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Chapter One
Eloise Richards walked right up to Wayne,the barman, tapping on the counter. She offered the older man asmile and waited for him to finish serving one of hiscustomers.
“What’s up, honey?” he asked.
“Have you seen my sister, Dorothy?”
Wayne pursed his lips, clicked histongue, and then shookhis head. “Not for a few days now.”
She scrunched up her nose as that was notthe answer she wanted to hear. “Let me guess, another wolf?”
“Bingo,” Wayne said.
“Great. If you see her, let her know hermother and sister are worried sick, and would like her to show upfor work.”
“You got it. Do you want a drink?”
Eloise didn’t need to look to know therewere a lot of wolves around. “Nah, thanks. If you see Dorothy, please callme.”
Even though their mother, Wendy, didn’tseem concerned, Eloisecouldn’t help but be. She knew Wendy loved to play around with thewolves that came to their town. No Wolves Road was a small townhidden away, but on the border of so many different packs. Theresidents were human. Eloise didn’t quite know how it all worked,only that there was some sort of deal made a long time ago for afew select humans and wolves to live peacefully.
No wars broke out within their small town, and the wolvesfrom the different packs that visited were peaceful. Arguments andconflict would not be allowed on their own land.
The only problem Eloise had seenwas that the wolves used themen and women when they pleased. Her sister Dorothy had been in arelationship with multiple wolves over the past few years. Eloisedidn’t mingle with any of them. It wasn’t that she had any issuewith the wolves. She saw right through them, and in her twenty-fiveyears of living in No Wolves Road, she’d never seen any of thewolves mate or marry the women or men who lived in their smalltown. She had seen both male and female wolves mate fellow wolves,but that was all.
She would not get involved with a man who was not going totake their relationship seriously.
She spun around and took several stepstoward the exit, only for a male wolf to step into her path. It was strange, but she wasalways able to identify a wolf from an ordinary man. The wolvesalways seemed larger. It wasn’t just muscle, but it was like theirwhole presence and aura filled the space.
“Well, aren’t you mightyfine?” hesaid.
They also had the worst pickup lines.
“Thanks,” Eloise said, and went to walkaround. She pulled away as he started to grip her arm.
She was aware of theirlightning-fast reflexes,but he didn’t seem to want to push the issue of touchingher.
“How about you stay and I buy you a drink?” he asked, giving her awink.
“No, thank you,” she said.
He frowned and she was able to finallymove around him, heading toward the exit. “Ugh, I don’t think youquite understand what I’m offering you here.” He grabbedher arm, not too tight,but enough to stop her from getting away.
She turned toward him, folding her armsbeneath her breasts as she pulled her arm away from him. Much toher surprise, he did, in fact, let her go.
“What?” She shrugged. “You buy me a drink,I take it, and you think at the end of the night we’re going tobe together? Fucking?What?”
The smile on his face said he was morethan happy with that. “Well, I was going to say we could start offby slow dancing, but I am more than happy to cut to thefucking.”
He moved in close and Eloise took a coupleof steps back. “Not happening. No, thank you.”
“Are you fucking kidding me right now? A lotof women would be more than happy to get it on with this.” Hepointed at his body.
“Yeah, and the lady doesn’t want to getanything on with you, you limp dick fuck.”
The voice was gruff, and Eloise had neverheard it before. Shecouldn’t help but attempt to locate it, and as she did, a large,muscular man stepped out of the shadows of the bar. He wore a pairof jeans that had seen better days, along with a white sleevelesst-shirt and flannel shirt.
Eloise couldn’t help but stare, because hedidn’t seem real. Black hair with streaks of white let her know hewas a mature wolf.
