily. Not now. Nothere.
Troy framed her face with his hands, kissing her gently again. “This is a mere demonstration of what I plan to do with you,sweetheart.”
Jenny licked her kiss-swollen mouth. “I’d settle for a little demonstration more,please.”
“Not much privacy for how I really want to kissyou.”
They went into the living room. Snake sat in an armchair by the fire. He glanced up from the book heread.
Troy made introductions, wondering if Snake would be as hostile to Jenny as the Lupine had been to him. Instead, Snake politely shook Jenny’s hand and gave her a warmsmile.
“Hope you like it here,Jenny.”
“I’m not staying long.” She retreated and folded her arms across herchest.
“Maybe we can changethat.”
Troy didn’t care for the words, but Snake showed no signs of flirting with her or sheer male interest.Still…
“I need a place where Jenny can sleep tonight. Not the bunkhouse,” he shotout.
Snake tossed him a key. “Aiden asked me to give you this and take you to a guest cabin. Thought you both would want alonetime.”
The flush tinting Jenny’s cheeks made her even more striking, but he didn’t like embarrassingher.
“I’ll get her settled there and return to the bunkhouse.” Troy’s heart skipped a beat at the thought of privacy with Jenny, but he would not rushher.
“Up to you.” Snake dog eared his book and set it on the table next to thesofa.
“Oh, that’s bad luck where I come from. If you don’t use a bookmark, it means during the next full moon, you’ll be hunted by alibrarian.”
Troy grinned at Jenny’s joke, expecting Snake to frown. Again, the male surprised him with a largesmile.
“Maybe I likelibrarians.”
“For dating or dinner?” Jennyquipped.
Snake laughed. “Maybe both. Come on. Let’s get you settled. There’s two golf carts outside. You can take one, follow me and leave the cart for your transport at yourcabin.”
He made no remark s about Jenny’s lack of bags and for that Troy was glad. He glanced sideways at the book. Troy stifled a surprisedgasp.
Evil Walks Among Us. By none other than Professor Eric NilesPerry.
The same teacher Aiden and Darius had talked about this morning when they headed out to herd the cattle to a larger pasture. Perry was a rogue, a Skin who was interested in killing wolves and had cultivated a small, but loyal group of studentfollowers.
