Page 5 of Love That Sass

As his Dire Wolf howled with the realization that he had found his one and only true and fated mate, Weylin’s entire body hummed with joy.

He’d found her. His mate. The one woman in the entire universe who belonged to him, as he belonged to her, body, heart, and soul. But getting back to the body part, he mused, tilting his head and angling for better access as he delved his tongue inside her hot little mouth.

A million and one questions begged entry to his mind, but Weylin pushed them aside, wanting only to bask in his newfound happiness. Of course, it lasted only about a second and a half, which was right up until a loudSLAP,followed by an annoying sting on the side of his face, broke up his rose-tinted musings.

“OUCH!” Weylin yelped in shock.

His eyes went wide as the gorgeous creature backed up from the bar, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand like he had cooties or something.

What the fuck?

“Ohmygawd! What the heck is wrong with you?”

The outraged woman spat—actually spat—into a napkin she grabbed from the bar, wiping her mouth like he’d poisoned her.

“Me? Why’d you go and do a thing like that? I just sucked on a peppermint,” he shrieked over the music, which, of course, had stopped right at that moment.

Dozens of Shifter eyes watched him and his mate,er, the mystery woman have their first lovers’ quarrel. At least, that was how he was choosing to see it. Even after slapping him, Weylin had to admit his desire for her was a strong—if possible, even stronger—than ever.

“A peppermint? What does that have to—ugh,” she muttered, a moue of disgust on her pretty little face.

“If you don’t like PDAs you just have to say so,” he grumbled, signaling the DJ to put the music back on.

“PDAs? Public displays of affection? OMG! Didn’t anyone ever teach you any manners?”

“Of course they did, but I’m not the one slapping people,” he growled, confused as fuck.

“Well, of course, I slapped you! I came in here for a job not to get manhandled by some puffed up playboy bartender who thinks he’s God’s gift to women,” the woman retorted.

Sassy. Clever. And still cute as hell.

“Never said I was a gift, but you can unwrap me anytime,” he replied and winked.

Unfortunately, the woman who would be his mate was not amused. His Dire Wolf snapped at him, but Weylin was at a loss. Usually, women found him charming, handsome, and easy to be with.

She looked at him like something she had accidentally stepped in. It was playing havoc with his ego, but even worse, his animal was starting to get pissed. The Wolf wanted out, figuring he could do a better job than the man. Maybe that was the issue. He just had to get her to understand what his animal already knew. They were fated to be together.

“Weylin, what is going on here?” a very pregnant, and somewhat amused, Lucy, interrupted.

A second hush fell over the crowd of partygoers, but at least the DJ kept playing. Still, Weylin’s face turned bright red under their evil grins. Sheila was watching the byplay like it was an instant replay of the last disappointing Giants game.

Go Big Blue. Or don’t. Sigh.

Damn human football league had nothing on the unofficial Shifters games he and his Pack loved to attend. Still, he was a loyal fan of the NY Giants, even if they had yet to meet their potential.

Weylin hated being the object of attention, especially when so many of the females at Sheila’s party were evil. Okay, fine. Maybe not evil, but since he had dated a fair number of them, he imagined they were more than happy to see him get his ass handed to him by one of their own.

“Look, love, just let me explain—”

“Hi, I’m Lucy, and you are,” but Lucy’s eyes went round as she gave a delicate sniff of the stranger.

She flicked her gaze to Weylin, who followed suit.Sniff—well fuck, that explained it. Here he’d been thinking the little morsel was a Shifter who knew about mates and instant attraction, but the hottie with the body was a normal. A human.

My mate is human. Really?

Yes. Really, his Dire Wolf supplied.

“Gwendolyn Hoffer, nice to meet you, sort of,” the woman replied.

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