Page 17 of Virgin for Next Door Wolf Daddy
It occurred to her, as she walked outside, that she was a bit of a stalker herself. She had been watching and waiting for him to get home and pounced the second that he did.
“Talia. How are you? How was your first day of school?”
“Good and good, but I was feeling a little antsy. I know you just got home and are likely tired, but I wondered if you might want to shift and run. I want to, but I don’t want to go alone.”
“That sounds awesome,” he said. “Let me take my computer and such inside, and I’ll meet you here. Don’t forget to set your alarm.”
She was in and out of her house quickly and reached his truck just as he was coming out of his house. Talia told him about her day at school, without mentioning any students’ names. She also left out her encounter with Joe Ellis.
He said that he did some research on a couple of bad guys he couldn’t talk about. Then, he asked, “Have you ever heard of Yaretzi Duran?”
“Yeah. I’m not a super huge fan. I don’t dislike her, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to her music.”
“She has a stalker who is a little terrifying. I set her up with my best bodyguard.”
“Poor girl,” Talia said. “That’s one of the millions of reasons I’m happy being a teacher and not rich and famous.”
“I know. I did some research and the thing about it is that her stalker isn’t even a secret. It’s been in the news and, of course, the tabloids are talking about it. You would think that would stop the man from bothering her, at least for now.”
“Some people are just dense and can’t take a hint,” Talia said.
They reached the mountain and walked to the shifting spot. Talia tried to pretend that she wasn’t looking when he undressed, but she couldn’t help it. The man looked like some kind of Greek or Roman god who stepped out of a masterpiece painting. She smirked because she obviously wasn’t the only one who had a reaction.
He shifted and said, telepathically, “Are you ready?”
“Yep,” she said and took off running.
They raced through the woods until she couldn’t run anymore. He easily kept one step ahead of her. If wolves could run backward, he probably would have done that, too.
“I give, I give.”
He howled in victory and she laughed.
Talia was happy and thoroughly enjoyed spending time with Sebastian. His scent wafted in the air and it made her insides tingle.
When they were tired, they headed back to the tree, retrieved their clothes, shifted, and dressed.
“Since you beat me in the race, I’ll buy pizza if you’re interested.”
“I’m interested,” he said. “I’m going to run home and take a shower really quickly while you order the pizza and I’ll be over.”
“Sounds good.”
She ordered the pizza and since it would be a few minutes, she jumped in the shower. Talia was in and out before he made his way back over to the house.
Next of Kin was the best thing playing. It was a star-studded cast with Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and Ben Stiller in it.
“This is one of my favorite movies. You have to love a good movie that features hillbilly justice or the equivalent,” Sebastian said.
“Let me guess, you have all the lines of this, Roadhouse, Boondock Saints, and Deliverance memorized,” she teased.
“How did you know?” he asked. “You forgot to mention The Expendables.”
She laughed. Sebastian wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. Talia snuggled up against him. She loved the feeling of having his arms around her. If Talia hadn’t already seen the movie a hundred times, she would have had no idea what it was about because all of her attention was on the sexy man holding her close to him.
When the movie was over, he smiled at her. “I haven’t been this relaxed in a very long time. I like spending time with you.”
“Ditto,” she said.
