how in hell was he making that sound? Suddenly the accusation of werewolf didn’t seem so ludicrous.
She got Grams out of the car and walked her back to the diner. Aiden pulled his truck into the parking lot. Rose had Patty, the waitress, call the sheriff.
“Who would do such a thing?” Grams was fierce in her demand.
There were only three suspects Rose could come up with. Grams, but she couldn’t see the old woman doing something so malicious, even for possible love. She’d have done something simple, like mess with a sparkplug. The other was Aiden, and last was Julian.
Aiden had never once acted as anything but the protector, but Julian was an unknown. Why had he hung around in the parking lot while she finished her milkshake? It was suspicious, but there was no proof he’d done anything, and she had no idea when he’d have done it. Her car had been fine this morning when she went to make sure her stuff was properly put into the storage unit by the movers. She picked up Grams, and then they headed to the diner for a sugar fix.
“I don’t know,” she said to Grams. “It makes no sense.”
“Other than you and Kiera both have blonde hair, and green eyes,” Patty said as she put a cup of coffee down next to Rose. “The two of you are about the same height, too.”
And they both had approximately the same build, Rose added to herself. Shit! She had the same description as the missing woman. And someone had tried to disable her car. If they hadn’t discovered termites in her apartment, if she hadn’t picked up Grams this morning, might she have been stranded, dependent on someone, maybe someone like Julian, to come to her rescue?
“Aiden!” Grams jumped up from her chair when he walked in. “Rose looks like Kiera!”
Aiden’s brow furrowed as he cocked his head, and then his eyes widened. “It’s going to be okay.” He put his hand on Grams’ shoulder. “Nothing is going to happen to Rose. I promise.”
Rose jerked her head around. Her mouth opened, then closed. She took a step closer to him. Maybe she was insane, but she believed him. Whatever Aiden was, she refused to believe he was the one trying to frighten her.
He was always there when the world became a little scarier than it should be, and he’d never once hurt her. Not even when she’d gone on several dates with Darren Trip, the mayor’s son. She forced herself to meet his gaze. “You can’t make that kind of promise.”
He shoved his hands into his pockets. “You’re going to be okay. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
She searched his face. She took another step toward him. Curling up in his arms seemed like the best idea in the world to help quiet the fear rolling in her belly. She took another step toward Aiden when Sheriff Jones entered the building. Her body shuddered at the loss of promised comfort before she turned to deal with making a report.
Chapter 3
“But, Grams,” Rose said, her voice strained. They stood on the front porch of Edith Merrin’s tiny cottage. “What about you?”
Edith let out a long, beleaguered sigh. “I am no longer young, and whoever tampered with your car might mean business. You are staying with Aiden. It’s safer for everyone. Tell her she is staying with you.”
Aiden cocked his head as he assessed Edith. The woman knew more than was good for her, but luckily she knew how to be discreet. While he agreed the safest place for Rose was his house, having her under his roof would be a torture he’d done nothing to deserve. Her tight, athletic body was a temptation he wasn’t sure he’d be able to resist. Her green eyes were always warm when she looked at him, almost welcoming. The honey gold of her long hair made his fingers itch to touch. It didn’t stop the fact someone had gone out of their way to inconvenience her. To frighten her. Maybe even put her in danger.
“It’s her choice,” he said after a moment, he’d be watching her wherever she stayed. And now he knew
She got Grams out of the car and walked her back to the diner. Aiden pulled his truck into the parking lot. Rose had Patty, the waitress, call the sheriff.
“Who would do such a thing?” Grams was fierce in her demand.
There were only three suspects Rose could come up with. Grams, but she couldn’t see the old woman doing something so malicious, even for possible love. She’d have done something simple, like mess with a sparkplug. The other was Aiden, and last was Julian.
Aiden had never once acted as anything but the protector, but Julian was an unknown. Why had he hung around in the parking lot while she finished her milkshake? It was suspicious, but there was no proof he’d done anything, and she had no idea when he’d have done it. Her car had been fine this morning when she went to make sure her stuff was properly put into the storage unit by the movers. She picked up Grams, and then they headed to the diner for a sugar fix.
“I don’t know,” she said to Grams. “It makes no sense.”
“Other than you and Kiera both have blonde hair, and green eyes,” Patty said as she put a cup of coffee down next to Rose. “The two of you are about the same height, too.”
And they both had approximately the same build, Rose added to herself. Shit! She had the same description as the missing woman. And someone had tried to disable her car. If they hadn’t discovered termites in her apartment, if she hadn’t picked up Grams this morning, might she have been stranded, dependent on someone, maybe someone like Julian, to come to her rescue?
“Aiden!” Grams jumped up from her chair when he walked in. “Rose looks like Kiera!”
Aiden’s brow furrowed as he cocked his head, and then his eyes widened. “It’s going to be okay.” He put his hand on Grams’ shoulder. “Nothing is going to happen to Rose. I promise.”
Rose jerked her head around. Her mouth opened, then closed. She took a step closer to him. Maybe she was insane, but she believed him. Whatever Aiden was, she refused to believe he was the one trying to frighten her.
He was always there when the world became a little scarier than it should be, and he’d never once hurt her. Not even when she’d gone on several dates with Darren Trip, the mayor’s son. She forced herself to meet his gaze. “You can’t make that kind of promise.”
He shoved his hands into his pockets. “You’re going to be okay. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
She searched his face. She took another step toward him. Curling up in his arms seemed like the best idea in the world to help quiet the fear rolling in her belly. She took another step toward Aiden when Sheriff Jones entered the building. Her body shuddered at the loss of promised comfort before she turned to deal with making a report.
Chapter 3
“But, Grams,” Rose said, her voice strained. They stood on the front porch of Edith Merrin’s tiny cottage. “What about you?”
Edith let out a long, beleaguered sigh. “I am no longer young, and whoever tampered with your car might mean business. You are staying with Aiden. It’s safer for everyone. Tell her she is staying with you.”
Aiden cocked his head as he assessed Edith. The woman knew more than was good for her, but luckily she knew how to be discreet. While he agreed the safest place for Rose was his house, having her under his roof would be a torture he’d done nothing to deserve. Her tight, athletic body was a temptation he wasn’t sure he’d be able to resist. Her green eyes were always warm when she looked at him, almost welcoming. The honey gold of her long hair made his fingers itch to touch. It didn’t stop the fact someone had gone out of their way to inconvenience her. To frighten her. Maybe even put her in danger.
“It’s her choice,” he said after a moment, he’d be watching her wherever she stayed. And now he knew
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