Page 30 of A Surprise Baby for the Wolf Shifter

“Come with me,” he said and slid his fingers around my arm. He started to tug, but I refused to move and tugged back. He settled his attention on me. His eyebrows were drawn together.

“I’m not going anywhere until you give me some answers,” I said.

He huffed. “I need you to come with me. Now.”

“No. Why are you behaving like this?” I asked.

“I don’t have time to explain,” he said and tugged on my arm some more.

“Well, find time, because I’m not going anywhere with you until you tell me what is going on.” I pulled back on my arm, but he refused to let me go. “Let go.”

He sniffed again and stiffened.

I was regretting this trip more and more.

And then, again, there was the same undeniable pull toward him, which could have been my innate, twisted need for him. Like the warmth of his fingers wrapped around my arm. If I allowed myself to get carried away, it would lead me to the first night of sex, and our sex earlier. The likelihood of sex happening again was high considering our history.

I bit my lip, trying to shove my rush of arousal back.

“Please, come with me.” He tugged on my arm again. “It’s not safe out here.”

“How is it not safe?” I asked.

He refused to answer. “Please, come with me. I’ll answer your questions as soon as you are off the street.”

I wasn’t buying his compromise. Still, there had to be more to what was going on here. More than what he was telling me, and I had a sinking suspicion it had little to do with insanity. A huge part of me wanted to give him a chance to explain. Unlike the opportunity he gave me.

I opened my mouth, but I didn’t get a chance to utter a word because he stiffened like a board and dragged me inside the general store next to the storefront we were just standing in front of.

Once we were inside the store, I spun around and faced him. “You can let go of me now.”

He pulled me closer to him and angled his back toward the doorway… and he still held onto my arm.

He was behaving very strangely.

“Care to tell me what is going on yet?” I asked.

“Not here,” I said. “Not right now.”

I scoffed. The nerve of this guy was wearing on me. I wasn’t in a good mood to start with, especially with how we left things. I was starting to get the impression that I had landed myself in a heap of trouble, and I couldn’t see any way out of it.

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WEYLAN

I pulled her inside the store moments before Tabitha stormed past. I sucked in my breath and hopped that she didn’t catch on to me slipping inside with the woman she wanted to tear to pieces. I kept a hold of Gemma too, along with my breath until I was sure Tabitha wasn’t going to catch on and find us.

When she handn’t. I released my breath.

That was too close. Thankfully, Tabitha had enough sense to stay in her human form. I wasn’t sure what I would do if she had managed to run through the town partially or fully shifted.

I half-expected that to be the case. Which was why I asked Gemma so many unusual questions. They were unexpected and I was sure she was questioning my sanity. She likely had no idea about shifters, and I wasn’t about to expose that secret yet. Though, if a relationship was what she wanted, then I would have to cross that bridge at some point.

Sooner rather than later.

But I was getting off track.

Before bumping into Gemma, I caught up to Tabitha in my wolf form. We duked it out as wild animals normally did. But I was in no mood to do the same thing again, and in the middle of the town I called home. Tabitha made my life hell on a regular basis since I had cut things off with her. I lost out on a great deal of peace and quiet. Not to mention privacy. I wasn’t about to let her take away my home.

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