“Carbs?” Meredith asked as she watched me take a bite of the bread. “Someone doesn’t want to fit into their gala dress,” she said with a snicker.
Fur rippled down my arms, then Sawyer’s hand snaked out under the table and clenched my bare thigh, immediately subduing my wolf.
Holy shit, I almost shifted.
I was so used to having those cuffs on and having to push my wolf out so hard that I nearly shifted from a stupid comment. I needed to get myself under control.
Meredith looked at my once hairy arms and rolled her eyes. “She’s like a wolf pup who can’t control herself.”
“So,” Sage interrupted, looking right at Sawyer. “I heard you two were found naked in the woods together last night?” Sage looked from Sawyer to me, grinning, and caused Meredith’s mouth to pop open in shock.
“Sage,” Sawyer growled, but was that a grin on his lips?
Meredith stood. “I think my five minutes is up. See you tonight, Sawyer.” Then she waltzed off, leaving her tray, and swished her hips across the room.
He released his hand from my thigh and I found that I was sad to see it go, before rubbing his temples. “What did I ever see in that woman?”
“Nice boobs? Looks good in a bikini?” Sage offered, and Sawyer pinned her with a glare.
“Thousands of dollars in etiquette classes and you say the most shocking things,” he commented.
I relaxed a little now that Darth Vader was gone.
“So, Demi, what major are you taking?” Sawyer turned to me and I realized that he’d seen me naked but knew nothing about me. My eyes scanned over his perfect face. Dark hair and searing blue eyes were my kryptonite.
“Well, I wanted photography, but apparently that doesn’t make good wife material? So I am only minoring in it and majoring in business.” I dug into my second piece of buttered toast.
Sage grinned. “This is why I like her. She tells it like it is.”
Sawyer frowned, his brows drawing together. “They told you what to major in?”
I nodded. “I also got signed up for etiquette classes for asking how much the school tuition would cost me.”
Sage snort-laughed and Sawyer’s frown deepened. “Shit. I’m sorry. I should have told you more before bringing you here.” There was genuine regret in his voice, which I thought was sweet.
I shrugged. “Better than where I was.”
Silence descended on the table as he no doubt thought about seeing me at Delphi. I remembered the desperate scream as I’d howled, not able to shift into my wolf. But now that I was free, I couldn’t shift for other reasons.
Sawyer looked sideways at me. “Photography, huh? Can I see any of your work? Do you have a portfolio?”
Nerves gnawed at my gut. “I mean, nothing professional, but I’m on Insta.”
“Sawyer doesn’t do social media,” Sage interrupted before she shoved more food into her mouth, watching us playfully.
Sawyer glared at his cousin before turning back to me. “What’s your name there?”
Oh my God, was he going to look at my pictures? That felt … weird. Even though my profile was public and I obviously had followers who looked at them…
“WolfGirl underscore four.”
He dipped his head, then popped a final piece of food into his mouth. “I’ll see you tonight. At the gala?” He looked longingly at me and I nodded, swallowing hard.
He got up and left and the line of girls frowned, looking at Sage and I with death glares.
“Holy sexual chemistry, Batman!” Sage stared at me wide-eyed. “My cousintotallylikes you.”
I shook my head. “Please, he was just being nice.”
