Page 61 of Demon Rejected

“I don’t want them to. Ziggy, I’m a target. It became obvious to me when I killed Grayson. They wanted me, not you and not Matt."

“What do you mean, they wanted you?"

“What I said. That Grayson guy knew that I’d run to find Matt, and he kidnapped him to get to me. There was something else."

Ziggy looked tense, never have I seen a man to look as ready for a fight and being naked at the same time. His muscles bulged and tensed. I couldn’t get over how good he looked. Each of his hard planes and dips made me want to stop whatever I was saying, stop and touch him.

“I bit off Grayson’s head. He tasted wrong, rancid, disgusting. I don’t know how to explain, but what I tasted was not human or shifter. Damn. I’m not even sure that creature was alive, okay? His blood coated my tongue. It was as if my mouth was filled with rancid old motor oil."

Ziggy looked at me. I didn’t see doubt or ridicule on his face. He believed me.

“I smelled something wrong around there. I just had no idea what I was sensing. The guy you saved, he called you a Fire Wolf."

I looked into Ziggy’s eyes.

“His guts were hanging out. I couldn’t pick him up like that. I had Sparky close his wounds."

“Can she do that?"

“My girl here, she can do many things." I felt my chest swelling with pride.

“Ziggy, Grayson said they’re after me. They know who and what I am. That damn Grayson knew more about me than anyone else. He said the woman who abandoned me as a kid wasn’t my mother. And I have weird memories about a woman that could be my mom.”

I had to swallow the hard lump that was forming in my throat. Ziggy looked at me as if he saw me for the first time.

“I’ll always protect you."

My inner snappy bitch wanted to jump at him and tell him to mind his business and that I’ll make it on my own. But I saw the sincerity in his eyes. Ziggy, this smart, fun, and strong shifter, did not have a lying bone in his body.

What I saw was what I got. Ziggy is the real thing.

Long hair started to shine under the moonlight, a very cliché wolf tattoo on his chest, sexy hard abs that dipped low towards his thick cock. Everything around him made me want to hold my breath and run away with him. Stay here in the desert forever, go somewhere else, forget about everything else, about Matt, about SN, about Grayson, about it all.

Ziggy put his arm around me. “We’ll figure this shit out you, me, and Firecracker here."

Sparky cocked her head when she heard the nickname Ziggy gave her.

“Don’t be upset. You ladies are both so amazing."

“I think Sparky likes it."

“I like her, too. Sadly, I can’t pet her."

Sparky had a hint of a smile.

“She likes you too."

“How about we shift and run back in wolf form to the car. Then go back, talk to the Alpha and see if we can figure stuff out."