Sue tried to spend the rest of the day burying herself in work. It seemed to her that everyone in the office knew who she was now.
As she got on with her work, every so often she would hear the sound of laughter escape from Jake, and when he turned to look at her, Jake would simply shake his head, still laughing, and say, “eyebrows.” She didn’t know why it was still so funny to her new friend.It was nearing the end of the day when she got an email alert. She opened it reluctantly, hoping that she wasn’t once again being called down to Human Resources. She released a tense breath when she saw that it was from Sarah.To: andrew.s@fangandclaw.comFrom: murphy.s@fangandclaw.comCake and coffee?*****This right here was why she loved her. She quickly typed out a reply telling her that she would meet her outside in an hour. By the time she met her, it was raining a very fine, misty rain, the kind that she hated.As she walked through the lobby, she grumbled to herself. Luckily, there was a cafe just across the street so they wouldn’t have to go far.“Hey you,” Sarah called from behind her as she came over to her. “Need to drown your sorrows in some chocolate cake?”She gave her an unimpressed smile and linked arms with her as they walked toward the door. “Was it as bad as I thought it was?”“Oh, sweetie. It was worse.”“Awesome,” she sighed. They paused in the doorway while Sarah got the umbrella out of her purse and held it over both their heads.They were both a little disheveled when they stepped inside the cafe. While Sue resigned herself to the fact that she was just going to have to sit there slightly damp and ruffled, Sarah shook her head once and instantly looked perfect again.Once they had ordered, Sarah looked over at her and smirked. So much for sympathy.“So you have a thing for a man with a nice set of eyebrows, huh? Well, to each their own,” she said playfully.“You’re all heart.”She laughed again and reached over the table to take her hand. “Come on, it wasn’t that bad. You certainly left an impression on Knight.”“I don’t want to leave an impression on that guy. I think I’ve already done that enough for my first week on the job, don’t you?” Sue cried. “God, why am I such a weirdo?”Sarah’s smile turned fond as she looked at her. “That’s just one of the things people love about you.”“What, my endless ability to humiliate myself?” she asked.“Yep, that and your cute face..” she told her, knowing the best way to cheer her up.She smiled at her and let go of her hand. “You know, this is all Knight West’s fault. If he hadn’t been glaring at me through the staff meeting yesterday then I never would have sent you that email. Then, to make things ever better, he gives me that same look today and totally throws me, so I end up humiliating myself in front of everyone.”Sarah didn’t respond to her, instead looking down at her empty place setting with a small frown on her face.“What?”“Nothing,” she quickly said. “It’s just...Knight’s actually pretty great. I’ve known him for a few years now and he’s never been anything but nice to me.”“Well, maybe he doesn’t like humans.”Naomi glared at her for that, completely unimpressed. “That’s not fair, Sue. You can’t make an assumption like that about people.”“You’re right,” she quickly said, realizing she had basically just called the guy a speciesist when they didn’t even know each other. “I’m sure it’s just me he doesn’t like.”“You know, I think you may be reading too much into things,” Sarah told her. “You just need to chill, and stop freaking out.”Sue nodded and leaned back in her chair. “Sound advice. I can’t possibly fuck up three days in a row, right?”Sarah nodded, but her smile was forced. She’d known her long enough to know that she was a lost cause.“I’m sure tomorrow will be better.”When her cake came, Sue practically devoured it. She thought it might be time for her to start exercising more. She felt like she may have put a couple of pounds on while she had been between jobs.It was time to get her old bike back out..............On Sue’s third day at her new work, she made sure to leave her apartment early, seeing as she was biking to work. It felt good to be getting some fresh air so early in the morning, and in her mind, it totally canceled out the cake she had eaten the day before, even though her ride to work was less than half an hour.It was a beautiful morning to be out on her bike and she actually started to feel better about everything. She was sure that she had just exaggerated Knight West’s annoyance to her in her head and that she hadn’t screwed up too badly by sending Sarah that email and then proceeding to humiliate him and his perfect eyebrows in front of all of his employees. She was sure that deep, deep, deep down, Knight had a sense of humor. Sarah claimed to like the guy, but that could have been just because she wanted to fit in with Jared’s family and was secretly lying to herself. That, or the man’s high cheekbones, chiseled jaw and olive skin had mesmerized her so much t
After the disastrous start to the day, things started looking up for Sue. She started doing research on werewolf-only hotels, reading reviews of them online and seeing what humans had to say about them. There was the usual hate-filled crap from humans who had never even stayed there but wanted the world to know how much they hated werewolves.Once werewolves came out, so to speak, they were automatically banned from most hotels. It was hard for Sue to really understand it. She had grown up with werewolf neighbors down the street and werewolf kids in her school. Things had certainly changed. By law, humans and wolves were equal, but in truth, there were always people on both sides who hated the other, who thought that they were better. Hatred tended to spread like a disease, infecting people far too commonly.She was so engrossed in her research that she was startled when Sarah came up behind her and peered over her shoulder.“Whatcha doing?”She jumped high
