Her Ancient Hybrid by Marisa Chenery Read Free Book Online Page B

I come to the coffee shop every day to get my daily fix.”
    She chuckled. “Yes. I’d better let you get inside before you start going through withdrawals. See you later, Cameron.”
    “Yeah, see you.” The werewolf met Brolach’s gaze. “And see you around, Brolach.”
    He smiled wide enough to flash a bit of fang, put his arm around Waverly’s shoulders and tugged her up against his side, showing she was his. “Yes.”
    Cameron walked around them and into the coffee shop. Brolach guided Waverly outside. He glanced over his shoulder at the other man. He now knew there was at least one werewolf living in Lemmon. There had to more, unless Cameron had gone lone wolf.
    Once they were at the side of the building and headed toward the car, Brolach asked, “Do you know Cameron very well?”
    Waverly turned her head and looked at him. “Kind of. He moved to Lemmon about six months ago.”
    “By himself?”
    “Yeah. Why?”
    “He’s a werewolf. I wonder if he’s a lone wolf or if his pack is here as well.”
    Waverly stopped at the passenger side of her car and gave him a shocked expression. “Cameron is a werewolf?”
    “Yes. I can tell by his scent. And he definitely knows I’m not human.”
    “Damn. I had no idea. What are you going to do about him?”
    “Nothing. I’ll wait and see if he makes the first move. If he does nothing, I’ll do nothing. At least I now know there’s one werewolf in town.”
    “Well, it looks as if the coffee shop was the right place to start your search to see if you have a sibling around.”
    “Yes. We’ll just have to wait and see.”
     
    * * * *
     
    After the waitress brought Cameron his cup of coffee and a doughnut, he took out his cell phone and made a call to one of the numbers in his contacts list. It rang four times before it was finally picked up.
    “Hey, it’s Cameron. I’ve got some news for you. I’m still in Lemmon, and I just ran into a hybrid. His name is Brolach. He’s new in town. I think you need to get here as soon as you can.” He waited while the person on the other end spoke. “It won’t be too hard to keep an eye on him. He’s going to be working at the local coffee shop. And I think he’s found his mate.” He paused again and listened. “All right. I’ll see you in a couple days.”
    Cameron ended the call and put his cell back into his jeans pocket. He picked up his coffee and took a sip. It was a good thing he liked coming there, and the food, because he’d be hanging around a lot more than he had been.

Chapter Five
     
    In the late afternoon, Waverly stood at her kitchen table chopping vegetables to put into a stew she was going to make for dinner. Brolach sat in the living room, watching TV.
    After they’d arrived at her place, she’d made them some sandwiches for lunch. Once they were done eating, Brolach had asked her to tell him more about the modern world. He’d had so many questions, and she’d done her best to answer them. One explanation led to another and then another. She had a feeling he had a hard time taking it all in. If it’d been her who’d awoken after a two-thousand-year sleep, she would have found herself overwhelmed.
    Their talk had been informative for Waverly as well. She now had a good picture of what life had been like in South Dakota way back then, before the white man had come and settled on these lands. Since Brolach had been born there, he’d known no other way of life, except for the native one.
    From the angle where she worked, she had a perfect view of his profile. He was so utterly gorgeous it almost hurt to look at him. The longer she spent with Brolach, the stronger her feelings became. She was now used to having him around.
    Waverly sucked in a sharp breath at the stinging sensation across her index finger. Paying more attention to Brolach than to what she was doing, she’d cut herself. She put down the knife and brought the digit closer to take a better look. Blood flowed faster as she