Tavish took it and shook.“Thank you for meeting with me and allowing me to visit.”
“No problem.How long do you think you’ll be in Sheridan?”
“Only long enough to get my divorce papers signed.”
“Oh,” Jericho said with a frown.“I’m sorry to hear that.”
“It was an arrangement that’s no longer needed.”
“Would your wife happen to be Mairi Monroy?”
“Aye,” Tavish replied in a questionable tone.
“She’s Scottish, too,” Jericho explained.
“Ah, the accent is a dead giveaway.Would you happen to know where she’d be?”
“She works with her cousin, Keegan, at the coffee shop down the street.”
“Excellent.Then I should be out of Sheridan in an hour or so.”
“You’ll have to catch her tomorrow morning.The shop closes at three.”
Tavish checked his watch.“Very well.Where would you suggest to be a good place to eat and retire for the evening?I’ll use the time to do some work.”
“The diner has excellent food, and I should know because my luna works there.As for accommodations, you’re more than welcome to stay at the pack lodge.Has all the amenities plus high-speed Internet and Wi-Fi.It’s not too far away.”
“I appreciate that.”
“I’ll have my beta open it up.Can I have him call you?”
“Aye.Thank you.”
They talked a few more minutes before Tavish left the building, giving the receptionist a nod of goodbye.He decided to leave his rental parked where it was and walked toward the diner, enjoying the crisp air of the late afternoon.
As he opened the diner door, a tall woman was exiting.She smiled at him.Very pretty yet he felt nothing, which was damn annoying.It had been years since he’d had a lover.He may not want his so-called wife, but that didn’t mean he’d break the vows he took.First and foremost, however, was securing his divorce.
As he entered the busy diner, a mouthwatering scent of spice and vanilla hit him.At first, he thought the smell came from the diner itself, but as he looked around, he saw an absolutely stunning woman in the back booth.Her long red hair hung straight, and a spattering of freckles ran across the bridge of her nose and cheeks.When their gazes briefly met, an electrical charge hit him in the chest and something surged front and center in his head.What the hell?
Mate!
The word reverberated through his head and he had a knee-jerk reaction.Stumbling as he reached out to hold onto a chair so he wouldn’t fall, thankful no one was occupying it.Suddenly, he knew exactly what had just come alive in his body.His wolf ...what the ...did he really just hear his wolf?Tavish looked around, trying to determine if anyone else had said it, but no one paid any attention to him.
Mate!
It was his wolf!The new revelation led to an internal monologue of repeating “What the fuck,” over and over again, while the beast prowled restlessly.Urging him to go to the woman because she was their mate.
Nausea rose, and he mentally screamed in his head to calm down.The first time ever doing that.What.The.Fuck.Where had his wolf been?Why now?
Go to our mate.
The woman.Was she the reason?
Now!Go to our mate!
“Shut up,” he whispered under his breath.
Although most in the diner were wolves, there were a few humans, and he didn’t know if they knew of the shifter world.Luckily no one seemed to notice his entire belief system breaking apart in real time.He needed a moment not around people, so he hurried back out of the diner in an effort to find somewhere to scream.He bent over and rested his hands on knees, gulping in a few deep breaths to settle the nausea rolling through his stomach.
