Hunger of the Heart (Wolves of Ravenwillow Book 1) by Magenta Phoenix Read Free Book Online Page B

him.
    Glaring down at her, he held out his hands. “Give me the damn basket.”
    “No. I want to put these where they need to go so I can go home. Now if you’ll excuse me.” Before Rebecca could walk around him, his hand shot around her, snagging the basket from her grip. Ignoring her sound of frustration, he dropped the basket carelessly on top of the washier.
    Grasping a hold of her wrist, he tugged her out of the laundry room, causing her to stumble behind him. “Come, I want to meet some people.”
    Futilely, she tried to reclaim her hand. “Eric, you can’t introduce me to your colleges with me looking like this.”
    “Why the hell not?” coming to an abrupt halt, he turned to face her, His hand still shackling her wrist.
    “Look at me. My clothes are wet and dirty, my hair is messed up—”
    Raising a skeptic brow, Eric scoffed. “So what? It’s not as if they’d be interested in you anyway.”
    Finally fed up with being treated like a dog being led by a leach, Rebecca jerked her hand from his grasp. Shocked that she was able to pull from his hold, Eric turned to watch her quietly. Raising her chin, definitely at him, her hand reached up to shove her fall dark hair from her face.
    “Fine, I’ll meet your friends. But next time, I expect to be asked nicely and in advanced. Furthermore; you may be my boss, Eric; but that doesn’t give you the right to drag me around like a dog.” By the time she finished railing at him she was panting for breathe. Eric’s surprised face turned to his normal stern one.
    His forehead rippled with a deep frown and his full lips tensed in a hard line. Not bothering to answer her he continued the rest of the way across the living room and into the kitchen. Given no other choice, Rebecca followed him, all the while doing her best to straighten her appearance as the sound of male voices grew louder.
    “Where’d you disappear to Alpha?” shooting a warning glance at Jason’s question, Eric flicked his eyes toward Rebecca. Silently cautioning everyone to watch what they said around the human in the room.
    Walking past the three watchful wolves in the room, Eric headed to the fridge, while calling over his shoulder. “Everyone this is Rebecca. She looks after the house and my children.” Reaching into the fridge he withdrew a chilled bottle of water. Walking back to the group, he stood next to Rebecca and began introducing each male before her.
    “This is Jason; he’s my… assistant of sorts.” He explained hesitantly. Rebecca’s gaze shifted to look up at Eric’s as he quickly averted his gaze. Through his cool exterior she could see that Eric was on edge with his pack members; or at least that’s what she assumed they were, around her. Perhaps he was concerned that one may say something to endanger their secret in front of her. Regardless what the reason for his strange demeanor, she had to play along.
    As Jason stepped forward, offering his hand in greeting, Rebecca couldn’t help but stare at his handsome face. His nearly black hair fell to his shoulders, pulled back tightly in a meager ponytail. She wasn’t surprised to see his eyes mirroring the same richness of his hair color. With his dark olive skin color and his almond shaped eyes, she would guess that he had strong Native American Indian heritage in his family somewhere.
    He smiled warmly down at her as his large hand cupped her smaller one. “So you’re the elusive Rebecca? Eric talks about you all the time.”
    Rolling her eyes gently pulled her hand away from Jason’s gentle grasp. “I’m sure it wasn’t all good things. I have a habit of irritating people to the point of insanity.”
    Letting out a rumbling laugh, Jason’s lips curved into a soft smile. “I doubt that.”
     
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    Clearing his throat loudly, Eric’s hard eyes bore into Jason’s, giving a clear warning for him to back away from the small human. Nodding his head at Eric in acknowledgement, Jason turned and settled