BOOKSDRAMA Chapter 39
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I had never felt so helpless, so I ran office and grabbed her.
She shot away from her desk when she saw my face.
"What is it? What's wrong?"
I knew she had suspected for a long time that Kelsey meant more to me than I'd admitted, but I had never confirmed we
were mates to anyone aside from my dad.
"It's Kelsey. Something's wrong. Blood. I smelled blood on her. She said she was okay, then cursed and ran for the
bathroom. I don't know what to do Elise, and if you don't go check on her I'm going to barge in and find out for myself."
Elise laughed. "I knew there was more to you two than you were letting on "Nothing's going on E. I've told you that a
million times. Now, go check on her."
1 paced Kelsey's office for what seemed like an eternity before the girls came back laughing. They were seriously
laughing and acting as though nothing had happened. I was immediately pissed, glaring at the two of them.
"It's nothing, Kyle. She's perfectly fine."
"Perfectly fine? Then why is she bleeding?" I asked Elise before turning to Kelsey. "Tell me what is wrong. I need to
know you are okay."
Elise rolled her eyes as she turned to leave.
"He's like a dog with a bone." She jabbed at me. "Just show him Kels, and put him out of his misery." Then she winked at me and
left our office space.
"Well?" I demanded.
"Not out here."
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Once in my office with the door cinsed in sink a wide hot wag dapt to just take her right there once and for all She went des alt
fint about a tee so smal land in mine
"Fire," she demander, how did gas ante was being
"I smelled it I told you that
"No way. Normal humans do ant smell foot-
I looked deep into her eyes. There's nothing anemal about me Kelsey and how you know that
The confusion in her eyes took me by surprise. All this time tongin the was ignoring the doors. She couldn't possibly be so
clueless that she had an idea I was a wolftus Could shep
Before I had a chance to think about that, she sat down and hiked her set up. All the way up could see her satin red panties, but
she didaft seem to care.
"I don't know why I'm showing this, ber Elise insisted I should"
I drew my eyes to the large bandage covering the entirety of her right thigh
"A tattoo? You got a tattoo?""
She grinned happily. "Yes, and Cole nicked a part of my skin graft on the final fill
in last night, so it's been bleeding off and on. It's fine, I swear. He has me on antibiotics to ward off any infections, bur I'm
perfectly fine."
I doubted anything could have shocked me more.
"Cole Anderson did this to you? All I really heard was Cole Anderson hurt my
mate.
She rolled her eyes at what was probably a pretty intense look on my face.
"Look, Kyle," there it was again. Twice in one day she said my name. Two years of waiting and this was the closest to
acknowledgment I'd gotten. "Mr. Westin Kelsey said defiantly.
"Sorry. The smell of blood distracts me, and you, you called me Kyle, twice today." She blushed and shook her head. I
squatted next to her and took her hands. "I much prefer it, you know."
Rolling her eyes again at me, she motioned for me to take a seat across from her. Not even bothering
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to lower her skirt back down.
"Do you want to hear this story or not? Elise already bullied it out of me, but I'd prefer you didn't hear this second hand.
You've been really good to me, and I don't want to lose this job."
Her big brown eyes captivated me, and I simply nodded.
She took a deep breath. "When I was little, my parents and I moved around a lot. We finally settled into a small town,
not much different than this one, when I was about ten. Two weeks after my twelfth birthday, two wolves attacked us.
My parents were killed, and I barely got away. It was bad, Kyle. I was in and out of the hospital for months. It took eight
skin grafts to cover the damage the
wolf had done."
Fury filled me until I could barely see straight hearing her story, and I fought to control my breathing and not explode
into my own wolf, demanding we protect
our mate.
"Anyway, I was in and out of foster homes til I turned eighteen. My parents had left me a small trust fund, but it wasn't
enough to cover four years of college if I wanted to live on my own too. I went for the first two years before taking a
year to see some of the country. I knew I was home the moment I drove into San Marco, and when I found the little
cottage for rent, I knew it was perfect. I re-enrolled online to finish my degree, as you know, and this job has helped me
afford to stay here and live on my own. I can never thank you enough for taking a chance on an outsider like that. I
know better than anyone around here how much you people hate outsiders. But I have no complaints. I can't ever
imagine living anywhere else, but, back to the scar. I've been scared of wolves my entire life, even before the attack."
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