Page 42 of Entangled in the Woods
“Sure, Leo. Another time.” I placated him, ready to close my door and deal with what was lurking outside my window.
He mumbled something to himself as he turned around and walked toward his room. Jenny burst through the front door, and her eyes zeroed in on Leo. He ducked into his room before she could chase him down. Her posture dipped in defeat as she turned to head to the kitchen. I closed my door, quickly before she could come into my room next.
Tap. Tap, tap, tap.
“Lyka. Open up.” My heart skipped a beat and my limbs stiffened.
I wanted to ignore him, but I didn’t want to risk Jenny or Leo hearing and looking out their own windows to see a giant man standing outside of mine. Jenny might just invite him to her own window.
Pulling the curtains aside, I could see Everett’s scruff-covered face. “What do you want?” Even though the window was closed, I knew he could still hear me.
“Let me in, Elise.” I shook my head at him defiantly. “Fine. I’ll let myself in.” Everett forcefully pushed up on the window pane, snapping the lock that was in place.
“Fine! Fine!” There was still a screen separating us, and I wasn’t about to owe more damages to the university for an unhinged shifter breaking into my room. He pulled back his fist that had been about to punch through the screen as I carefully removed the screen frame and leaned it against the wall next to me.
Everett lifted his body through the window and landed with his feet on the floor of my room. His agility surprised me. He was large and could still fit his body through a window without a problem.
“You owe me for that lock,” I said.
Everett shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal. “Not a problem. I’ll replace the whole window if that’s what it takes to get into your room.”
Scoffing at him, I put my hands on my hips. The cool breeze from the open window alerted my nipples that I was wearing a thin tank top and shorts. Everett’s eyes landed on them before I could cover them with my arms. He had only seen me in leggings and T-shirts. I felt practically naked in front of him.
“What do you want, Everett? Kidnapping and holding me hostage isn’t enough? You need to addbreaking and enteringto your resume?”
He laughed quietly as he walked toward me. “I’m glad you found your nerve, Elise. I love when you talk dirty to me.”
If attitude was what he wanted from me, then I had more than enough to give. I had too much attitude stored up from repressing it all my life.
“Are you always this dark and broody?” I asked. Everett was the king of mixed signals and sexual overtones. I wondered what signal he was sending me now, showing up at my window and breaking into my room.
“Only around you.” Everett took the last step toward me and pulled my arms away from my chest. My nipples wouldnot subside their protrusion, and I could feel Everett’s gaze on them. He pulled me against his body, smashing my chest into his stomach. I was sure through his T-shirt he could feel the hard buds against his skin.
His head dipped to that familiar spot between my neck and shoulder as he breathed in. “I can’t fucking stay away from you.”
“And that makes you mad?” The thread between us was already taut, and I was losing my vision to the frosted glass forming around us.
“It makes me furious, Elise. I have never felt like this, and I don’t know what I’m doing.” His confession made me smile. How could an alpha wolf not know what they were doing? Something must’ve been wrong with him if he felt that way around me. I was nothing special. “Kleio told me this would happen.”
The mention of Kleio and the thought that they were talking about me privately both warmed my heart and made me curious. “Kleio said what?”
“Nothing, Lyka. Nothing. You smell so good.” His nose trailed up my neck and behind my ear, inhaling in my hair.
“Wonders, what a shower will do,” I said.
“Oh, you’re snippy, aren’t you, Elise?”
“Only when I’m irritated.”
“You don’t smell irritated to me.”
I gasped and pushed back from his hold. I suddenly felt cold and exposed. Crossing my arms across my chest again, I stared Everett down. He was dangerous, and his presence was addictive.
“Oh, you forgot I was a wolf, didn’t you?” he said. “I can smell your need for me from a mile away.”
“I don’t need you, Everett. There are other things I need to do.”
“Your mouth tells lies, but your scent tells the truth.” Everett was practically steaming with sexual energy. It was hard not to be pulled into the current.
