Black Wolfe's Mate (Paranormal Shifter Romance) (16 page)

“Do you think you will see Lachlan again?”

“I do not know,” Liam said sadly. “My hope is that he will already be there.”

“Will you ask him to rejoin your pack?”

Liam shook his head.

“But why not? Surely you cannot still hold a grudge when he’s the one who saved—”

“No, you do not understand,” Liam corrected. “It is Lachlan who must accept us, not the other way around.”

Puzzlement stole over Angelica’s features, but Derrick understood. “He is Alpha.”

Liam nodded, his face a mask of mixed hope and resignation. “Yes. Eventually he will accept his destiny and resume his place among us. In the meantime, we will continue to do as we did before. We will endure.”

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he castle seemed emptier without Liam and the boys, but Angelica had more than enough to keep her busy. Her three little loves were non-stop bundles of energy. Keeping them out of sight and out of trouble was a full time job. She had lots of help, though. Angelica had come to realize that pack truly was family and every one of them cared for the pups as if they were their own.

She’d finally found her niche, too. Angelica’s haunting sketches of Wolfe Island were now being sold in the gift shop. Each was a one-of-a-kind original, and so popular with guests, there was actually a waiting list.

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n a rare moment of solitude, Angelica sat out on the black stone, knees tucked into her chest, looking out over the horizon. Golden hair lifted and fell with the soft ocean breeze, wrapping around her face and temporarily obscuring her view.

“Is there something wrong, Mrs. Wolfe?” asked a familiar, deep voice. The sound of it alone sent waves of warmth through her, all the way down to her toes, making them curl.

Angelica hid her smile. “I’m afraid I find myself with the oddest compulsion, Mr. Wolfe.”

He lifted a perfect brow in question. “Do you now?” he asked softly.

“I wish desperately that you would make an attempt to kiss me,” she confessed.

Cool eyes regarded her — bluer than the bluest sky on the finest day. Clear and infinite. They were, like everything else about him, perfect. Once they had flickered with just the slightest hint of interest, but now they burned with hunger and an intensity that left her breathless as he gazed at her, as still and unmoving as the rock upon which they sat, the peaceful lull of the ocean lapping against the breakers.

“Would you?” she prodded.

Not a flinch, not a flicker. “Absolutely not.”

“Hmm,” she hummed, her nipples hardening in challenge. She loved when her Alpha allowed her to dominate. It was only an illusion, she knew, but one they both enjoyed. She let her desire permeate the air around them, smiling to herself as her husband picked up the unmistakable scent. “Perhaps I shall just have to kiss you, then.”

This time, when Angelica touched her lips to his, only one part of his body stiffened in response. The rest wrapped around her and pulled her closer.

And this time, when he turned on his heel and headed back toward the castle, she was in his arms.

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