Chapter 290

She broke off, trying to get his attention, but then catching a glimpse of a moving shadow pacing them. Her heart nearly stopped. She looked around, sighted a second, then a third. Her hand clutched his shoulder. “Put me down, Mr.” She said.

“Aiden” He corrected, not even slowing down. A smile softened the edges of his mouth.

“You see the wolves?”

She felt the indifferent shrug of his broad shoulders.

“Be calm, little one; they will not harm us. This is their home, as it is mine. We have an understanding and are at peace with one another.” He commented.

Somehow she believed him.

“Are you going to hurt me?” She asked the question softly, needing to know.

His dark eyes touched her face again, thoughtful, holding a thousand secrets, unmistakably possessive.

“I am not a man who would hurt a woman in the way you are imagining. But I am certain our relationship will not always be a comfortable one. You like to defy me.” He answered as honest