Cathy realized belatedly that she shouldn’t have revealed that because his grin disappeared in a second. But she hadn’t wanted him to go and had just blurted it out, too bad she couldn’t swallow it now.“What?” Ted intoned incredulously.She didn’t look away from his eyes. She was a wolf and as such shouldn’t have such a foolish defect that humans were prone to. But the moon goddess, tricky as ever had somehow cursed her with infertility. Cathy didn’t look away even though she was embarrassed by her failure but the last thing she wanted was to make him see that. So she pasted a smile on her face and urged him to come closer.“That’s an advantage, Ted. You don’t have to worry.”But he didn’t budge. Unavoidably that pitiful look came into his eyes dampening her pleasure.Cathy groaned and gave up trying to pull him back to her. If that was enough to make him go soft then Chase was right, he wasn’t worth her time and effort.But to her surprise instead of pulling back from her, Ted gathe
When Cathy woke up the next morning she found herself still in his arms. Even though she had moved her legs a lot during the night, he remained the way he was. She suddenly felt conscious of her weight pressing him into the couch. There was no way he could have slept through the night when she was pressed up against him like that. But when she lifted herself off him and looked down she found that his lashes – long dark and glossy – feathered across the top of his cheekbones.But she could sense that he wasn’t sleeping and her suspicion was confirmed when his lips twitched.Cathy fought her smile and shimmied in his arms.“Are you comfortable?”He nodded still closing his eyes.She didn’t believe him for one second. “Did you get any sleep?”“I don’t sleep deep.”For a man like him with his kind of occupation, she could understand why.Cathy sucked in a breath feeling her entire body come alive once again. She felt so…she struggled to find the word but eventually settled for ‘thoroughly
Cathy had been running down the beach line, enjoying the sting of the salty wind in her eyes and between her furs. She enjoyed the crush of sand beneath her paws. There was something so serene about running along the water bank while the sun rose. The island was even larger than she thought it was now that she was running eastward.A mischievous laugh resonated through her. She had always been the rebellious one of her siblings, definitely not as rebellious as Carl, but as a female and compared to Chase, she was pretty wild.Ted didn’t have to know she had gone to the cove ahead of him. Besides, Cathy was pretty confident as she neared the rise of the rocky cliffs that she would be just as surprised when she saw the cove later tonight as she would be if she saw it this morning.Besides, seeing it now without Ted as a distraction was a good idea. She had a good idea he didn’t just want to show her the cove. There were other things they could do in there too.Cathy shivered with excitem
Cathy, in her dazed and injured state, had the distinct impression that she was wheeled in through the back of the hospital and she was right. Thankfully the hospital director whom Ted unsurprisingly knew permitted their use of the back door. Ted was popular with the locals. He was also the owner of the biggest property on the island and as such the locals respected him. Not just for his wealth though. He contributed greatly to the island’s development in all areas so when he needed a private ward for Cathy with as little crowd as possible and the best doctor on duty, it was provided.“Of all the things I thought I would treat I didn’t think a wolf would be one of them.”“You’ve treated worse before,” Ted retorted looking up at the young doctor who came into the room. She was a young hybrid, 30 % shapeshifter and 70% human, as such her powers were limited. But she was intelligent and indebted to Ted.“That is because you bring the strangest things around here, Ted.” She walked to the
Throughout the ride back home Cathy pretended to sleep. She didn't sit in the cockpit with Ted this time, instead, she opted for the cabin where she lay on the bed and tried to force her belly to stop churning. Squeezing her belly wasn’t helping.Max had brought the car to the airport. She got into the front seat with Ted but once again pretended to sleep.Ted knew she wasn’t asleep and he didn’t want to call her out on her pretense, it was for the best. After all, it made separation easier but when he pulled up at the gates of the Dark Storm mansion and waited for the gates to slide open, he couldn’t resist sliding his fingers beneath her hair and drawing her closer to his mouth."Cathy."Her eyes flew open.Cathy held her breath. She wanted nothing more than to kiss him and tell him she had the best time and would have loved to continue had their time together not been cut short.But she held back. “No.”Just uttering that word caused her heart to clench painfully but she gritted he
Ted located Bruno Maranzano a few hours later. In Theodore Cyneric’s world, no one was untraceable. He hadn’t lived as a Hunter for centuries without being able to track down his enemies. Bruno was a young boy, trailing the little breadcrumbs that led to him was not difficult.The door of a small seedy motel opened and young Bruno Maranzano, dark-haired and fiercely handsome, walked out of the lobby with the lapels of his shirt drawn up to hide the bottom half of his face. Clutched in his left hand was a black briefcase.He reached the curb and raised a hand to hail a taxi.A yellow taxi – the cheaper of the two types of taxis operating in the city – stopped in front of him.“The airport,” he said hurriedly.Ted adjusted the rearview mirror so that he was looking right at Bruno, making sure the man could see him too. “You are not going to the airport, Bruno.”Dark eyes widening, Bruno reached for the door and jerked the handle, sweat broke out on his forehead.Ted watched him struggle
Ted stood in front of the window staring motionlessly at the emblem in his palm. He was in his office, it was a hideout. A casino during the day and at night was where he carried out the better part of his unorthodox job. This was where he met with potential clients both wolves and human mobsters.For two days since Bruno’s confession that led nowhere and since the appearance of the mating emblem on his palm, he had retreated.It made no sense to him. A Hunter and a wolf?What was the moon goddess thinking?In all his life – and he had lived plenty of lives – nothing like this had ever happened. Hunters didn’t get mates. Sure they got their ability to kill their nemesis by acquiring wolf–like powers but they weren’t in any way under the command of the moon goddess. They were commanded by Grand Hunters. That’s how it always has been.Until now.Ted spent those two days lashing out at everything. It wasn’t fair. He didn’t want a mate, not because he didn’t want Cathy but because there w
Cathy decided she had had it up to her neck with men. First Ted, now her brothers and Asher. They were annoying, arrogant beasts and she was done dealing with them!Since she returned, she not only had to suffer Asher, Carl and Chase’s questions, but she also had to deal with them treating her like a child. They had locked her up in her room, even taking turns guarding her room day and night.They were worried about Ted coming in to steal her away and Cathy laughed at their foolishness. The man didn’t want her. Yes, he wanted her body but was about it.She tried not to let it but it hurt her to think about how he easily got rid of her. It sure didn’t help that the mating emblem was a reminder of what she had done with the enemy.She glanced at her palm again feeling her heart constrict. It happened like that every time she looked at it.How could she be mated? She had given up all hopes about that long before the curse was reversed. Reversing the curse hadn’t even meant anything to he