He snorted and she tossed him a dirty look. “Sorry. It’s not funny. Just the way you say things is kind of funny.”
Her look on him now was curious, but instead of carrying on the conversation, she said, “You can go away now.”
Cam shrugged. “You’re a prickly little cactus, Moira.”
“I didn’t tell you my name.”
“It was on your waiver,” he said as he walked down the trail.
“Wait.”
He stopped and turned, chewing the last bite of his breakfast.
“Do you think you’ll ever trust again?”
He thought about it. Really thought about it. “We’re shifters. Break a mating bond and it hurts on a different level. Itisn’t just a breakup. I don’t think shifters can just recover, you know?”
She nodded. “Was Sarah a shifter?”
He nodded.
“What kind?”
“Bear. You?”
“Human.” She slumped her shoulders. “Yep.”
“Yep, what?”
“I was the one who got thrown away by a human.”
“Human or shifter, I don’t think it matters.”
“You aren’t going to make fun of me?”
“No. I’ll make fun of your idiot ex though. You’re hot, and he wasn’t hitting that the last two years you were together? The fuck is wrong with him?”
Her face had gone comically blank.
He wiped the crumbs off his hand and did a two fingered wave. “Thanks for the breakfast date, Moira.”
“That wasn’t a date,” she called after him.
“Okay.” He smiled to himself because he was starting to figure out what worked with her. Dip in, say a few things, start to leave. Bait her, walk away, and let her choose whether to continue the conversation or not.
“Cam?”
His private smile grew bigger and he turned.
“Yeah?”
“There’s two more.” She held up the container. “I can only eat one.”
Oh, he liked her. He really did. There was something about her that just called to him. Yeah, she was hot and he could just imagine her all curled up in his bed, but it was something more than just physical. She was challenging, and God, he loved a challenge.
“I can eat a stupid amount,” he told her as he approached her again. “Can I sit, or do you want me to stay over here?”
She bristled and dragged both knees up, wrapped her arms around them and stared at the scenery. “Why would I care what you do?”
