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“I don’t like it either,” Gert said. “But there’s another developer sniffing around. They think the Pines would be a great place for a golf course.”
“I thought you said it was a superstore.”
“Competing bids,” Gert said, grim-faced. “Now there’s a golf course interested.”
“That’s idiotic. It snows seven months of the year here.”
“Doesn’t mean they won’t do it.”
Anger and fear filled Phoebe’s belly, just like when she saw the fluorescent orange Xs on the trees near the waterfall. It was all so senseless.
And it was going to leave her homeless.
And Theo even worse.
A werewolf who couldn’t shift would be forever fighting who they really were. They wouldn’t survive it. Not well, anyway. Not with their sanity intact.
“Fine. We’ll give him his week.”
She had no idea if Knox’s plan was even feasible, but no one seemed to have any better ones.
It wasn’t the first time these damn werewolves were making her feel like she had no options.
Chapter Twenty
Two Years Ago
Phoebe thought she’d managed to get over her werewolf in the two years since she’d seen him but as soon as he walked into her aunt’s diner, she knew she was wrong.
His face lit up when he saw her, and her heart somersaulted in her chest.
She’d spent months hiking the Appalachian Trail, hanging out with her mother and some other nymphs. She’d entertained plenty of hikers along the way, and not a single one had made her feel like she did when Theo smiled at her.
“Hey, Fee,” he said, approaching her at her favorite booth in the back corner.
“Hey, Theo,” she said, smiling even as her heart thrashed in her chest. “Long time no see.”
He slid into the booth across from her. “I heard you were away.”
“You would have visited me if I wasn’t?”
He frowned. “Probably not. Shouldn’t have even come this time.”
A man she thought she recognized paced around in front of the diner. “Did you bring a bodyguard?” she teased.
“That’s Ryder. Seemed safer to not come alone. He’s got my back.”
She didn’t want to think about why Theo didn’t feel safe traveling alone. She didn’t want to know what Ryder was out there looking for.
“Why doesn’t he come inside?”
“Humans make him nervous.”
Fee nodded. “Sure. Makes sense. Humans are terrifying.”
Theo was studying her from across the table. She’d forgotten how unnerving his stare could be.
“You look good, Fee.”