It actually annoyed Knight that he hadn’t been able to stop thinking about Sue all day long. The accident hadn’t been his fault. It wasn’t that he felt guilty about it, exactly, but he still felt off for some reason. Sue had been injured. Knight had smelt the blood, however minor, from her skinned knee. He hadn’t been around humans a great deal, but he knew they were more fragile than wolves.As the day wore on, he found himself wanting to check up on Sue more and more. It was really starting to bother him that some reckless, annoying human, who smelled incredible, was in his thoughts so much.By the time five o’clock came around, Knight had resigned himself to what he was about to do. It felt inevitable that his feet would take him to the bullpen.Some of the people in the office noticed him and instantly straightened up, trying to look like they were doing more work than they actually were. It was a common thing. Sue was at a des
It was so strange for Sue to see Knight West standing in a Howlers. Although it was well known that the West pack, and more specifically the West family, owned the chain of restaurants, Sue didn’t think they actually ate there. Knight seemed more like a guy who enjoyed a nicely pressed tablecloth and napkins that weren’t made from scratchy paper.The restaurant wasn’t particularly busy, but they stood by the podium anyway, waiting for someone to come and seat them. Sue didn’t really know what to make of it all. Knight West offering her a ride home was one thing, but to ask her out of the blue for dinner was something else entirely. She tried really hard not to read too much into it. They were either two people who suddenly realized they were in need of sustenance so they decided to eat together, on a strange date where at least one of them had no idea what was going on, or Knight wanted to get Sue alone somewhere so they could talk about the whole email
It’s a bad idea, Evan told himself as he parked his car outside of Sue’s apartment. It’s a monumentally stupid idea.There was obviously a mutual attraction between the two of them. Throughout dinner, the scent of Sue’s arousal had gotten stronger and stronger, resting in Knight’s nose and making him heady.“So, thanks for the ride,” Sue said, looking a little unsure, “and for dinner.”Knight didn’t respond to her in words. The good thing about dating a fellow wolf was the fact that they always knew when the other wanted them. If Sue could just smell Knight’s own desire then they could skip straight to the good part.When Sue made no move to exit the car, Knight rolled his eyes and grabbed the back of her head before pulling her in and taking her mouth in a searing kiss. Sue let out a surprised, muffled moan before she responded to the kiss. Sue’s hand gripped onto Knight’s tie, pulling on it a little as though t
He said it as though he had only just thought so, that it wasn’t until this very moment that he really saw Sue. Sue swallowed thickly and licked her lips. She didn’t know if she was allowed to ask questions. She didn’t know how this was supposed to work at all. She lay there patiently, waiting for Knight to do something.For Knight, the waiting seemed to be a part of it. He smiled down at Sue, the look of pride back in his eyes.“I’m going to make you feel like I’m the first person to ever touch your body,” Knight promised her. The thing was that Sue believed him. “Condom?”Sue swallowed and looked over to her nightstand. Knight reached over easily and opened the drawer, pulling out a box.She watched as Knight, scooted down his body. The werewolf’s hands ran down along Sue’s flanks, making her shudder. Sue’s breath hitched in anticipation, and then Knight gripped her thighs and pushed them back so that Sue's already wet hole was on full
Sue’s breath caught in her throat as she scrambled to follow Knight’s instructions. Her legs felt a little shaky and her arms had a slight burn in them, but she was able to support herself on her hands and knees.Knight stroked a large hand down over Sue’s back as he got behind her. “You have no idea how good you smell.”“Tell me,” Sue asked as she waited, desperate to feel Knight’s cock slide into her.“You smell like sex and a bakery,” Knight told her, chuckling to himself as he said it. “Even before this, when we first met, you smelled incredible. I wanted to launch myself across that room and mount you right there in front of everyone. Sink my teeth into your neck and pin you down.”Sue whimpered, letting him know how much she liked the idea of that. “Fuck. I thought you hated me, that I annoyed you by coming in late and then interrupting.”Knight leaned over her and placed a kiss between h
Knight couldn’t believe he had let this happen. Sue was passed out on the other side of the bed, curled inward around her pillow and snoring softly with her mouth slightly open. It was such a bad idea to sleep with an employee, no matter how cool that employee was about it. The room smelled strongly of Sue. Her scent had permeated the bed sheets and the pillow Knight’s head was currently resting on. There was also the smell of sex, of the two of them mingled, covering them both. It was too heady. Knight’s body felt heavy and warm. He didn’t want to get up and leave it, their comfortable little den, but he knew that eventually he would have to.He rolled onto his side to look at Sue’s sleeping form once more. He didn’t want to wake her, but he also didn’t want to be the dick who snuck out in the middle of the night after a one-night stand, either.“Sue,” he whispered, resting his hand on Sue’s shoulder.“Mmm, I need that bacon,” Sue murmured in her sleep, making Knight smile.“Damn i