Werewolves of Forever 06 - Wild Lust

coming up with wild-sounding names. The fact that Candy Cane sounded like a stripper’s name didn’t help. But she’d said the first name to come to her, and she couldn’t back out now. “What’s wrong with my name? Don’t you like it?”
    “It’s a pretty name. Nice to meet you, Candy.” Blane took her hand and squeezed.
    All at once, a surge of power, a rush of sexual energy zipped into her hand and up her arm. The electrifying sensation flowed into her, making her heart skip a beat then pick up speed as though she was running a marathon. The effect was invigorating, exciting and downright scary. She widened her eyes, then searched Blane’s and saw his widen, too.
    “What the hell?” But she doubted either brother had heard her whisper.
    She glanced toward Reese, who was staring at his brother. Reese may not have experienced the sensation, but he’d noticed his brother’s reaction.
    She tugged her hand out of Blane’s, lessening the sizzle. “I need to get going.”
    “Wait. How about grabbing a cup of coffee with my brother and me? Or even just me?”
    She shook her head, turned the ignition, and threw the car in reverse. “Thanks, but no thanks.”
    “Why not? What could happen over a cup of coffee?”
    But she was already backing out of the parking space. She took one last look at them. Reese hadn’t moved, his eyes as intently set on her as they were before. Blane looked at her, a confused expression marring his masculine face, then lifted his hand to say good-bye.
    She didn’t bother waving back. She didn’t trust herself not to jump out of the pickup and take Blane up on his offer of coffee. Yet she wasn’t sure that a cup of coffee wouldn’t turn into more. Instead, she pushed the lever into drive and stomped on the accelerator.
     

     
    “That went well.” Blane scowled at his brother. “Why the hell did you decide to confront her today? She’s been here a couple of days, and we’ve managed to keep track of her without her noticing us watching her.”
    “You mean spying on her.” It was just like Blane to make it sound better than it was. Watching didn’t sound half as bad as spying.
    “We’re just making sure she doesn’t do anything stupid before we can ease her into accepting us as her mates. Hell, Reese, everyone in Forever’s kept a wide berth for the Holms cousins’ sake as well as ours. Then you have to go and surprise her. Are you trying to get her to run off again?”
    They’d watched her, trying to figure out what she was up to. Was she out to hurt her sister’s mates? Did she want to kidnap Shannon and force her to return to Boston? Or was she just making sure her sister was safe? Whatever the reason, Reese hated having to wait.
    Reese shot a glare at his brother then pivoted and headed for his motorcycle. “I got tired of waiting. She’s our mate, so let’s just get on with it.”
    “We’ve already talked about this. She’s going to need time. Time to get used to the idea that her sister’s a werewolf first. After that, we can tell her about us.”
    “Bullshit. We should’ve taken her the first time she was in town.” Reese slung his leg over his Harley but didn’t make a move to start the motor.
    Blane scratched the stubble on his jaw. Unlike Reese, his brother liked to keep his face shaved most of the time, but handling a problem at The Moonstone Bar had taken up most of his day. As part owner along with Anderson Holms, Blane tried to do his part in handling the staff. Having both humans and werewolves working at the bar meant conflict every so often, but that’s the choice Anderson and Blane had made when they’d decided to mix the two. Blane was even talking about hiring a vampire bartender, but Reese thought that would just add fuel to an already-smoldering fire. Still, he made it a point to stay out of his brother’s business.
    “Sometimes I wish we’d taken her, too, but Anderson asked us to back off, and we agreed. They had enough trouble dealing with their mate, Shannon, wanting to stake Deacon. Besides, by the time we’d sensed that Charlie was our future mate, she’d already plugged Daniel with a bullet.”
    Reese chuckled, a rarity for him. “Can’t say I blamed her. She walked into a vampire’s house and found her sister with two werewolves. I’d say she showed a lot of guts going in there. She just needs to improve her aim.”
    Daniel Holms had gotten lucky that day. Lucky that Charlie’s aim wasn’t great and lucky