Force of the Dark Wolf (Force of Nature Series) by Kathi S. Barton Read Free Book Online

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Chapter 5
     
    Phil waited for her to say something. He could see that she really didn’t believe him. He didn’t blame her. There were days when he didn’t believe it himself. He sat back and waited for the questions, hysterics…something. What he got was a complete surprise.
    “Vampire. Okay, so if there are werewolves , there should be something…someone bigger right?” Alexis got up to pace as she talked seemingly to herself. “Paddy wasn’t nice before he did whatever and now he’s…well, I was going to say monster , but I don’t want to be mean to that species either.”
    “Alexis,” Gordon started , only to be ignored. When he looked at him, Phil simply shook his head. He thought she might be able to work this one out on her own.
    “You can walk during the day. Is that the norm for your…what are you , a species or a race?”
    Phil grinned. “Race. Species makes us sound like we were invented in a lab somewhere. We’re real. And no, it’s not normal for a vampire to walk in the daylight hours. My mother is a pureblood and my father isn’t. I can eat food as well as drink from a person. Part of my natural charm , I suppose you could say. Are you all right , honey?”
    She nodded as she continued pacing and speaking. “So there are more of you. Okay. Probably lots of people I know are…aren’t what they seem. I guess I’ll have to pay more…CJ? Is she a…what did you call it, a were?”
    “Yes,” Gordon said. “CJ was turned when she mated to Austin. She’s a white wolf, rare for us even as a natural wolf. She’s a gift to our pack.”
    “Doesn’t that make it hard for her to hunt?” Before either man could answer, she answered her own question. “Of course I suppose it doesn’t matter if you can just go down to the local meat market and pick up your meal. Sorry,” she said flushing. “I’m trying to absorb this.”
    “You’re doing great. Go on, work it out, love.” She glared at Gordon and had Phil nearly laugh out loud from her expression.
    “You’d do well to take the vampire ’ s advice and shut up.” She paced some more before she suddenly stopped and took several deep breaths. “I just told a werewolf to take the advice of a vampire and shut up. Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod. I need to…I need to take… I’ll be — you’ll have to — I’ll be right back.”
    Neither man moved when she suddenly dashed out the side door to her office. She was running across the field and toward the waterfall before either man stood. When Gordon started to go after her, Phil stopped him.
    “She needs this. Let her go. You’ve taken her blood so if she gets into trouble , you’ll know it.” Phil looked around the room. “You should see if there is anything in here that you can get a clue about your mate.”
    “What do you mean? Snoop?” Gordon shook his head. “I can’t do that to her. She already doesn’t trust me not to hurt her. If she figures out that I’ve gone through her things it’ll make matters worse.”
    Phil looked around the room that was so much a part of the girl outside that he could see why she loved it here. He sighed heavily. He’d been a vampire for nearly four hundred years and still couldn’t understand the human p syche . Even this wolf seemed to have no clue about women. Not that he was having any luck with his own mate , but that was another story.
    “What do you see in this room? Take away the fact that you’re a cop and look at this room as if you’re looking through her eyes.” Phil did the same. “The windows, the sheer size of them, what does that tell you?’
    Phil looked out the large wall of windows. They’d been specially made for this room, he knew. There were three of them and they didn’t just come together as much as they blended to give the room the natural setting. He didn’t doubt that the woman who designed this room was as in love with nature as the man she’d been fated to be mated to.
    The first window was