Page 29 of Runaway Wolf
“Yup,” Joaquin drawled. “Sisters are two-for-one. Just a matter of time.”
“You guys have supersensitive sniffers, right?” Caitlin asked calmly.
“Yeah,” Alex drawled, his eyes narrowed like he was waiting for a zinger.
“Okay, well, I understand how offensive I must smell, so I picked up this little cheap bottle of super-fragrant economy cologne at the dollar store. And I know it’s potent, but I figure I’ll just rub it into the skin, let it dry, maybe douse the area twice for any missed spots—”
“No!” Nearly everyone at the table cringed. In fact, the only ones grinning broadly were her and Penny.
“Nicely done,” her sister complimented her.
“Thanks. You probably won’t think it’s funny once you’re changed, so I’ll refrain from joking about it around then.”
“I appreciate it. I’m not looking forward to throwing away all my favorite perfumes.”
“Wait. You haven’t thrown them out?” Noah asked.
“I can’t bear to. It’s a small fortune,” Penny said. “But I did seal them up in zipper baggies.”
“That’s fair,” Caitlin teased. “She spent more on those than my dollar store stuff.”
“Exactly,” Penny said. “I can’t even give them to my only sister. She’s seeing Isaac.”
A little growl rumbled up from Isaac’s chest, so she planted her palm there. She would have been worried if not for the goofy grin on his face and the glow of his wolf eyes peering back at her.
“Look at that,” he whispered for her ears only. “Your sister knows you’re seeing me.”
“Well, you bought me presents. Held my hand in the car. You’re crazy about me,” she teased.
“You have me and my wolf in agreement for once.”
The music changed to a fast, upbeat song, and she was barely aware of the others turning to each other and cheering.
“Misty!” Amos yelled. “Let’s go dance, sugar tits.”
Misty growled at the endearment, but she still went with him to the dance floor.
Alex followed and so with a shrug, Joaquin went after them. They all paired up for the line dance, passing Misty around. No one missed a beat, it was obvious that they did this often.
“Ooh, I want to go out there too,” Penny said to Noah. That was all it took and the big shifter was leading her out to the dance floor.
“My sister gets anything she wants, doesn’t she?” At least here, unlike home, she was taken care of.
“Yep,” he drawled.
“She’s spoiled.”
“She deserves to be.”
That made her smile. “Yeah, she does.” Then she leaned in to tell him a secret. “I’m so glad she’s back in my life. I was broken for a long time.”
And that amazing man leaned in to tell her one too. “So was she.”
When she blinked in surprise, he went on. “She talked about her little sister all the time. When we mentioned inviting you to visit, she went sad and told us it wasn’t possible.”
“I’m sure glad things worked out the way they did.”
“Me too.” He leaned his forehead to hers and maybe he held his breath a little, but he made a grand effort. “If I had known how pretty you were, I would have gotten her to get you here sooner.”
