“I bet you are,” Delaney’s fiancé said under his breath.
“Okay, I’m still confused.” If I didn’t ignore the rest of the crowd, I would lose my ever-loving mind.
My father chuckled from behind me.
“Shut the hell up. Please. Father. What are you hiding?”
My sister in her infinite wisdom decided to howl. While I would normally blow off her attempt at being disruptive or cute, I realized exactly why she was making a primal noise.
“No,” I muttered, taking a long stride away from him.
Steven—the name would take some getting used to—nodded. “Yes. I’m everything your father is terrified of and hates. A wolf.”
CHAPTER 21
Christine
Thirty minutes had passed.
Thirty full minutes of me not being able to open my mouth or utter a word. Thirty full minutes of sitting next to Steven in the passenger seat while he drove. Thirty minutes of keeping my hands fisted and my dealing with being completely lightheaded.
And thirty ugly minutes of wanting to ask him a million questions while also longing to find the strength to punch his lights out.
I’d left my parents’ house in a fog, incapable of putting more than a few coherent words together.
But I did remember telling Steven to take me home.
Honestly, I might have stayed with my parents had it not been for the fact I’d never hear the end of being so stupid.
“A wolf,” I finally said.
“Yep.” Now he was the one popping the p.
“As in a shifter.”
“Yes.”
“As in a guy who can turn into a creature at the drop of a hat.”
He laughed. “Well, it’s been a little while so I might need five minutes or so, but yes.”
“That’s why you were championing shifters.” Well, duh. I’d been such an idiot.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.”
Apparently, I was still a little intoxicated because my thoughts and emotions were dull. So much so I leaned my head against the back of the seat, staring out the window. “Why lie?”
“I already told you why.”
“A werewolf.”
Now he laughed. “You’re an intelligent woman. Do I look like a werewolf to you?”
“No, but up until an hour ago, you didn’t look anything but human.”
“I am human.”
A cough left my throat before I could stop it. “Right.”
