Amelia cut off her doubts, refusing to think about them. They made no sense. Wolfe made no sense. None of this made sense.
Rascaland Buster took off toward the edge of the forest, and as they got there, they sat down and turned toward her.
She gave a nod, and they took off.
“You have them well trained,” he said.
“It wasn’t easy, but after I rescued them, I was able to slowly build trust.”
“Trust?”
“Yeah, they needed to know they could trust me, to do the right thing,you know? They’d been hurt already, and of course, I don’t just smell like a human to them. I don’t know if I smell like a predator, alpha, or what. They were skittish around me at first, but now, we’re like one big happy family.”
“And you love them?” Wolfe asked.
Amelia frowned. “Wolfe, what’s going on?”
“Nothing is going on. Just talking.”
“Really? ‘Cause it sounds to me like you have something you want to say to me.” Amelia stopped and turned toward him. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing. Just protecting you. Doing the Alpha’s orders.”
Amelia stopped and lookedat him. “Doing the Alpha’s orders?”
“From what you saw.” Wolfe shrugged.
There was something in his tone. Amelia couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but it was there.
“You … er, you don’t think I saw it, do you?”
Wolfepaused, and Amelia stared at him. He didn’t quite meet her eyes, and she hated that.
“Oh,” Amelia said. “I get it. You think I’m doing this for what? To get the attention of the pack? To get your attention?”
“Amelia, the club has combed every single inch of this forest, and we can’t find anything. The forest is clear. Other than the hunters, no one else is here.”
She stared at him. “Fine. Then please leave.”
He didn’t believe her.
It wasn’t like she had gone out of her way to tell him. She’d been following that damn man, and he’d just disappeared. She couldn’t even remember any discernable features, but she knew what she saw.
Now Wolfe doubted who she was as a person.
Let’s not forget he never wants to be seen with you.
Her throat started to burn.
“Amelia,” Wolfe said. “Comeon, we’ve got to head back.”
“Why?” Amelia asked. “So you can create some distance between us? Or how about you make it look like you can’t even stand to be close to me? Is that what you want to do?” Sheput her hands on her hips and glared at him. “Pick which one you’d like to do and then maybe I will be able to follow your lead?”
“It’s not like that,” Wolfe said.
“No, it’s not? It’s not the fact that you’re spending so much time with me so people won’teven question your scent being all over me?” Amelia hated this.
She didn’t know what had happened since this morning, but either way, it left a bad taste in her mouth, and she didn’t like that.Amelia whistled to call her dogs to her.