The Mating Rite (Big, Beautiful Werewolf) (Werewolves of Montana)
“Except now. She refused to meet his gaze. He cupped her chin and forced her head up. Distrust and a haunting pain flickered in her eyes. Inwardly he winced, knowing his past actions with women had put those emotions there.
“Tell me again you don’t want me, Sam.” He dropped his hand and placed it over her rapidly beating heart. “Tell me what was between us is dead forever and I’ll leave you alone, right now.”
Shaking her head, she slid out of his bed. “Where are my clothes? I need to go home and pack. Pack as in luggage. Not Lupine pack, because I hated that life and I’m never going back. It’s safer here in Skin.”
Alarm prickled his spine. Safer?
“What are you running from, Sam? Why is living in Skin safer?”
“It’s nothing,” she muttered over her shoulder.
He followed her to the dressing room, watching her slide open the closet door. Every instinct warned him that she was evading the truth, if not outright lying. And this deeply worried him because it meant she was in trouble, but chose... not to share it with him.MoreLess
“Tell me again you don’t want me, Sam.” He dropped his hand and placed it over her rapidly beating heart. “Tell me what was between us is dead forever and I’ll leave you alone, right now.”
Shaking her head, she slid out of his bed. “Where are my clothes? I need to go home and pack. Pack as in luggage. Not Lupine pack, because I hated that life and I’m never going back. It’s safer here in Skin.”
Alarm prickled his spine. Safer?
“What are you running from, Sam? Why is living in Skin safer?”
“It’s nothing,” she muttered over her shoulder.
He followed her to the dressing room, watching her slide open the closet door. Every instinct warned him that she was evading the truth, if not outright lying. And this deeply worried him because it meant she was in trouble, but chose... not to share it with him.MoreLess
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