Savage Hunt by Jane knight

Chapter 1

Chapter One: Calling Home

Tillie

Holding the phone up to my ear, I took a deep breath. I had spent the morning talking with my best friend and now I knew that taking a break was going to help me sort through everything that I had learned.

Shifters, mates, sex demons.

It was all so wild that these things were in my life and I hadn’t known about them.

I knew that Charity was worried that I wasn’t going to come back if I left, but I knew that I had to. I couldn’t hide out at my parent’s lake house forever. Hiding from everything that I had learned about the world forever, no matter how appealing that idea sounded. I had a job that I liked and while Tristian was cool with a lot of things; but I doubted that he would be cool with me never showing up to work again.

“Hello.” My stepfather said, answering my mother’s phone.

Damn, I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to talk to him. It wasn’t that I didn’t like Scott or anything. My mom had married him when I was a teenager and he doted on her and treated me like I was his daughter.

He just tended to talk, a lot.

“Hey Scott, is mom around?” I asked, bringing my thumb up to my mouth and worrying my thumbnail.

went to the gym, kiddo. Accidentally grabbed my phone instead of hers. Anything I can help you with?” He asked and I could hear

“You okay?”

wrench on my foot.” He answered and I

you were barefoot? Working on your baby?” I asked, trying not to smile. Scott had a Mustang that was older than I was that he’d been working for as long as I could remember but it

Tillie.” He chuckled and I could picture him in the garage hobbling over to sit on one of the

going out to the lake house for a few days?” I asked, worrying my thumbnail with my teeth before pulling my hand away. It was a bad habit and something that I only did when I was stressed out and I knew that I needed to

you? I’m sure your mom would love to see you?” Scott

clean it up before I leave.” I said, hoping that it would be okay with him. While spending time with him and

Jake. I didn’t want to tell her what happened between the two of us, or what I had happened afterwards. That was something that had me anxious. It was one thing to tell your parents that you were dating one guy. It was another thing to tell them that what you thought was going to be a

alone the fact that

You know you don’t have to clean it up before you leave. We know you’re not throwing any wild keggers out there.” Scott

mind cleaning it up. Thank you, Scott, tell mom I love

time, kiddo. I’ll let her know you called. Drive safe and

me smile. It was the little things that showed me he cared. He had stepped up to fill in the

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