I slowly unwrapped my arms from around his narrow waist. His heat seared me, and the chiseled abdominal muscles didn’t go without notice either.
“I came by to see if you had changed your mind about our date tonight.” He shrugged. “But if you’ve made other plans, you know, getting to know the other side of the fence, then I, the understanding wolf, would not want to get in the way of that.” Again, he smiled that mischievous smile that cracked my icy disposition. He was making it more and more difficult to keep a cool distance from him.
“No plans were made to meet with the other side, as you put it. For your information, Aaron’s the first vampire I’ve ever met. Did you know the temperature in the room drops when a vampire walks into a room?”
“Is that some kind of a joke?”
She rolled her eyes. “No. When Aaron walked into the room, the temperature in the store dropped at least five degrees, maybe even more. But what’s interesting is that when you walked in, the temperature jumped a good fifteen degrees. Why do you suppose that is?”
Blake went and sat on the sofa by the fire and patted the seat next to him. Conceding, only because it had already been a long day, I went over to the couch, but chose the seat as close to the other side of the sofa as possible. It was my way of letting him know that it wasn’t a breakthrough on his quest to have us date.
“Sydney, that’s your ability to locate the wolves and vampires. Your extrasensory ability is kicking in, alerting you to our presence. I’ve never heard of anyone able to differentiate between us using temperature difference. You’re the first that I’m aware of.”
A customer, one who didn’t change the atmosphere in any way, walked into the store, even though it was almost closing time. Any business was good business. The young woman wanted to concoct a love spell, something to get the man of her desires to notice her. We kept the special recipe cards close to the front door, and she followed me over to the stand originally made to display postcards instead of spell recipe cards. But it worked well and kept them organized.
When she was checked out and gone, the silence made me uncomfortable. I faced Blake. “Well, it was nice of you to stop by, but I’d better get busy closing. There’s a lot to do.”
Blake didn’t budge an inch. He again patted the seat next to him on the sofa. I slumped back on the couch with a groan of acceptance. There wasn’t anything I was going to do to make him leave quietly, short of being rude, and he didn’t deserve that, yet.
“Your sister was at the den today with Michael. It sounds like they’ll be going back to Chicago after the full moon.”
I straightened. “The full moon. When is that?” I tried to sound casual, but didn’t succeed. The end of my question rose on a squeak.
“The moon will be full tomorrow night, so Michael will be busy with the pack. Then on Sunday, they plan on returning to their homes down in Chicago.”
“Oh, so you’ll both be busy?”
“Yes, there won’t be an opportunity for me to come and visit you tomorrow night, which is disappointing, considering these visits we have are very refreshing.”
“Refreshing, yeah, I’m sure that’s what you really think of having to come here and play the nice, suave gentleman with me.”
Both his brows rose in surprise, then he said, “So, that’s it. There had to be another reason that you won’t go out with me other than it’s not good for business. You’re afraid that my attraction to you isn’t genuine, that I’m being told to come and see you for the betterment of the pack. That’s it, isn’t it?” The more he spoke, the louder and angrier he sounded.
“No, that’s not it at all.” The skin on my face flushed with the lie. Lying was never my strong suit.
“I can’t believe it wasn’t obvious to me sooner. Sydney, it’s hard to ignore your sexual attraction to me. The smell of it clouds my
“I came by to see if you had changed your mind about our date tonight.” He shrugged. “But if you’ve made other plans, you know, getting to know the other side of the fence, then I, the understanding wolf, would not want to get in the way of that.” Again, he smiled that mischievous smile that cracked my icy disposition. He was making it more and more difficult to keep a cool distance from him.
“No plans were made to meet with the other side, as you put it. For your information, Aaron’s the first vampire I’ve ever met. Did you know the temperature in the room drops when a vampire walks into a room?”
“Is that some kind of a joke?”
She rolled her eyes. “No. When Aaron walked into the room, the temperature in the store dropped at least five degrees, maybe even more. But what’s interesting is that when you walked in, the temperature jumped a good fifteen degrees. Why do you suppose that is?”
Blake went and sat on the sofa by the fire and patted the seat next to him. Conceding, only because it had already been a long day, I went over to the couch, but chose the seat as close to the other side of the sofa as possible. It was my way of letting him know that it wasn’t a breakthrough on his quest to have us date.
“Sydney, that’s your ability to locate the wolves and vampires. Your extrasensory ability is kicking in, alerting you to our presence. I’ve never heard of anyone able to differentiate between us using temperature difference. You’re the first that I’m aware of.”
A customer, one who didn’t change the atmosphere in any way, walked into the store, even though it was almost closing time. Any business was good business. The young woman wanted to concoct a love spell, something to get the man of her desires to notice her. We kept the special recipe cards close to the front door, and she followed me over to the stand originally made to display postcards instead of spell recipe cards. But it worked well and kept them organized.
When she was checked out and gone, the silence made me uncomfortable. I faced Blake. “Well, it was nice of you to stop by, but I’d better get busy closing. There’s a lot to do.”
Blake didn’t budge an inch. He again patted the seat next to him on the sofa. I slumped back on the couch with a groan of acceptance. There wasn’t anything I was going to do to make him leave quietly, short of being rude, and he didn’t deserve that, yet.
“Your sister was at the den today with Michael. It sounds like they’ll be going back to Chicago after the full moon.”
I straightened. “The full moon. When is that?” I tried to sound casual, but didn’t succeed. The end of my question rose on a squeak.
“The moon will be full tomorrow night, so Michael will be busy with the pack. Then on Sunday, they plan on returning to their homes down in Chicago.”
“Oh, so you’ll both be busy?”
“Yes, there won’t be an opportunity for me to come and visit you tomorrow night, which is disappointing, considering these visits we have are very refreshing.”
“Refreshing, yeah, I’m sure that’s what you really think of having to come here and play the nice, suave gentleman with me.”
Both his brows rose in surprise, then he said, “So, that’s it. There had to be another reason that you won’t go out with me other than it’s not good for business. You’re afraid that my attraction to you isn’t genuine, that I’m being told to come and see you for the betterment of the pack. That’s it, isn’t it?” The more he spoke, the louder and angrier he sounded.
“No, that’s not it at all.” The skin on my face flushed with the lie. Lying was never my strong suit.
“I can’t believe it wasn’t obvious to me sooner. Sydney, it’s hard to ignore your sexual attraction to me. The smell of it clouds my
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